== FATE OF THOSE WHO CHASE AFTER NAME AND FAME ==
Namaskar,
In His AM ideology, Baba scientifically shows what befalls those who
chase after name and fame.
In Brahmacakra, human beings have a special place. Before attaining a human
body, one has to cross innumerable steps. Every one of us is blessed by
Parama Purusa, in getting a human body. And each of us also crossed similar
steps in passing through plant life, to animal life, and finally reaching
human life.
When people make one journey, then that part of the journey's path which
they already crossed, they are acquainted with. And even if that part which
they crossed was more difficult than the part which is yet to come, still
people will not be so enthusiastic about ascending onto the new path.
Rather they will like to remain along the old and familiar path.
Two examples can be given:
(1) People don't like to remove even the difficult dogma which they are
used to or adapted to. With this mentality, they go on observing those
difficult to follow dogmatic beliefs and rituals because in the past, they
did so.
(2) Human beings came from animal life. And there, in animal life only the
senses were dominating. Eat, sleep, and sex. By this way, life after life
they passed. So all are acquainted with those things. And they do not like
to go ahead in following the path of spirituality, which they are not
acquainted with. Rather they easily adapt the path of animality.
So the conclusion of these two points is, that the old path is more easy in
spite of having big difficulty in that path. People don't like to ascend
and march ahead on a new path. Even if it is more glorious, easy, and
charming.
The root cause is, attachment of the previous path. And, fear about the
future path.
About the development of human mind and animal and plant mind, Baba is
revealing the truth in Ananda Sutram. And there He says, that in the
plants, creepers, and shrubs only citta ("done I") is there. And when
living beings develop and progress from plant into animal life, then aham
(ego/doer I) is also there. And aham is dominating in their existence. And
finally in human beings, the three parts of mind are manifest: mahat, aham,
and citta.
So in plant life, citta was dominating. And in animal life, aham or "doer
I" was strong. And in human form, i.e. in those who are new to human form
-- as with animals, "doer I" or ego dominates. And when humans get more
advanced, then mind gets more developed, and mahat develops. Which gives
the sense of "pure I feeling". And with the effect of mahat, intuition
develops.
So in ordinary human beings, aham or "doer I" is stronger than mahat. And
those who are developed human beings, mahat or intuition is developed.
If the amount of mahat is more than the amount of aham, then that excess
part will be intuition. So when intuition develops, then all great
qualities come in that person. Devoid of dominance of mahat, ordinary human
beings are easily controlled by their aham ("doer I").
And with the dominating effect of aham, generally human beings are involved
in their name, fame, power, prestige, respect, personal glory, etc. So such
type of people's standard is between elevated humans, and animals.
This created world is nothing but the outcome of the divine play of Parama
Purusa. So in His cosmic cycle, He made the rule as follows.
Baba says, "Ya'drshii bha'vana'...-- As one thinks, so one becomes." (NKS,
ed.'97, p.195)
People give a lot of value of prestige, name, fame, self-glory. And they
constantly engage in this. The goal of such persons is their own unit
existence, not Parama Purusa. Then in that case what they want, Parama
Purusa gives them. In Ananda Vacanamrtam, Baba says, "Ye yatha' mam
pradyante". What people want, Lord grants them.
So when Baba blessed the living beings with AM philosophy and created
Ananda Margis, then all kinds of people joined. And everyone has their own
psychic pabulum. So due to that some of those who joined AM, wanted name
and fame. And Baba blessed them.
Those WTs who wanted name and fame, this type of samskara they made for
themselves. And Baba blessed them accordingly. A similar thing happened
with Margis also, in their worldly life.
But in the journey towards enlightenment/Anandam, one has to move far
beyond the dominance of aham ("doer I) -- name, fame, self-glory. Because
where the dominance of self is there, then cosmic ideation is impossible.
That's why in scripture it is said, "Yahan ka'm vahan nari ram". Where there
is "I" feeling or worldly thoughts, then ideation on the Supreme is not
possible.
So on one side, what disciples want Baba granted. Those who wanted name and
fame, they got that. And on the other side, engaging in one's glory or name
and fame, is detrimental for sadhana. So Baba graces also, to remove the
attachment from these fetters of name, fame, and self-glory.
Baba says, "Abhima'nam' sura'pa'nam'..."
"An inflated ego is like drinking wine, self-aggrandizement leads one into
the deepest hell, and social status is like the excrement of a pig. Give up
all three of these and only sing the glories of the Lord." (AV-23, p.105)
So Baba says that to engage in one's own self is not at all good-- rather it is negative.
That is why Baba guides us that name, fame, such mundane glory is just like feces of the swine.
So those disciples who desired, they got name and fame. And as a
Guru, He has to help everyone for their spiritual development. So in due
course when such persons make some progress in spirituality, then they get
a blow by their self-created samskara of the past. At that moment their
prestige, name, and fame pulverizes in front of their own eyes.
Sadhakas have to exhaust all samskaras in this very life. They have to overcome
and exhaust all negative and positive samskaras. There is fast development - very quick.
Whereas in the case of non-Margis, usually the loss of respect happens only
in a future life. Just like in the case of Stalin, Gandhi, and present day
so-called very respected political leaders, etc. When after their demise
people evaluated their work, then their reputation went from heaven to
hell. During their own lifetime they had their glory. But later on after
their death, people understand who they really were.
But in the case of Ananda Marg, the panoramic picture is completely
different. Because when people start doing sadhana, then the exhaustation
of samskaras is quicker than for non-Margis. So those Dadas and Didis,
those who have big name, fame, and prestige. When they move one or two
steps ahead in their forward movement, then all their prestige smashes and
is ground to dust. Countless examples can be given. Every one of us is
aware about that.
Most of those Dadas and Didis who got huge honor and respect in AMPS in the
past, now in light of the current situation one can see how their prestige
became one with the dust. Madhavananda in his own time, was a
magnified/glorified personality. Now he is treated as a veritable demon.
Similar is the case of Vishokananda, Prakashananda, Vimuktananda,
Tadagatananda, Nirmalananda, Avtk Ananda Maetreyii, and so many such people
who once stood in the limelight. But are now part of the blackest history.
Many Dadas and Didis names can be found in old AM books, as publications
secretary. Most of them now you may not find anywhere in this mortal world.
Either they became defectors, or they left and started leading degenerated
lives. But those days when their name got printed in Ananda Marga books as
the publisher, then they were feeling very great.
Because of all these reasons, sincere Ananda Margis do not give any
credence to the post-holding people. Rather, they give more value and
respect to those Dadas, Didis, or Margis who have ideal conduct.
Because the situation in our AM is unlike the general society, where
post-holders get large respect. Our tantric AM society is unique. Baba has
given the scale of character with which one can measure who is who. On the
basis of conduct, one should treat others in course to give respect.
The concluding idea then, is that, conduct is the ideal scale.
So this whole history gives a few teachings.
(1) In the spiritual journey, name and fame is not a good thing.
(2) Those who got name and fame, their prestige got smashed to dust in
front of their eyes.
(3) Those who have respect today, they should be careful.
(4) Better one should not have yearning for name, fame, and respect in the
Ananda Marga tantric system. Otherwise, it will yield the same fate.
Namaskar,
Ramdhan
* THE MEANING OF DHOBIYA' PA'T:
Dhobiya' Pa't: This is the Sanskrt phrase used to describe the process how
washermen clean and dry the clothes. First they submerge the clothes in the
river water and then lift those clothes out of the water and raise them
overhead, and while in this position the clothes feel as
though they are flying high in the sky. And then the next moment, in order
to clean them, the washerman sharply smacks those clothes down on the massive
hard rocks-- whereby a loud cracking noise can be heard. And this entire
process culminating in the harsh smacking of the clothes onto the rocks is
known as dhobiya' pa't. Likewise when self-serving people gain huge public
prestige then they feel like they are flying high in the sky; yet
invariably the next moment their misdeeds get exposed and their whole
public image gets smashed into the dust. In that sense their position or
their fate is no different from those clothes which the washerman
vigorously whips down onto the hard, unforgiving earth.
Note 1: BABA'S TEACHING FROM NEO-HUMANISM
Certain Dadas/Didis names who are still visible around us on the world map
have been mentioned in the below notes & referenced indirectly in this
entire letter. Because such Dadas themselves have witnessed their glory
reach up to the heaven only in the next moment to find it burning in the
hell. And now common Margis are realizing and feeling repentence about the
way they were giving honor to those Dadas. So this Baba's teaching became
true:
Baba says, "...People realize, "My God, what a great mistake I made!
I worshipped a monkey taking it to be a god! What a great misfortune
I have brought upon myself!" (LOI, ed.'87, p.84)
Such Dadas were getting praised by one and all yet later it was discovered
that they were the ones who actually ruined the scriptures, took away the
Margis' rights, and so much other nonsense they did. And now they lost all
their prestige and all their respect. This is the case with Sarvatmanandji
& Pranavatmakanandaji etc.
Note 2: DEFECTORS OF THE PAST
Tadgatananda and Nirmalananda, Krsnananda, and Prajinananda were treated as
great in those days, around the '70's. And they used to hold big seminar
lectures, and were talking on philosophy etc. They were treated as
unparalleled intellectuals. Even today you can see their names in old
Seminar Notes. But now people read those names with different feeling.
Because, they became defectors.
Note 3: NOT JUST ONE OR TWO CASES
These types of examples are not one, two, or three. There are more than a
hundred. But the central idea in each case is the same. That because of
their domination of aham tattva - I feeling - they wanted name and fame,
and they got it. Everything is changeable in this world. And in sadhakas'
life, change comes quickly. So these dadas' and didis' fame turned to
infamy. Their saintliness became proved as notoriousness. But by this way,
society got benefit and they did too.
Note 4: MORE ABOUT THE PRESENT SCENE
Sarvatmananda and Pranavatmakananda tried to push their names as being
the saviours of the archives etc, and especially Pranavatmakananda wanted
to bind his name with stories about Baba known as Samsmaran, but all their
negative dealings got exposed how they distorted the scripture and ruined
Baba's historic AM Revolution discourse by taking out the section about
margii rights. All these negative deeds these Dadas did so now their name
has just sunk.
And the time of the hour for Rudrananada and Co is also underway. Their
star is fading fast - if not already sunk.
Note 5: EXPLANATIONS FROM ANANDA SUTRAM
See the following slokas in Ananda Sutram, which explain the evolution of
mind as living beings progress from plants to animals to humans.
Here below in sloka 1-14, Baba reveals that as rajogun'a comes to dominate
over tamogun'a, the aham or sense of doer-ship, evolves out of the citta.
"1-14. Citta't gun'a'vaks'aye rajogun'apra'balye aham." (AS, ed.'96, p.12)
And then in the following sloka, Baba explains that with further evolution
towards the subtle, mahat or "pure I feeling" evolves out of the aham, or
"doer I".
"1-15. Su'ks'ma'bhimukhinii gatirudaye aham'tattva'nmahat." (AS, ed.'96, p.12)
Then in the following three slokas, Baba explains that in plants, citta
dominates, in animals, aham or "doer I" dominates, and in highly developed
beings, mahat dominates.
"1-18. Mahadaham'varjite anagrasare jiivadehe lata'gulme kevalam' cittam."
"[In undeveloped living organisms, creepers and shrubs where aham and mahat
have not yet evolved, there is only citta.]"
"1-19. Mahadvarjite anagrasare jiivadehe lata'gulme cittayukta'ham."
"[In undeveloped organisms, creepers and shrubs where mahat has not yet
evolved, there is aham as well as citta.]"
"1-20. Pra'grasare jiive lata'gulme ma'nus'e mahadaham' citta'ni."
"[In developed organisms, creepers and shrubs, as well as in humans, there
is mahat, aham and citta.]" (AS, ed.'96, pp.13-14)
Note 6: MORE FROM ANANDA SUTRAM
Here in the following sloka, Baba explains that when mahat or "knower I"
exceeds aham or "doer I"/ego, then intuition emerges.
1-17 "Aham'tattva mahadpra'balye bodhih."
"[When the mahat is greater than the aham, the bodhi (intuition) evolves.]"
"Purport: If the dimension of the mahattattva be greater than that of the
aham'tattva, the surplus part of the mahat is called the bodhi [intuition]."
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Future Achievements of Prout
Baba says, "In 100,000 years, human beings will conceive of things which
are beyond the conception of the human beings of today. These types of
changes will occur within the social and economic jurisdiction of PROUT."
(PNS-17, p. 37)
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