Kali & Kaliyuga Part - 4

Formation of Noble Character and Decision Making Ability

In the previous part it was said that tantra builds a high character. How does that happen? Let us understand.

In the lineage of Raghu it has always been the tradition that life may go, but a promise must not be broken.

We know this line from the Ramayana. The people of Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, and Dwapara Yuga have left such strong impressions of their character in our minds.

Now what is character? Character is formed either from the values given by parents or from the association of a guru. As the guru is, so the disciple becomes. In ignorance, in Kaliyuga, parents themselves do not allow the character of their children to be formed. Because due to circumstances they begin to compromise, and children grow up watching the same. When such children grow up, they behave in society exactly as their parents did.

In Kaliyuga a person has two characters. One that he shows to people, and one that he shows to himself. Before Kaliyuga, people had such powerful character because at any cost, in any circumstance, they did not break their resolve to take a firm decision and stand by it.

Everyone must know about the vow of Gangaputra Bhishma, about King Shibi, King Harishchandra, and the promise of King Dasharatha. If you do not know, then what kind of spiritual awakening are you talking about?

If you want to know whether you are worthy of becoming spiritual or not, think deeply about this.

At every turn in life you must have faced two options. One that was easy but short lived, temporary. The other that was difficult in the beginning but would bring positive results for a long time in your life.

Ordinary worldly people usually choose the easy option, thinking that whatever happens later will be seen later. But this very attitude becomes the reason why a small problem takes a big form. The reason behind this is the habit of living in a comfort level, the habit of feeling secure. Everything is going fine right now, let it continue like this, we will see about the future later. This mentality of expecting everything without taking risks and without hard work keeps increasing problems in a worldly person’s life, and he spends his entire life solving those problems until one day he dies.

On the other side,

A spiritual person does not step back from choosing difficult decisions and difficult paths. Because he thinks that even if I have to suffer a little pain today, it is fine, but this decision will not create problems in the future and the future will be bright. The one who does not turn away from struggle and shows the courage to fight every problem and take the right decision has already fought many future battles in advance. Therefore, with time, he lives peacefully.

So until now, in such situations which path have you chosen? Easy or difficult?

Some people consider themselves spiritual but they run away from struggle. One who runs away from struggle, from problems, from his own karma, who does not accept truth, can never be spiritual. They get lost in the illusion and attachment of the world and keep choosing the easy path. Such confused self proclaimed spiritual people spend the last moments of their lives helplessly waiting for death. But because of choosing the wrong path, their bad actions increase so much that even death does not come easily. Wherever you broke your word or your resolve, there you broke pieces of your own soul. Even if no one sees it, your inner soul sees it.

Whoever wants to build a noble destiny must build a noble character. Whether it is Satya Yuga or Kaliyuga, only a noble character creates a noble destiny.

Now how will noble character be formed?

Character is formed by the harmony of thoughts, speech, actions, and daily routine. And this character is built in the process of USIP.

What is necessary to build character? Patience, action, and strength.

People say that God stands with us, that we have lived our whole life doing good for others, that we have followed dharma, so will justice happen to us just as justice happened to the Pandavas in Mahabharata?

Great scholars often teach that walk on the path of dharma and God will give you justice.

Then a question arises.

In the Mahabharata, even though God himself was on the side of the Pandavas and they always followed dharma, they kept losing to adharma. But when Draupadi was disrobed, Krishna told them to perform fourteen years of intense penance. Here penance does not mean only chanting mantras and worship. It means developing skills and performing action. Then they went and developed their respective skills.

Arjuna strengthened his archery further and by worshipping Shiva obtained the Pashupatastra.
Bhima worked on his physical strength and pleased Hanuman.
Nakula worked on weapon skills, Sahadeva on communication knowledge, and both worked on the skills of Ayurveda and pleased the Ashwini Kumaras.
Yudhishthira during fourteen years of exile practiced dharma, patience, knowledge, and self control, through which he attained realization of truth, vision of Yamaraj, and spiritual elevation as Dharmaraja.

After doing all this, when the war of Mahabharata took place, they received justice.

This means that merely walking on dharma and having God on your side is not enough. Justice will happen for you only when you face problems with your capability and prove your worth through action. While performing your duties, taking your skills to another level is equally necessary.

People live the same worn out life for years and say we have not harmed anyone, we follow dharma, God is on our side. If today we are unhappy, it is fine, in the end justice will be ours. You will get nothing.

When in Dwapara Yuga even the Pandavas had to demonstrate their competence and strength despite God being directly on their side, in Kaliyuga you have not even seen God directly. What you saw in dreams or imagination are only your own fantasies. Now tell me, what are you capable of?

The earth is enjoyed by the brave. The one who has capability and strength alone can obtain justice and can deliver justice. Weak people follow rules, powerful people make rules.

You must have seen that if you park your two wheeler in a no parking zone, it is towed away. If you do not wear a helmet, you are fined. But if a powerful person’s vehicle blocks traffic, no one says anything. Even if he runs over someone, sometimes no case is registered.

In the same way weak people cannot understand spirituality. Because to understand spirituality one must first know oneself. And to know oneself, to know one’s weaknesses and strengths, and to accept that form, those weaknesses and strengths in every way is not within the capacity of the weak. Weak people are experts at surrendering before circumstances, and such people for their selfishness and comfort can even accept a donkey as their father.

Therefore they keep pretending spirituality. To hide their restlessness and miserable state they take support of religion, non violence, and scriptures. They quote scriptures saying it is written like this, otherwise I would have done this or that.

I have no opposition to dharma, non violence, or scriptures. But in Kaliyuga merely following dharma, non violence, and scriptures will not give justice. Self confidence, patience, and strength are also essential. And all these are obtained only through action.

To be continued.

Shivansh Haryaksh Jamdagni