Spirituality - 5

....However we have to see that why Moksha is necessary? Basic to Hindu society are scriptures, caste system, and concept of soul, the Absolute God, the Karma theory and Hindu pantheon. An eternal cycle of birth and death and rebirth goes on and on in this world. The indestructible soul keeps on moving from one body to another with each rebirth. And in between two births it keeps on wondering in this universe. The problem is created by the sufferings in this physical world. Anybody who enters this world has to suffer from body and mental pains. This world and the lives are overflowing with pain and sorrow. The pain of not having enough to eat., the worry of safety to body, the pain of losing one’s relatives and near and dear ones, the pain of sickness, the pain of wound, the accidents, the death etc. And the final pain is the pain and fear of one’s own death. It is a never ending chain of pain and sorrow. And basically everybody wants to live a painless, sorrowless and comfortable life. Everybody is bound by Karma so he has to suffer from his share of sorrow and pain. Secondly if everybody tried to find out the solution to his sufferings in this life then this will result in corruption of dharma. The social order or Varna dharma will break down. Now a man is in search of peace or getting rid of all his sufferings and sorrows; it is quite reasonable also. The theory of Karma implies that a man would never get peace in his lifetime. So the only way to get rid of the pain is to get out of the cycle of birth and rebirth. Again rebirth means another round of sorrows and pains. If rebirth could be avoided then all the pain could be avoided. This is possible only when soul loses its existence. The only way to have peaceful existence is to not to have any existence at all. How could something indestructible lose its existence? According to Hindu spiritual thought a soul can lose its existence only by merging with the Absolute or Bruhm. To a lay Hindu it is a permanent visit to Vaikunthdham, the abode of Lord Vishnu who represents Bruhm in this world. It is a one way ticket. This unification of soul with Bruhm is called Moksha or salvation. After this unification the soul leaves the painful cycle of birth and rebirth and lives eternally in eternal bliss in Bruhm or Bruhmlok. The mere thought that his soul will keep on wondering in this painful world forever can be quite unsettling to a devout Hindu and then he aims to achieve Moksha. It is a thoughtful way of keeping a Hindu man bound with his Varna dharma and still be hopeful. The hope is grandly deferred to next life or to unseen future of somebody else. In Hindu scriptures everybody is asked to follow properly his Varna dharma to improve his next birth; there is always hope but shifted to next birth. This hope is actually never available to anybody; this is real mirage. It is a result of fantastic thinking of Vedantic seers....