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Religious creation stories put forward by religious believers do not hold ground as they are not based on absolute truth! Merely following rituals, just believing religious masters of present era... not going into the fact whether they are speaking truth or false... does not lead anywhere! The truth of creation verses evolution lay in Bhagavad-Gita of Hinduism. Creation vs evolution debate may rage world over but in the sacred Bhagavad-Gita of Hinduism everything is explained to the minutest detail! As the contents of sacred Bhagavad-Gita of Hinduism can never be understood literally... most human beings find the sacred contents of Bhagavad-Gita... the teachings of Bhagavad-Gita much beyond their understanding! Why? The teachings of any sacred Scripture can be understood by normal human beings... the commoners the masses only when we travel the path of absolute truthfulness... never otherwise! Most human beings in life while pursuing materialistic wants desire understanding essence of sacred Scriptures. How can that be? Standing on first floor of Empire state building and wishing to see whole of New York... Can that ever be possible? For viewing whole of New York we need climbing the top of Empire state building. For seeing whole of Chicago city and boundaries of three more states one needs climbing Signature room on 95th floor of John Hancock Center, Chicago downtown!
Yet, traveling path of absolute truthfulness is not impossible even in present times... the times of Kaliyuga... the dark age... the present metal age! Most human beings particularly in India think that traveling path of absolute truthfulness would not earn them bread-and-butter for the day. I totally agree but all depends upon our requirements... our desires and wants! There are people who are contented with living life on rupees 10,000/= per month and there are people who never hesitate spending rupees 10,000/= in one go! Our limit of contentment is what decides our journey of life. For some a few hundred dollars is quite an amount... for others it may be a sham!
As a son he was duty bound to serve his aged parents yet, he had no financial means to fulfill the requirements of the family! When he confronted his spiritual master Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa on this issue and Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa advised him to pursue the path towards God Almighty... Swami Vivekananda reluctantly agreed on one condition that his spiritual master would take care of material requirements of his family as he was close to God than him! How Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa prayed to God to fulfill material requirements of family of Swami Vivekananda or indulged in any other manner was up to him. If Swami Vivekananda was to follow the path towards God he had to absolve self of the family responsibilities for ever. Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa agreed stating that his family would never be found wanting for basic family necessities ... come whatever may! As records indicate it is a truth of life that family of Swami Vivekananda never suffered on this account.
Merging our I with that of supreme Atman... God Almighty himself... Parmatman is what life is all about! The essence of spiritual enlightenment... the end goal of spiritual pursuit is negating karma that exists within every soul Atman! Devoid of karma the moment a soul Atman reached cosmic end of life... human beings finally reached stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana). Maintaining a selfless attitude is what spirituality is all about!
Biblical creation vs evolution story is full of untruths. How can God Almighty create the cosmic system in seven days! It is against all rules of sanity to accept such ambiguous statements! The evolution of cosmic system is an ongoing process and shall continue until end of time! The evolution of cosmic system took billions of years before life supporting planets like mother Earth formed! Human beings were not formed by God Almighty. The evolution of human life was never all of a sudden. The first human form evolved from animals. Why? As stated in Bhagavad-Gita of Hinduism the human form is manifested by our soul Atman to work out its karma... cleanse itself of dross impurities within!
Does this mean that every single human being... before our soul Atman manifested the human form has already lived (rather manifested) every form of insect, plant and animal life... yes, the cosmic truth is so! The evolution of human beings resulted from systematic growth of life in cosmic system. The human form is the highest manifest stage in cosmic life cycle. Only in human form our soul Atman finally liberated self from cycle of birth and death forever. The moment human beings reached the stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana)... it announced reaching end of cosmic life cycle... the 8.4 millionth manifestation! Having liberated self from cycle of birth and death forever... the liberated soul Atman finally regains its lost original pure prime pristine primordial form... something that was not possible otherwise!
Creation versus evolution essays must always point towards absolute truth... truth of life that is contained in sacred Bhagavad-Gita of Hinduism! Creationism and also evolution... both are integral part of cosmic life... a cosmic truth that can never be belied by one. As per sacred Bhagavad-Gita of Hinduism whole cosmic system gets created when God Almighty explodes self with a big bang. In this explosion are hidden the ingredients of a whole cosmic system! And why does God Almighty explode self? As per Bhagavad-Gita imagine dissolution of old cosmos is occurring. No sooner dissolution of old cosmos completes... the size of entire cosmos devoid of all dross impurities within reduces to size of half a thumb!
Billions of years pass before cosmic system cools down and life supporting planets like mother Earth evolved. The moment this happens... souls' atmans that were in hibernation all along immediately start manifesting life. Starting with amoeba (single cell formation)... the first manifestation in the cosmic life cycle souls atmans move forward in the journey of life! Further evolving into multi-cell formation... then insect life, plant life and animal life... souls atmans finally manifested form of human beings... the highest manifest stage in cosmic life cycle! It is only in human form our soul Atman finally gains release from cycle of birth and death... regains its lost original pure pristine primordial form!
The liberated soul Atman now enters abode of God... the kingdom of God (termed Vaikuntha in Hinduism). The kingdom of God is a point of no return. Devoid of karma... the dross impurities within the purified soul Atman need not manifest a body again. It remains in kingdom of God until eternity... until dissolution of cosmos occurs! Every single
deliberation on the subject of creation vs evolution would come
to a naught in absence of sacred Bhagavad-Gita of Hinduism... the
foremost of all sacred Scriptures existing on mother Earth.
Bhagavad-Gita contains everything worth knowable on the spiritual
path. The knower of Bhagavad-Gita finally becomes knower of all...
gains omniscience for all practical purposes!
By:
Vijay
Kumar "Atma Jnani"
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