JAINISM----WAYS TO CONNECT WITH GOD---------!!!

As usual after much time gap I could attend the lecture of Gurudeo, This was my first lecture after returning back to India. Few young students were participating in today's lecture. To guide youth section of my blog, I decided to cover the discussion in this blog. Hope it will fetch desired results with all age groups particularly youngsters.

A student sent a question on piece of paper. Gurudeo read it, it was saying------"Sir, I do not know the reason but I could not connect to spirituality or God. Please explain me the possible reasons and ways to connect with Almighty. It will be highly obligatory for my soul.

  Gurudeo looked at the student & started to address the audiences.
 Here is the the summary of lecture. It can certainly help to all of us.
"No doubt everybody can connect with God. But it requires some changes in daily routine. I guess a working youth has no spare time 
except weekend i.e. Saturday and Sunday. Both  the days are usually utilized to have restoration of energy for body and mind by so called entertainment .With this time table of five days full work and two days full enjoyment. it is difficult to connect with God, I really feel.

Each day in the morning-- start to spare some time for mediation. Later on it can take full form of Samaik. In the process one has to change mind set and must learn to differentiate between soul and body. So far most time we have  prayed to God for material things. pleasure or for end of sufferings. Now onward we have to  pray to free soul from all sufferings caused by series of births and deaths. As per Jainism God only shows way to salvation, He should not be looked for any other domestic or material help of different nature.

With closed eyed sitting in a clean place one can engage in thinking process with following two questions in full concentration of mind.

1) Where from I came to take birth on this Earth ? Where I will go after death ? Is it mine's only life ? or is it one out of so many births waiting behind. What is the reason and purpose of my this birth--?.
2) What I brought at time when I took birth ? What I will take back while leaving? Empty hands seems probable answer. Is it correct--?
It may be difficult to have answer for first question in the beginning while the second question has simple answer -Nothing, Second one

answer has universal acceptance and nobody will or can dispute it.

Here you have to find answer if ---I cannot take any penny with me, then why I am greedy and keep running after money all the time and madly loving it. The nothing answer refers to physical or material things. But while leaving one always carries good or bad name and fame for his contribution during his lifetime known as 'Karman Body " in Jainism. It is root cause which shapes destiny.

Now if you want to know answer of first question you have to learn basics of Jainism like Gati (4 categories of taking  birth), Jaati (five categories of living souls on basis of organs) and nine Tatva. Here be careful not to get trapped in wrong answers, One basic test one has to follow that no one can arrange birth, death and sufferings for you. Only Your Karma alone related to past, present or future has this power. From net of mighty Karmas, there cannot be escape.
 In the beginning you may not agree to the basics. To verify it you have to visit following four places and make keen observations.

1] Hospital : Here you can see the various sufferings from kids to old people with categories of curable to incurable diseases. The place will puzzle you to know the root causes of all such sufferings of us.

2] Courts : Here you can see all types of disputes ranging from divorce, property claims, cheating, frauds, murder and so on. You will be surprised to know both parties to disputes were  connected with love or friendship in past. The place will give you idea of truth of human relationships and put a question in your mind whether all relationships are really permanent ? If they are worth than soul-- ?.

3] Old age homes or Day care centers for kids. Here you can again see the testing of human relations and reduced power of body. Same body which was talk of town once upon a time is now dependent on  nurses to have daily routines. Here you can know the effect of time factor and limitations of human body. One can visualize his old age appearance with white or no hair and almost all teeth missing. He can wonder whether it is the same body for whose taste and growth he went for drinks and non vegetarian food allowing killing of  much

innocent animals and birds. If one start thinking process here he can find one truth that body is mortal while soul is immortal. Hence to be more cautious for soul is the real need of this fifth Kalchakra period.

4] Graveyard : The place has it's clients base irrespective of ages. The entrant  may be small kid, youth or old one. The matter will again surprise you that there is no first in first out basis followed here. No age limit. It will show you the power of death. Now you can not bank of immortality concept for self. Last visit to this place is most certain event for each living soul. Then why to engage in activities that are harmful to others--?. Let the individual thinking process begin by asking this question to each of us.
        With such observations and with so many lessons taught by life and surroundings your thought process will start to change from material world to spiritual world. Soon you will decide to allot more time to mediate as it awards inner peace to practitioners.
Now you will be more interested to find  truth and mystery of life.

 With reading Jain Literature slowly you can know the true meaning of life and importance of actions of mind, speech and body. Later on with study of "Karma" theory you will know the root cause of all sufferings. With passage of time you will acquire correct knowledge. With correct knowledge the faith will be corrected. True knowledge and correct faith are the basics to connect with God. Now what was seemed as difficult can be very easy and in eye sight and too easy to  
reach Just see the  absolute change in thinking process  and thus the connectivity can be established- "Gurudeo concluded.

 JAI JINENDRA-----------!!!------------- JAI MAHAVEER------!!!.