As Ram Dass says “The Spiritual Journey is individual, it can’t be organised or regulated. It isnt true that everyone should follow the one path. Listen to your own truth….”
Finding “God” is a personal journey not a collective one since “God” is you, you are God. “God” as “form” is just a human creation for ideals to aspire to, the real God (“substance”) is the same Source that exists in all living beings.
The current hype surrounding the construction of a temple makes me wonder whether we have missed this point altogether. I wonder what would the Marayada Purushottam Lord Rama think about all that is being passed on in His name…
In my view, He would remind you that you don’t need temples to remind you that “God” is you, you simply need to live by the ideals that the “God” signifies. “Ideals” are passed down through mythology but are always to be imbibed personally. Sadly, the “walking the talk” is glossed over and the rituals are being perpetuated.
Just because someone chants mantra’s to appease the God or builds temples or makes processions doesn’t change the fact that God is One but it is we who fall short in understanding/realising this and in this shortfall happens life.
To the ones that are lost, “form” is relied upon instead of “substance”….
To the ones who realise the One, all such forms/hypes are meaningless since the substance/ideal is already achieved within…
Explorer, Philanthropist, Mentor:
Exploring and researching on practices of Self Realisation
Philanthropist: engaged in projects with social and environmental impact
Mentor: guiding people crystallise and achieve their material and spiritual goals
Background:
Former CEO of Mahindra Integrated Business Solutions- an Advisory and Business Process Management Arm of the Diversified US$ 17 Billion Mahindra Group. Ajit was responsible for transforming a Shared Services Centre of the Mahindra Group into a full-fledged Advisory and Business Process Management Company with products/services spanning Strategy & Enterprise Risk Management Advisory to Digitization and Transactional Outsourcing.
He has over 23 years of experience in the industry as an Entrepreneur. He has built businesses in Music Publishing, Media (Compact Discs/DVD’s) Manufacturing, Logistics and Financial Services and is currently nurturing his own initiative called FREE (Forests, Renewable Energy and Environment) & associated with NPO Trusts/ Organizations and mentoring select people and a few start-ups in his personal capacity.
A Chartered Accountant by Qualification with extensive continuing education in Executive Management Programs @ Harvard Business School, Michigan- Ross Business School, IIM-A
He has pursued spiritual interests since an early age exploring inner facets of self through Vipassana, Isha Yoga, Kriya Yoga, other yogic approaches / meditation techniques An Avid Marathoner, trekker/mountaineer, scuba diver, writer and motorbike traveller, is passionate about exploring the outer world as much as the inner.
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