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Thursday, July 21, 2022

Sadhana perezosa

Baba

Sadhana perezosa

Namaskar,

Sadhana es el pilar en la vida de todos y cada uno de los humanos. Es una parte integral de la propia existencia. Al mismo tiempo, todos sabemos que el progreso en la meditación es sistáltico: se mueve a través de períodos de velocidad y pausa, a veces es suave y a veces es duro. Es un esfuerzo constante para todos y cada uno de los sadhakas involucrarse más en su sadhana. Esto requiere tanto sinceridad de corazón como dedicación al ideal espiritual tal como lo dio Baba. En ese caso, cada sadhaka puede profundizar sus prácticas espirituales, por medio de Su krpa’.

Los puntos expresados aquí no pertenecen a aquellos que solo hacen de 5 a 10 minutos de sadhana antes de comer. Las ideas expresadas en esta carta están relacionadas con aquellos profundamente comprometidos con la sadhana que dedican una cantidad adecuada de tiempo a su práctica diariamente. En este sentido, durante las vacaciones y los descansos, etc., todos deberían tratar de pasar más tiempo enfocados en sadhana. Las grandes personas tienen una mente enfocada y dedican el máximo tiempo a la sadhana.
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Cuando uno hace su sadhana correctamente, se genera una cierta vibración dulce. Una energía bienaventurada distintiva recorre el cuerpo e impregna la mente y el aspirante se embriaga espiritualmente en dicha. Y esta vibración en sí misma es una señal positiva de que la meditación de uno está en el camino correcto.


Ciencia espiritual práctica: paso a paso

Desde una perspectiva más introvertida, podemos decir que hay etapas particulares de nuestro iishvara pranidhana sadhana que representan cómo emerge la vibración sútil antes mencionada. En iishvara pranidhana, inicialmente por la bendición de Baba y con nuestra iccha shakti (fuerza de voluntad) surge un fuerte deseo de obtener la Entidad Cósmica. Como resultado, la mente se concentra. Luego, paso a paso, se desarrollan las siguientes etapas. Se cultiva un sentido de entrega y con ese sentimiento y anhelo íntimo, combinado con bhakti, uno comienza su mantra japa - repetición de mantra. A medida que continúa la práctica de mantra japa con bhakti, entonces ocurre mantra'ghat. Es decir, el mantra golpea el kulakundalini y el kundalini comienza a elevarse. Esto hace que una ola de sentimientos de bienaventuranza consciente se extienda a lo largo de la existencia de uno, y la mente se embriague espiritualmente en dicha.

Esto no es solo una idea lejana; cualquier sadhaka sincero puede experimentar esto. Ananda Marga sadhana es muy científica y todos los Ista mantras de AM  son mantras siddha cargados. Cuando se repite correctamente con bhakti, el mantra siddha funciona el 100% del tiempo. Inmediatamente, genera ondas espirituales. No se necesitan meses, años o siglos de práctica de sadhana. Esto es similar a encender el interruptor e inmediatamente el ventilador comienza a funcionar; no lleva tiempo. La espiritualidad es aún más instantánea. Cualquiera que conozca el proceso adecuado y recite su mantra siddha con el sentimiento sincero de bhakti, sentirá instantáneamente una vibración espiritual y la mente se embriagará espiritualmente en dicha. Todo sadhaka puede experimentar esto. Lo que está escrito aquí es el primer paso. Cualquiera puede darse cuenta de esto muy fácilmente. Ananda Marga sadhana es tan única en este sentido. Pero sin bhakti (es decir, amor por Parama Purusa) nada sucederá.
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Entonces, con una mente enfocada y la práctica correcta de la meditación, un flujo dichoso consume nuestra existencia y la mente se embriaga espiritualmente en dicha. Es decir, se despierta una vibración sútil.


En la sadhana seca: no llega ninguna vibración espiritual

Si no sentimos ninguna vibración cuando hacemos sadhana, entonces sabemos que el mantra no se estaba recitando correctamente con bhakti, y que la mente esta corriendo de aquí para allá. En ese caso, esa sesión de sadhana no fue bien utilizada. Cuando uno es capaz de recitar el mantra con plena ideación y bhakti, siempre surge una vibración consciente. El despertar de una vibración dichosa indica un cierto grado de "éxito" en la sadhana. Pero, esta no es la culminación completa de la propia sadhana. Más bien en este punto se ha llegado a una encrucijada inicial.

#1: El aspirante puede continuar enfocándose en su mantra japa con bhakti profundizando en su meditación.

#2: El aspirante pierde su enfoque en su ista mantra en sadhana, y la dulce vibración se desvanece.

Algunos puntos importantes a saber:
(a) El peor tipo de sadhana es si uno no siente ninguna vibración espiritual en su práctica.
(b) Un paso mejor es alcanzar alguna vibración espiritual pero hacer que disminuya debido a la distracción de la mente.
(c) Lo mejor es enfocarse y repetir el ista mantra con bhakti todo el tiempo cultivando un intenso anhelo por alcanzarlo; el resultado será una vibración espiritual dichosa.
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Debemos recordar que la sadhana no es algún tipo de espectáculo externo o presentación superficial  la sadhana es completamente interna. Aquellos que intentan fingir en sadhana, para impresionar a los demás, son lo peor de lo peor. Debido a su hipocresía, nunca dan un paso adelante en su camino espiritual. Estas personas se engañan a sí mismas y arruinan su práctica debido a su exhibición falsa. La cualidad básica de un sadhaka es la simplicidad.

Conclusión


El ista mantra personal de uno es una herramienta divina para llamar a Parama Purusa. Y con un corazón lleno de bhakti uno debe continuar su mantra japa con bhakti y enfocarse exclusivamente en eso en sadhana. Entonces, cuando se despierte cualquier vibración sensible, uno podrá cruzar fácilmente ese umbral y sumergirse aún más en Su flujo divino, en el reino de la bienaventuranza.

Independientemente del estado o la calidad de la sadhana de uno, todo el mundo debería hacer esto. Al sentarse en sadhana, enfoca la mente en el ista mantra personal de uno: conoce su significado y repítelo conscientemente con plena ideación y bhakti. Si uno lo intenta, la mente se calmará. De lo contrario, si uno está sentado en sadhana y pensando en otra cosa, entonces todo es un desperdicio. Los mantras de Ananda Marga están cargados (siddha), por lo que cuando se hace mantra japa con bhakti, son efectivos el 100% del tiempo.

Namaskar,
En Él
Ananda

Siempre debemos apuntar a mantener el cuerpo inmóvil y la mente enfocada en el mantra y acercarnos más y más a Él. Si en cualquier sesión uno no siente ninguna vibración, entonces esa es la sadhana de más baja calidad

~ Estudio en profundidad ~

Siempre que sea posible, uno debe salir de la casa y salir a practicar sadhana durante un período prolongado de tiempo para practicar la meditación. Entonces uno dejará atrás todas las distracciones mundanas y podrá enfocar la mente en su mantra y llamarlo con el amor del corazón. Por la misericordia de Baba, todos avanzaremos en nuestra sadhana y experimentaremos internamente Su bienaventuranza cósmica. Por Su gracia, que cada sadhaka sea bendecido con la oportunidad de complacer y servir a Parama Purusa en su sadhana.


Sadhana: ¿por qué debe mantener la espalda recta?

#1: En el capítulo del Diario del Acarya Senior sobre Iishvara pranidhana, sección - "shuddhis", Baba describe que cuando se está sentado en meditación (padmasana, siddhasana, viirasana) uno debe mantener la espalda recta para que la kundalini pueda hacer que el pasaje se eleve hacia arriba. de muladhara a sahasrara.

#2: En un resumen en español de Caryacarya - 1, “The Process of Initiation”, Baba nos dice: Se les debe enseñar a sentarse en padmásana [postura del loto], pero en lugar de entrelazar los dedos, pueden descansar una palma sobre la otra y mantener la columna erguida... (resumen en español)

#3: En un resumen en español de Yoga Psychology, “The Human Body Is a Biological Machine”, Baba nos dice: A los monos sin cola se les puede enseñar sádhaná después de un poco de esfuerzo. Los bípedos con cola no podrán hacer sádhaná como los bípedos sin cola porque la columna vertebral de los bípedos con cola, que contiene los puntos de control de los cinco factores fundamentales, no viene en una sola línea. Los puntos de control caen en una línea curva, por lo tanto, no pueden realizar sádhaná correctamente. (resumen en español)

#4: En un resumen en español de Yoga Psychology, “The Human Body Is a Biological Machine”, Baba nos dice: Los seres rectos o erguidos pueden realizar sádhaná muy bien porque los cinco puntos de control de los factores fundamentales caen en una línea recta... Ves lo afortunado que eres de tener un ser una estructura biológica humana. Tienes una forma humana. Los humanos deberían estar obligados a la Conciencia Suprema por este favor. (resumen en español)

#5: En un resumen en español de Namami Krsnasundaram, “Párthasárathi Krśńa and Vishiśt́ádvaetaváda”, Baba nos dice: Aquel que ha seguido el camino recto del canal sus'umna' hacia arriba se vuelve uno con Parama Purus'a. (resumen en español)

#6: En un resumen en español de Ananda Marga Karma Yoga in a Nutshell, “Kurvanneveha Karmmáńi”, Baba nos dice: Ujure uju cháŕi ná leo re báḿka. La palabra "uju" en Saḿskrta se deriva de la palabra "rju" de Saḿskrta. “Rju” significa recto. El significado de esta línea es “no aceptes el camino torcido rechazando el recto”. Es decir, sigue por el camino de “suśumná” y no por el camino de “id́á” y “piuṋgalá”. (resumen en español).


Ocho tipos de poderes ocultos

En un resumen en español de  Subhasita Samgraha - 18, “Cult, Inference and Propensity”, Baba nos dice: Por lo tanto, el aspirante espiritual no debe correr tras estos poderes ocultos intrascendentes, aunque pueden desarrollarse mientras practican el culto espiritual. No debes olvidar que todos tus logros deben mantener el ajuste con las principales propensiones de la mente, y en el proceso de ajuste, todos estos ocho tipos de poderes ocultos se presentan al aspirante espiritual. (resumen en español)

Poderes ocultos como polvo en la carretera


En un resumen en español de  Subhasita Samgraha - 18, “Cult, Inference and Propensity”, Baba nos dice: Al practicar el culto espiritual, debe recordarse que los aspirantes espirituales no deben practicar para adquirir estos poderes ocultos. El objetivo de la práctica espiritual es realizar la Entidad Suprema. Buscar cualquier otra cosa está mal. Los poderes ocultos son como el polvo al borde de la carretera. La atracción por Parama Purus'a es el objeto más valioso; todo lo demás es solo el polvo de la tierra. (resumen en español)

Sadhana es el camino de la vida.

Aquí Baba nos recuerda nuevamente que el camino de la sadhana es el esfuerzo más significativo de la vida.

Vrtha' janma...

En un resumen en español de  Subhasita Samgraha - 3, “Vibration, Form, and Colour”, Baba nos dice: La ideación sobre Brahma debe hacerse escrupulosamente, o más tarde te arrepentirás y lamentarás la futilidad de tu vida con la última gota de tus lágrimas en tu última hora. Debes hacer que tu vida valga la pena a través de tu sadhana. . ¿Cuánto pueden hacer por usted sus amigos y parientes mundanos? Después de su muerte, sus parientes tal vez pregunten: "¿Cuánto dinero ha dejado atrás?". Sus amigos pueden ir al crematorio y disfrutar de recuerdos halagadores sobre usted. Su esposo o esposa puede llorar por ti durante unos diez o doce días y luego recuperar su compostura normal. Tu suerte será solo un profundo suspiro, un registro de la futilidad y la frustración de tu vida. Así que no pierdas tu tiempo para que luego no tengas que arrepentirte. (resumen en español)

Sadhana sincera: las vibraciones mentales provocan cambios radicales


En un resumen en español de A Guide to Human Conduct, “Iishvara prańidhána”, Baba nos dice: Cuando el flujo mental de un aspirante espiritual se mueve a lo largo de la fase introvertida de la meditación macrocósmica, la fuerza animadora de uno, que tiene la potencialidad de la divinidad misma, se eleva por encima de todas las tendencias, todos los samskáras, y avanza hacia la bienaventuranza eterna. En este estado la mente vibra con el sentimiento Cósmico. Las cualidades divinas no expresadas de las glándulas superiores encuentran expresión y la resonancia de la mente hace vibrar el sistema nervioso. Esto da lugar a expresiones piadosas en el cuerpo físico. En el caso de aquellas personas cuyos sentimientos ocultos no se expresan físicamente por causas asociadas a los nervios, las vibraciones mentales provocan ciertos cambios radicales, en las diversas glándulas del cuerpo. Estos sentimientos ocultos son básicamente de ocho tipos: stambha (asombroso), kampa (temblor), sveda (sudoración), svarabheda (ronquera), ashru (lágrimas), romáiṋca (horripilación), vaevarńa (cambio de color) y pralaya ( desmayo). Hay otros sentimientos asociados con estos sentimientos principales. Por ejemplo, nrtya (bailar), giita (cantar), viluńt́hana (bailar), kroshana (llorar), huḿkára (rugir), lálásráva (salivar), jrmbhańa (bostezar), lokápekśá tyága (indiferencia), at́t́ahásya (estallarse en carcajadas) , ghúrńana (girar), hikká (hipo), tanumot́ana (relajación del cuerpo físico) y diirghashvása (respiración profunda). (resumen en español)

A primera vista, las reacciones anteriores pueden parecer extrañas, pero estas son expresiones de felicidad y si uno experimenta esto, lo añorará una y otra vez. Aquí debe notarse que un aspirante dado experimentará solo una de esas expresiones basadas en su samskara inherente. Así que no es que un aspirante en particular experimente múltiples o todas estas reacciones. Aunque el sistema de sadhana de Ananda Marga es muy científico, aquellos que no hacen el sadhana adecuada, es decir, aquellos que tienen sadhana seca, nunca experimentarán estas reacciones.
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Vácanika y upáḿshu japa son inútiles
 
   En un resumen en español de A Guide to Human Conduct, “Iishvara prańidhána”, Baba nos dice: La probabilidad de tales señales es muy pequeña en el caso de vácanika y upáḿshu japa. Esa expresión es muy natural en el caso de aquellos que han aprendido el proceso correcto de sádhaná. Estos están asociados con el placer, y no con el dolor de ningún tipo. Por lo tanto, aquellos que no practican sádhaná no deben temer innecesariamente estos signos.
  Cuando aparecen tales síntomas ocultos, el sádhaka tampoco debe preocuparse de ninguna manera. En este estado, si los sádhakas prestan atención a expresar esos signos, su progreso se retrasará. Si reprimen estos sentimientos ocultos, su bháva o ideación misma se verá perturbada y sus mentes se distanciarán de Iishvara prańidhána. Siempre debes recordar que el sentimiento cósmico está por encima de todo lo demás; no es prudente perder el tiempo prestando atención a los síntomas externos de la ideación o bháva.
   Estos síntomas ocultos desaparecen tan pronto como la mente se separa de la objetividad cósmica. Cuando los sádhakas alcanzan la capacidad de establecerse en el sentimiento cósmico durante largos períodos, esas ideas se limitan únicamente al cuerpo mental y el cuerpo físico se calma en gran medida. (resumen en español)

- Here is a link to the original English posting: Lazy sadhana 

- Here are more Spanish postings


Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Democracy is sick + 2 more

Baba

Democracy is sick

Namaskar,

Often it is found that an ordinary voter in a democracy is disinterested in elections and voting. This is a serious issue, and its root cause has to be determined.


Variations of so-called democracy

In today’s world, there are various kinds of democracies. For example, the democracies found in countries like China, Iran, the United States, and India are all different.
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(A) In China, the communist party alone can elect the president and the premier. Thus, only selfish people can become the leaders in the Chinese type of system. 
(B) Iran, on the other hand, is a religious republic. Only those can contest elections in Iran who are approved by the top priest.
(C) In the US, there are two dominant parties that fully control the political landscape. 

Thus, in most countries, democracy is just a namesake. The whole power is vested in either one single party or at the most two parties. In India and European countries, multiple parties can contest elections. (See Reference #5) 
 

Multi-party democracy in India - defects and solutions

Prout is against party politics (See Reference #3). Party requires blind loyalty from its members. The loyalty of the party members is only towards the party and seldom towards the people. In the party, individual abilities are not given importance. Party loyalty is given the most value. Whether people are benefitted or not, the party’s interests are the main agenda. The party gives the ticket and helps its members in winning. In return, the party members protect even the corrupt members of the party. For example, a party member will call a thief belonging to his own party as a saint and support him. On the other hand, he will go to any extent to malign even an honest person belonging to the opposition party. Thus, party-politics is nothing but a disease. (See Reference #7 & #9)

Prout philosophy states, “People should cast their votes for deserving human beings – not for the lamppost holding the party ticket.” (1)

In India, for one parliamentary seat as many as ten to fifteen people contest. A contestant may emerge as the winner if he gets maximum votes even if he gets only 20% of the votes. This, in turn, means that the mandate of the remaining 80% of the electorate goes down the drain. Such winning leaders will take only the interests of 20% into consideration. For example, if there are 100 voters in a constituency only 40 vote, and out of that the winner gets 10 - 12 votes and the other contestants may get 4, 5 etc. Such a winner will have nothing to do with people of the constituency. He may at best be interested in those 10 - 12 people who voted for him. Such a defective system promotes casteism (ja’tiva’da) and groups. Every leader tries to catch hold of the majority group to win the election and in that process supports the division between the so-called groups.
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Reelection if less than 50% vote


There should be a rule. If the winning candidate gets less than 50% of the electorate then reelection should be done. Sometimes it may reverse the results. If ‘A’ got 20 votes and ‘B’ got 25 votes, upon reelection it is possible that A wins eventually. In India, mostly a minority government is formed. In France, the presidential election employs this rule.

Voters education not punishment


In many places, people lost interest in voting due to the defective system. To force people to participate in voting in some places, punishment is given to those voters who do not vote. As a result, they vote randomly to avert penalties worsening the problem. Socio-politico-economic education is therefore needed. A course in socio-politico-economic education should be formulated and offered for educating the common people. To motivate people to do the course some form of credit should be associated with the course. This way people will learn about the electoral system and be in a better position to make proper decisions.
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Uncontested winners should not be there

Often, it is found that in some constituencies that a few members win the election because no one opposes them. Such uncontested elections should not be permitted. Because bad people and ruffians may bully others to not run in the election. The ruffian candidate may threaten other contestants that if they contest they will be killed.  Other contestants may withdraw out of fear. Thus, such uncontested elections promote bad people to use threats and violence as a way to win elections. In that case, if one contestant dies during the election then voting should be done again. Some countries follow this rule. Also, if uncontested elections do occur, they should be again tested for pro and against votes. If the uncontested candidates get many against votes then a reelection should be done.

There is a rule in Prout. Say A, B, and C are contesting elections and A threatens and ousts B and C from elections to be the uncontested candidate. A should then be again tested for against votes. If A gets many against votes he loses the election and B and C who withdrew from the election out of fear should be punished too by banning them from contesting.

Prout philosophy states, “No candidate should be declared elected without a contest. Rich and influential people can compel other candidates, by financial inducements or intimidation, to withdraw their nomination papers. So in cases where it is found that there is only one candidate, the popularity of the candidate will have to be tested. If the candidate fails in this test, the candidate and all those who withdrew their nomination papers will forfeit the right to contest the subsequent by-election for that constituency. This means that they will have to wait until the next election.” (2)

Election malpractices


Often in India, the uncontested are elected directly. Some file nomination and withdraw due to ineligibility and then the uncontested win. Often the authorities that select the candidates are bribed and they intentionally find flaws to reject all nominations. In some cases, polling booths are tampered or manipulated to win the elections. In some cases, party people influence and corrupt the election commission, which breaks down the constituencies to divide the electorate. For example, if a constituency has the black majority then to weaken the majority, the electorate is divided into several parts to convert the majority into many minorities.
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If it is suspected that there are voters who will not vote for a particular party, then that party along with the corrupt election commission employs voter suppression techniques to create obstacles for the voters. Often voting IDs are not given easily to the voters to prevent them from voting. Sometimes, voting day is kept on a working day or some other day that voters find difficult to turn up at the voting center. Sometimes, the voting center is kept in a place that is inconvenient to reach. In India, thugs intimidate and prevent voting. The Taliban does the same by intimidating the voters. They threaten to kill those who muster the courage to turn up at the voting center. Often booth capturing is done to tweak the votes fraudulently. 

Psychic obstacles for the voters


On the psychic level too, obstacles for the voters are employed to win elections. Rumor mongering is one such technique to malign the candidates. Sometimes psychic illusion using print and visual media is used to create false propaganda. Nowadays, fake news is used to confuse common people.
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A touchy subject


Although, at present, among all the political systems democracy is the best, but it is far from the ideal. Democracy needs improvements. Prout says more than 50% people are fools (See Reference #4). Many have got a human body for the first time. A majority come directly from animal life. Ideally only socio-politically aware people should vote. Restricting voting based on one’s knowledge is a touchy subject. Earlier nobody voted. Power was the hegemony of the ruling class. No one had a say. Then only high-class people and males were allowed to vote. It may thus seem regressive to restrict voting rights now. But when socio-politico-economic consciousness will improve then limited voting can be implemented. Only moralists should vote. (See References #6 & #8)

Need for a benevolent political system


The goal of human life is to merge in Parama Purusa and the only way is spiritual sadhana. For sadhana, the body has to be maintained. Food has to be eaten. Shelter and clothing have to be ensured. Earlier most of the time was spent in just ensuring one’s livelihood. With a good social structure, only a little time will be required to ensure one’s livelihood and security. People in a proper society will have more time available for doing spiritual sadhana. The ideal society is one where a person’s livelihood is not the only goal of life. Only a small amount of time needs to be spent for one’s livelihood. The rest of the time can be used in spiritual practice. A benevolent political system can help in establishing a benevolent human society.

Problems in AMPS


Although Prout says that only sadvipras should be made leaders, Rudrananda adopts the Chinese style of operations and nominates his stooges. This leads to selfish people occupying the positions at the helm.
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Key points


The main problem is the distinct lack of a socio-economic education of the common people. Unfortunately, the selfish leaders support is based on maintaining ignorance among people. This is because they think that if people are educated and made aware of their rights then they may vote against them. Socio-economic-political consciousness is important. 

  • In today’s world, there are various kinds of democracies.
  • The loyalty of the party members is only towards the party and seldom towards the people. In the party, individual abilities are not given importance.
  • There should be a rule: If the winning candidate gets less than 50% of the electorate then reelection should be done.
  • A course in Socio-politico-economic education should be formulated and offered for educating the common people.
  • Uncontested elections promote bad people’s use of threatening as a way to win elections.
  • If it is suspected that there are voters who will not vote for a particular party, then that party along with the corrupt election commission employs voter suppression techniques to create obstacles for those voters. 
  • Psychic illusion using print and visual media is used to create false propaganda.
  • When socio-politico-economic consciousness of the common people improves, then limited voting can be implemented. Only moralists should vote. (See References #6 & #8)
  • Only a small amount of time needs to be spent for one’s livelihood. The rest of the time can be used in spiritual practice. A benevolent political system can help in establishing a benevolent human society.

In Him,
Bhakti

~ In-depth study ~

Prout philosophy says, “Proutists have to fight against today’s party politics. Proutists are not against politics or political science, but they have to fight against professional politicians.” (3)

Prout philosophy states, “The majority of the society are fools; wise people are always in a minority. Thus, finally democracy is nothing but ‘foolocracy’.” (4)


Republic & democracy

Prout philosophy guides us, “Democracy is where a government is elected by the people through restricted or general franchise. A democratic country having a democratic head is a republic. A democratic country having a non-democratic head is not a republic. It is either a kingdom (monarchy), or an oligarchy, or a restricted republic. India is both a democracy and a republic; the USA is also a democracy and a republic; but Great Britain is a democracy and a kingdom. Australia is a democracy but not a republic, as it recognizes the British Crown at the helm of affairs. [[A comment on the former Soviet Union omitted here.]] A republic is where the head of state is elected by [[the]] people directly or indirectly.” (5)

Age should not be the yardstick for voting rights.


Prout philosophy states, “One of the most obvious defects of democracy is that voting is based upon universal suffrage. That is, the right to cast a vote depends on age. Once people reach a certain age, it is assumed that they have the requisite capacity to weigh the pros and cons of the issues in an election and select the best candidate. But there are many people above the voting age who have little or no interest in elections and are not conversant with social or economic issues. In many cases, they vote for the party rather than the candidate, and are swayed by election propaganda or the false promises of politicians. Those who have not reached the voting age are often more capable of selecting the best candidate than those who are entitled to vote. So age should not be the yardstick for voting rights.” (6)

Worthless people win


Prout philosophy states, “Whether or not a candidate gets elected usually depends upon party affiliation, political patronage and election expenditure. In some cases it also depends on antisocial practices. Throughout the world, money plays a dominant role in the electoral process, and in nearly all cases, only those who are rich and powerful can hope to secure elected office. In those countries where voting is not compulsory, often only a small percentage of the population participates in the electoral process.” (7)

Bandits & murderers run for election & form govt


Prout philosophy states, “The prerequisites for the success of democracy are morality, education and socio-economico-political consciousness. Leaders especially must be people of high moral character, otherwise the welfare of society will be jeopardized. But today in most democracies, people of dubious character and those with vested interests are elected to power. Even bandits and murderers stand for election and form the government.” (8)

Party supports: communalism, provincialism, casteism


Prout philosophy states, “People should cast their votes for deserving human beings – not for the lamppost holding the party ticket. To further the interests of the party, party politics may publicly oppose something which is often secretly encouraged. Communalism, provincialism, casteism, etc. – none of these are considered bad for the sake of party interests. The only identity of human beings is that they are humans – living beings. Party politics strives to keep people oblivious of this fact – it tries to pulverize the psychic wealth of human beings under the steamroller of party interests.” (9)

References
(1) Problems of the Day, Point #27
(2) Problems of the Day, Point #33
(3) Prout in a Nutshell Part 15, Talks on Prout
(4) Prout in a Nutshell Part 5, Discourses on Prout
(5) Prout in a Nutshell Part 12, Some Different Forms of Government – Excerpt A
(6) Prout in a Nutshell - 21, Economic Democracy
(7) Prout in a Nutshell - 21, Economic Democracy
(8) Prout in a Nutshell - 21, Economic Democracy
(9) Problems of the Day, Point #27


== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==

You came that night

Note: This Prabhat Samgiita composition depicts how when a sadhaka experiences frustration, feels all alone, faces tragedy, or is engulfed in misery, then Parama Purusa comes and transforms everything in life. That is the scene in this song.

The dark, stormy, amavasya (new moon) night represents life's miseries and tragedies. Parama Purusa’s knocking on the door shows how when a sadhaka is very frustrated and unable to call Parama Purusa, remember Him, or attract Him in dhyana, then He comes to help. The last stanza illustrates how frustrations turn into solutions, and sadness turns into joy. Life has become extremely positive and blissful, by His grace. Such is the metaphor that is depicted in this song.

The overall teaching is that when tragedy strikes and the sadhaka has neither the strength nor presence of mind to call Him, then Parama Purusa showers His karuna, comes, and rescues him. This transformation occurs in all spheres of life: physical, psychic, and spiritual.

"Jhaŕa jhainjháy varaśáy, tumi esechile amánisháy..." (Prabhat Samgiita #2492)

Purport:

Parama Purusa, on that dark amavasya night when a huge hurricane was storming and pouring rain, You came. The little door of my hut was closed. I was all alone in my house - sleeping. I was so neglected; nobody cared for my whereabouts. I was lost and forgotten. But You came that night.  

Baba, You are so merciful. You knocked on the door of my abode with Your own hand. The sound of Your grand arrival awakened me. It was so blissful; my whole existence became charged. I was suffused with the anandam of Your divine presence and the showering of Your grace. With a sweet and tender wave of Your hand You motioned for me to come out from the dark hut. And lovingly You told me, "Come close and smile to your heart's content." You also told me that, "Now see this world in a new way, with a new form." 

And that time one unbelievable thing happened. You changed the entire scene. My little hut became huge - as vast as the three worlds. Virtually all the three worlds became one. I could even see the stars, galaxies and nebulae - they all came close. That time my heart was completely filled and inundated with the eternal flow of Your grace, love, and compassion.  

Parama Purusa Baba, You showered Your causeless grace on me that very dark night when I was all alone, neglected, and sad…


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