Baba
Uninformed teacher
Namaskar,
AM conduct rule states: “One should not give any false answer and should consult with one’s seniors for the correct answer.” (1)
Unfortunately, when one margii started a Prout study circle, he offered the following outrageous and bogus statement in his online conference lecture.
The margii wrongly said, “Our economic theory [PROUT] has to be to some extent matter-centered, to use it properly.”
All religions are matter + dogma centered
Religions: one god’s day -- rest six days are my days
Ananda Marga’s God-centered approach
Common confusion
Let us remember that in a matter-centered approach, the material is considered everything. Capitalism is an example. For matter-centered people, sensory pleasure is given the utmost importance in life. Matter-centered people spend their lives and energies only in pursuits like earning wealth, fame, land, and so on. For them, accumulating materialistic possessions and making the most of sensory pleasures are the benchmarks of success in life. There is no importance of God, as material acquisition / indulgence is the only truth in the matter-centered approach.
Perils of matter-centered approach
Today, the growing number of selfish people are the outcome of the matter-centered philosophy. Sadly, they live an individualistic life devoid of family values. They view their relationship with the opposite gender for sensory pleasure alone, often resulting in children outside of marriage without any stable home or family. Such matter-centered people are essentially unhappy due to the innate loneliness of their lives resulting out of selfish individualism. In many extreme cases, such people either commit suicide or turn into maniacs going into a shooting rampage. Some consume themselves in narcotic drugs or alcohol for sensory pleasures, slowly degenerating the vitality of their once human existence. Such a dangerous matter-centered philosophy has been around for about 150 - 200 years. This dangerous and massive experiment of materialism has only led to pervasive disastrous consequences in human society.
Advent of Mahasambhuti
Same act but different approach
A matter-centered person builds a house for prestige while a God-centered person will do so only for satisfying the need for a protective place for living. A matter-centered person earns wealth considering it as the goal of life. This is the reason we find some people building huge mansions for only two or three people.
The goal of a God-centered life is Parama Purusa. So human life is for sa’dhana’ for that the body needs to be maintained. And one needs some type of income to meet the basic needs. Money and material wealth has not greater utility than that.
Hence, there is a significant difference between the approaches of a matter-centered and a God-centered life. Those followers look upon the world in completely different ways.
Analogy of going to work
Conclusion
In Him
Bhakti
Befoolery of ma’ya’
Wrong depiction of Prout
Prout is a God centered philosophy. Why it is God centered? Because we accept the existence of matter. That is required, our physical existence is required. So our economic theory [PROUT] has to be to some extent matter centered, to use it properly. But the concept of progress about which we'll be talking more in future classes is something different in Prout compared to others. It is God centered because it defines the purpose of human life as to get the fullest expression of its original form; becoming unlimited, identifying ourselves with the Cosmic Consciousness, making efforts to merge in the Cosmic Consciousness.
References
1. 37 Workers Rules, Point #32
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The below sections are entirely different topics, unrelated to the above material.
They stand on their own as points of interest.
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== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==
O' human being, throw away those old tattered ideas
Purport:
Parama Purusa, by Your grace, today the resplendent new sun of the glorious crimson dawn is rising up in the eastern horizon. The whole world is getting bathed in Your refulgence. Due to fear and shyness, the cimmerian darkness of the nil moon has disappeared and is hiding somewhere.
O' human being, throw away those old tattered ideas, staticity, and dogmas of the past like an annual death day celebration, and embrace the illumination of the spectacular sunrise. The Supreme Entity with His exquisite brilliance has come to your doorstep - with grand form and colour, showering love on you.
O' human being, the creatures of blackness have vanished and gotten destroyed due to your well-organised movement and strong push. The Parama Purusa, who is the nucleus of this universe, is the greatest Entity of this vast cosmos. Ideate on Him, and go on doing His work, serving and pleasing Him…
== Section 3: Important Teaching ==
Why to use Deva title
“Titles of the present society have undergone considerable changes during the past fifty years, the cause being that everyone aspires to pertain to an elevated caste. The so-called Shúdras also use the sacred thread. This is only an effort towards the concealment of one’s identity. By this means, they conceal only their disregarded status. This is to be regretted. It is consequent on social debility that they harbour the desire for changes in their situations. It is out and out purposeless to convene All-India Conferences or particular castes. All of them desire to assert and establish their rights. This is simply misuses of energy and money.” (1)
Reference
1. Táttvika Diipiká (Paiṋcama Parva)
== Section 4: Links ==
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