Baba
Understanding sexual indiscretions
Namaskar,
In the plant kingdom, the duty of the male plant is to spread its pollen to a maximum number of females. And if the pollen from one male pollen is received by a female then it is sufficient and it does not need more. So the roles of male and female plants are quite different. Male plants have to distribute maximum pollen, and female plants have to receive from only one. Females have no connection with others.
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Similar phenomenon in animals & humans
A similar thing also happens in the animal kingdom. The alpha male controls the entire pride. And it spreads its genes across the entire herd / group. The alpha male’s tendency is to spread seeds as much as it can. In contrast, the female has to receive from one, and it does not have any desire to receive from multiple males for the purpose of procreation.
A similar psychology or instinct is present in human beings also. For procreation purposes, males like to do maximum, and females prefer to remain with one - the alpha one. The inner science is what is the best procreation partner to care for the child. Promiscuity only results if the female perceives that her male is not an alpha in which case she will aim to connect with the alpha. This is all the play of instinct.
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Goad mind to spirituality; overcome vrttis
By common sense, one can easily understand through AM philosophy that regardless of how instinct works, the human mind is more powerful than instinct. Those guided by or controlled by instincts are all animals. Those animals in human form are governed by their instincts; they are involved in sexual crimes and do not have control. Whereas, if one develops the mind through spiritual practices they can easily overcome the trappings of the various vrttis / instincts.
As discussed above, males are more prone to have connections with many females and that causes harmful disturbances in society.
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This is the reason that domestic violence occurs in many marriages. The male wants to have more, and females do not. This gives the clear-cut signal that those who marry to satisfy their sexual lust are on the wrong path. Coercive mating in married life is a sexual crime in many countries. Many ignorant people marry with this misguided purpose, and later on they get depressed, repent, or commit a sexual crime and sit in jail their whole life. Best would have been to find a spiritual path to tame their animal propensities and goad their tendencies in another direction. Then they would have been much happier.
Conclusion
Instinct plays a greater role in all creatures, including human beings. In the hoary past, humans used to live in the wild on trees, and children used to hold the branches in order not to fall down. And they used to hold onto the mother's body when their mother was jumping from one branch to another. The same thing we see today in newly born infants. Their fist is tightly closed and gradually it becomes very strong. Even after millions of years this instinct is still present in modern babes. In the same way, those primitive alpha human males used to have that connection with countless females, and nowadays the same thing is going on in society. Even though society has been completely transformed, still that old instinct is dominant from plant life to animal life and in human life.
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Those who are sadhakas - or those who take to spiritual practices - can step by step overcome and gain control over these base propensities.
In Him,
Nrtyarata’
== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==
You avoided my calls
"Toma'ke d'eke gechi kato jiivane..." (Prabhat Samgiita #3789)
Purport:
Baba, O' Parama Purusa, with longing in my heart I have been calling You for so many lives. Why did You remain distant. It may be that You heard me but You did not listen, or that You saw me, but You did not look towards me. So many lives passed and I just remained in darkness. O' my Parama Purusa, You play Your unkind liila with one insignificant being like me. You remain unkind.
O’ Parama Purusa, Baba, I always tell You the feeling of my heart, and by Your grace I know that resonates deep in Your inner core. You are intimately aware about whatever I think each and every moment; nothing is hidden from You. Because You are the all-knowing, love-personified Entity, that is why without my telling anything You understand my most intimate thoughts. The feelings of my mind expressed in my core can be heard in the resonance of my mental reflections.
O' Parama Purusa, whether You listen to my call or not, that does not give me any pain. If You hear it that is good, and if You choose not to that is also fine. The main thing is that my everything is dedicated to Your service. With deep longing my duty is to call You day and night. So I continue whether You respond or not. I only want solace in the mind, for what cause You turned deaf ears to me and avoided my call. Baba, You have graced me so much. Keep me under Your loving care…
== Section: Important Teaching ==
Kiirtana distinctions
Here is an English summary of Baba’s Bangla teaching of RU [EGD] 31 December 1982, A'nanda Nagar:
If it is told to only sing kiirtan then it means nam kiirtana, i.e. Baba Nam Kevalam. If it is told to sing songs etc that means Prabhat Samgiita or pad kiirtana Prabhat Samgiita. If it is based on the sketch of a storyline that means pala kiirtan. In the morning, I told you to do kiirtana, and everyone started singing pad kiirtana, but that was wrong. If I say do kiirtana then that only means nam kiirtana.
Here is more on this topic as there are three main types of kiirtana:
(a) Na'ma Kiirtana: This is the singing of Baba Nam Kevalam, in its many forms including avarta kiirtana, nagar kiirtana, katha kiirtana (see note below), and akhanda kiirtana etc.
(b) Pad Kiirtana: This is when a poetic verse is put into a kiirtana form. Various margiis turn a stanza of their bhajans into this type of kiirtan in order to glorify the Lord. And there are many PS compositions, between the numbers of #0140 -> #0160, that fall into this category as well.
(c) Pa'la' Kiirtana: Pa'la' literally means “turn”. First one person sings then the audience responds. Thus pa'la' kiirtan is done in the style of call and response, where the main singer sings a stanza of Baba Nam Kevalam and the general public responds. But there is another aspect as well. In between the audience's participation, the main singer(s) perform at length, singing the glories of the Lord and recounting His tales and stories in the form of a dialog or prose that is often sung. And then it will go back in BNK kiirtana where all join in and sing. So it is a spiritual account or history about Parama Purusa that is led by trained sadhakas, who invite the audience to join in and sing.
Note: Katha kiirtana is when a collection of people gather to sing kiirtana and share stories in between singing BNK kiirtana.
== Section: Important Teaching ==
Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Another glaring example of the neglect of human values is the present judicial system. When arrested, people have to stand in the dock for the accused and face a trial based on evidence and the lawyers eloquence, no matter if they are guilty or not. A criminal who can afford to hire a reputable lawyer may emerge from the legal processes unscathed, whereas an innocent person of meagre financial means who is unable to appoint a good counsel, may end up in prison. If a thief is set free it is a crime, no doubt; but if an innocent person is punished it is a severe dishonour to humanity.” (1)
Note: In His above teaching Baba brings to light the tragedies that occur in society when poor people cannot get a proper attorney. Sadly, in spite of their innocence such impoverished persons get convicted of heinous crimes. On the other side of the coin, wealthy, anti-social criminals hire the more famous, reputed lawyers and are declared innocent. That is what happens in the US, and other places. Take the case of one innocent poor black man who was unjustly found guilty in a murder case and sentenced to capital punishment. Yet, some selfless, philanthropic attorneys picked up his case and he was freed. But it took a long time, as he spent 30 years behind bars.
Exonerated after wrongful imprisonment
From the “Innocence Project” an innocent person was rescued from death row. And in total there may be thousands upon thousands of such cases.
"The Innocence Project focuses on cases in which DNA evidence is available to be tested or retested. DNA testing is possible in 5-10% of criminal cases...As of July 2017, 351 people previously convicted of serious crimes in the United States had been exonerated by DNA testing since 1989, 20 of whom had been sentenced to death. Almost all (99%) of the wrongful convictions were of males, with minority groups constituting approximately 70%.The National Registry of Exonerations lists 1,579 convicted defendants who were exonerated through DNA and non-DNA evidence from January 1, 1989 through April 12, 2015. According to a study published in 2014, more than 4% of persons overall sentenced to death from 1973 to 2004 are probably innocent." (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
So it is obvious that capital punishment is a terrible blot on human society. When handing down a verdict, no rational judge or jury can say with 100% certainty that justice was done in that particular case.
For instance, if after hanging an innocent person it was discovered he did not do wrong, then what can be done. Nothing - it is too late. A better, more just, society will ensure that top legal support is provided to all equally, irrespective of one’s financial standing. In addition, that society will understand that setting a criminal free is not as harmful as convicting an innocent person and sentencing them to death. When that happens, the common people lose faith in the justice system and that is the worst outcome.
That is what has happened amongst the black population in the US. In comparison to white people, innocent black people are dealt very long periods of incarceration. For example, having a single dose of heroin can lead to a 20 year prison sentence, without any option for parole etc.
Reference
1. A Few Problems Solved - 2, Social Values and Human Cardinal Principles
== Section 3: Links ==
Postings to Read
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Witnessing Baba's demonstrations
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