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An Unknown Truth.
Great Souls being persecuted As I stated before, the Supreme sent several spiritual masters to declare the Dharma to be followed in the present era, Kaliyuga. Among them in India are Krishna, Buddha, Sankaracharya, Guru Nanak, Mahavira, Dayananda Saraswati, Swami Vivekananda, Narayana Guru, Thiruvalluvar etc. to mention a few. When the message was not taken in India, the Supreme sent prophets and apostles in other parts of the World, like Moses, Jesus, Prophet Mohammed, etc. In fact, since the birth of Sri Krishna, approximately 5100 years back, and up to 1973, 2444 Gurus in this lineage have already come in the World and gave the message in varying ways and means, which indeed has helped mankind to a certain extent. All these Great Souls have appealed to the common folk to worship only the God Almighty and not the saints, deities, devas, angels, nor resort to the worship of dead ancestors. Yet no worthwhile change could be brought in the midst of the multitudes. The contemporary society inflicted great pain on these Great Souls and therefore they could not succeed in bringing about the necessary change in the Yugadharma -divine codes of conduct to be observed by humanity in a certain era. Moses was persecuted. Jesus was crucified, despite his cry to the Lord to save him if it was right. Prophet Mohammed had to flee from Mecca to Medina. Krishna was the victim of seven murder attempts; finally he was killed by a hunter. Buddha thought he was doing great penance for the sake of God, by fasting in a rigorous way, but he luckily realized that he was not and was saved from sure death, by the food given by a shepherd woman. Indeed he died an unnatural death in the end, by consuming the wretched meat offered as alms to him. This has been recorded as Nirvana in the books. Later Buddhism itself was driven out of India. Sri Ramakrishna suffered from scrofula round the neck and died in pain. Vivekananda suffered from kidney disease and died at an early age. The tormenting of Jesus is well known. He was mislead by lower forces up to his crucifixion. Adi Shankara was supposed to have jumped off a cliff into an abyss, at Kailasa in the North of India. The great Shankaracharya, who thought that nothing is real except the God Almighty, must be wondering in his grave, which unknown power has put an early end to his life. The list of such great men who suffered like this is long. Dayananda Saraswati was poisoned to death. It is written in the books that the great saint Sri Rama Tirtha, attained jalasamadhi, samadhi or death in water. He drowned himself in the river. It was merely another case of suicide. There are similar cases of suffering and persecution in the history of Sikh and Jain Gurus and also several hundreds of other Great Souls, known and unknown in different parts of the World. Likewise the hardships and struggles Sri Rama went through are countless. Unable to reach Iswara Sannidhanam (unable to break free from the deva stage), Rama committed suicide in the Sarayu river. We find such experiences in the lives of great men. What do they signify? All these examples show us the tremendous power of the devas -deities misconceived as fully realized souls- and Trimurti -Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva- planes, from where certain beings that are residing in these levels of consciousness, obstruct the spiritual path of people that try to break free from the devas, reaching Iswara Sannidham -seventh plane of evolution. The face of knowledge starts to appear with the attainment of this stage, so the seeker is free from his emotions -anger, hate, egoism, envy, jealousy, etc. When a soul tries to cross the stages of ‘gods’, saints and devas, the resistance comes from them and might even cause the physical destruction of each spiritually evolving man in this human World, as he approaches the deva stage. The reason is that these deities have reached certain stages in spiritual evolution, though they have not attained full spiritual realization, they are attached to the senses and they are not free from their emotions, so when we pray to these deities, some of them might become jealous of our spiritual progress blocking our spiritual path. All the earlier spiritual masters had suffered like this in the hands of evil forces known as Jins -genie in Muslim religion-, devils, Gandharvas -‘heavenly’ musicians and singers-, Yogabhrashtas -beings that have evolved through tapas -rigorous practices such as long fasting periods; standing on one foot for years; not speaking to anybody for long periods of time; meditating without interruption for hours and in some cases days or weeks, without taking any food or sleeping, etc. Some of them are powerful souls higher than the Trimurti -Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva- stage. Either these souls will be led away from Truth, by luring them with the power of siddhi -ability to perform miracles- or harming them physically and mentally through subtle ways. This is also an experienced truth. Performance of miracle is against the Will of God and the order in nature. That is the reason why Satan once tried to inspire Jesus to perform miracles. But Jesus knowing the intent of Satan refused and asked Satan to go away. But later Jesus is found performing miracles. It is at this particular stage, unable to cross the Trimurti stage, most of the earlier Acharyas suffered, such as Jesus, Shankara, Buddha, Rama, Mohammed, who were barred not only in the fulfillment of their missions, but also in their spiritual evolution. Another problem is that the abodes of ‘gods’ are full of splendor and joy. When some spiritual adepts come across the planes of these powers, they become static and think that they have attained the goal of self realization. That is the reason why Patanjali Maharshi in the treatise on Yoga, exhorts the aspirants to be careful about the ‘gods’ or divinities. Ordinary people, not knowing these facts continue to worship ‘gods,’ saints, angels and all sort of divinities, thinking that such worship is the worship of God Supreme. Contemporary spirituality, have thus failed to take man to the highest spiritual experience. This is an experienced truth. When Swami Vivekananda approached Sri Ramakrishna with the question "Have you seen God?" Sri Ramakrishna said "Yes, I have and I can show you also." Then Vivekananda was asked to go in front of the Kali temple. There, Swami Vivekananda got the vision of mother ‘goddess.’ What Vivekananda saw was the vision of ‘goddess’ Kali, not the Supreme Light of God. A Guru can only give to his disciple what he has himself achieved. That is the reason why the earlier spiritual masters, could not free themselves and their followers, from the misconception about Yugadharma. It is in this background of persecution and suffering of the earlier messengers of God, a soul which got itself enriched by the experiences of countless births and attained perfection thereby -Nava Jyothi Sri Karunakara Guru, was given birth. It had attained the optimal spiritual capacity and was ordained to show the true Light to humanity. This is of greatest significance in the spiritual history of man, as it is the first time a fundamental correction is made after 25 Chaturyugas -approximately 108 000 000 years- in the Sanatana Dharma -divine codes of conduct to be observed by humanity itself in order to attain liberation. On the day of the fulfillment of this mission, 1973, a voice from the Supreme Light said "for what I have waited for ages, that has been achieved today." Guru: exhorts man to follow the eternal Dharma of Manu -codes of conduct for attaining spiritual liberation- which is based on the faith in one all pervasive Godhead. It is only through the Yugacharya -great spiritual master of a certain era- authorized by the Supreme Godhead, experience of the one and only God is made possible. The Guru should be Atmajnani, highly evolved soul capable of understanding the innate intricacies of the soul in order to properly guide and correct his followers towards mukti -spiritual realization. That Supreme Guru should also be a Trikala Jnani (knower of three fold times -past, present and future) and also the one who has become merged with the Supreme Light of God, crossing the stages of saints and devas, rishi, Ishwara, up to a stage of spiritual realization, so that he can help us to liberate our souls, through his Light and knowledge. We are living in the glorious period of such a Yugacharya, who is verily Nava Jyothi Sri Karunakara Guru, the Supreme Guru of all Gurus. He is a soul of unmatched wisdom and radiance, who has come to redeem the long forgotten Sanatana Dharma, which is the eternal religion of mankind. For thousands of years people of the Earth had been expecting a redeemer to come and save the World. The time has arrived and in many religions around the World, we can find prophecies touching upon this subject. If you want more information regarding this topic, please refer to the chapter "Prophecies regarding the coming of a Great Soul."
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