Worship

meeta said...
sir, i was drawn to the diffrent paths to worship of god of soham and shwetambari can you elaborate on the idea behind it

Answer:

The destination of attainment is a pathless journey.
We have to have our own path.

When someone asked Guruvar Rabindranath Tagore why there were thousands of Gods for Hindus, his reply was a revelation. He said that it was most unfortunate. There should be as many Gods as people.

Soham' upbringing is one of a mystic. He has been told the true meaning of a prayer right in the childhood. He understands the meaning of vibrations (chants, music and meditation). He worships in his every act.

Shwetambari, on the other hand, is a Brahmin girl from Banaras, the abode of lord Shiva. She believes in him and worships him with complete faith. When she sends Dr Bhattacharya to seek the God, he lands up at Lolak kund (believed to be the forehead of lord Shiva) where he sees a miracle ( or may be he "self creates" that reality).

My own father used to worship lord Shiva and later Krisna( only he knew the reason for his shift). But my grandfather hated idol worship because he was a follower of Dayanand Sarswati's pilosophy. So much so, that he used to often throw away the idols which my father used to keep in a small temple he himself had built.

What was even more amazing, that, my father, yet had the highest respect for his father until his death.

Incidentaly my mother follows Kabir and meditates for 2 hours everyday and engages me in intense spiritual discussion whenever I am with her. And by the way, she is 92.