Last few months we saw an air of election permeating every nuke and corner of India. Vibrations of political leaders bragging about their postdated bravados and blurting about notoriety of opponents had filled the ether around. The gung-ho servile followers impressed with charisma of such leaders hailed their words and activities. Such high tides of phenomenal mass attention as general election this time, regularly occur in connection with sports, films and social activities. The social media sites, news channels, newspapers and blather going around the corner of house just add to the current of these waves. As the one wave falls off another wave appears to be rising, allowing people surf on it for some time. But such waves do not seem to give fulfillment and satisfaction as much as the thirsty surfers can not quench their thirst with waters of ocean. There seems to be more and more rise in anxiety, frustration and confusion in world scenario with increasing availability of information, what a great contradiction.
We can resolve this contradiction hearing the sublime words of instructions mentioned in scriptures, meant to give the suffering humanity hope and redemption. The scriptures explain that the cause of suffering of humanity is, it’s misidentification with conglomeration of flesh, bones, skin etc in the form of this body, thinking to be one's own self. The fog of misidentification is densed without shining knowledge about our spiritual nature to be eternal cognitive blissful selves and our relationship with God. Any other type of knowledge which conceals or undermines this fact strengthens our misidentification. When such misidentification becomes from individual to communal, the resultant chaos is obvious which is reflected in terms of enmity between individuals to nations, pretension, cheating, corruption etc.
This fog can be dispelled and chaos can be rectified when we expose ourselves to sunlike God, hear His eternal truthful words given in the scriptures and start acting in the light of that knowledge by keeping those instructions as basis of all our actions. Such actions based on our real eternal nature are known as devotional service.The most amazing thing is one’s even social, political and recreational activities could also be counted amongst devotional service when they are conforming to the instructions of the Lord. They bring forth oceanic inner joy and satisfaction as reciprocation from Lord, the nectarine natural by- product of devotion. We can ride upon and jump into this ocean of nectar of devotion, ever fulfilled.
