There are certain
books that one must read before one dies.
They are
1. The Seven mysteries
of Life by GUY Murchie, my God what a book.
2. A Brief history Of
science as seen through the development of scientific instruments by Thomas
Crump.
3. Krishna , the
greatest avatar and the Vedas the Ultimate philosophy both by Osho.
4. Conversations with God [ 3 volumes] by
Neale Donald Walsch
5. Words, words, words
and Story of English by David Crystal
6. Speeches and talks
of J.krishnamurthy and Ramana maharishi .
7. There are some more
like Rambles in Vedanta by Rajam Iyer [out of print ] and Autobiography of Yogi
and Adventures with God by Rom Landu .
8. Human Destiny by Le
Comte de Nuoy and many more.
The common factor in
all these works is that it improves our perception about life by injecting a
far wider view of all lives.
Number two mentioned
above is the work I wanted to talk about in this context of technology stuff.
Leave alone computers
and missiles and satellites, what could we have done to know about things
without magnifying glass, microscope, telescope, X-ray etc.
Just imagine the
impact they have had on humanity. When it is technology we take it for granted
because once it is available as a product most of us are comfortable with the
utility that it provides and it becomes a tool or medium and hence we do not
bother about its worth or greatness.
We worship all Gods
that we have never seen but do we salute the soul who has introduced the uses
of electricity whenever we use electricity. No why? We are brought up as
insensitive persons both intellectually and emotionally for which we cannot
blame anyone or any social system.
But if we sincerely
seek to listen and learn then serendipity will source us all that is required
to enhance our sensitivity and senses through myriad means and all that we need
to do is to learn to observe by shedding our prejudices, pre-conceived notions,
inculcated indoctrinations, socio- cultural conditionings etc and keep our heart,
head and soul open to allow the wisdom to enlighten us.
That way the most
important GURUs are unprejudiced observation, unbiased listening and passion
filled sincerity to learn to understand better.
All great saints and
scholars who have had visions and who have provided humanity with great
scientific and philosophical truths to improve life have all had those GURUS
and none depicts this better than GURU DATTATRYEYA.
In our religion, the
most vital aspect is the philosophical concepts that are embedded in each area
but unfortunately, or who knows, perhaps correctly, they have all been masked
by ritualistic worship to ensure everyone is at least aware of the great
visions of our sages and ensure that the works of saints are not lost for want
of better understanding [ as humanity is prone to have lot of souls with poor
understanding or biased evaluations] or tangible utility [which is what many
humans seek] etc
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