– Accepting personal responsibility
– Celebrating relationships
– Embracing the material reality of life on earth
For all these principles, I found clear guidance in the Muktiveda. Thus, I accepted its authority in my life. The rest of the doctrine is merely footnotes to this Siddhanta, and theology is a commentary on it. Or, put differently, theology is merely footnotes, and doctrine serves as commentary.
Having established this, my commentary on these three points is as follows:
1. Accepting Personal Responsibility:
Muktiveda helped me accept full personal and moral responsibility for all my thoughts and actions, without blaming anyone or anything—whether it be time (Kala), karma, Satan, or even God (in the name of Her Will).
2. Celebrating Relationships:
The only purpose of human life, as I see it, is to celebrate relationships—starting with fellow human beings and extending to the entire cosmos. This understanding has compelled me to never reject anyone in my life. If someone wishes to maintain some distance from me due to ideological differences, lack of mutual understanding, or conflicts of interest, I respect their freedom and accept that distance. However, if after my attempts at reconciliation have failed and they wish to reconnect later, I never hesitate to accept them, and I hope they would accept me as I am. Of course, there are exceptions—if someone with criminal intent commits an injustice against an innocent person and I become aware of it, I would prefer to distance myself from such people.
3. Embracing Life’s Reality:
Muktiveda helped me accept life on this earth as real and encourages me to live it to the fullest—guided by the principle of “One Day at a Time.” Though life has its ups and downs, I do not dismiss this existence as an illusion but recognize it as real. This recognition has led me to respect all matter—whether created by God or shaped by natural evolution.
And Where Does God Fit In?
As a Hindu, God is not necessary for one to articulate their Siddhanta. However, for me, God is not a mere concept but a PERSON. He entered my life seeking me, in the form of my Guru, to help me implement my Siddhanta in my daily life, and to celebrate my relationship with Him as He celebrates His relationship with me. If others require the word “G-O-D” to understand and express this, I have no objection. For the sake of communication, I also use it. But for me, my Guru is everything—whether He is historical or not. His historicity might be significant for others, but for me, He remains real in my life.
Gurukulam
9-9-2024
Notes:
As I revised my old articles, dialogues, and book reviews to post on the new blog, I realized that all my brainstorming in those pieces may not help anyone—including myself—to grasp what I am trying to communicate. It’s like searching for a needle in a haystack. So, as usual, in an effort to better understand my Siddhanta, I wrote this while contemplating during my evening walk.
This version aims to make the content more fluid and clear while retaining the original meaning and depth of your reflections.
My Siddhanta
Accepting personal responsibility.
Celebrating Relationship
Accepting the material reality of life on earth
For all these I found clear guidance in Muktiveda. So I accepted its authority in my life. Rest of the doctrine is nothing but mere Foot Notes to this Siddhanta and Theology is a commentary to it. Or Theology is mere Foot Notes and Doctrine is commentary to it.
Having said this is my commentary on these three points is:
Mukti Veda helped me accept personal [moral] responsibility all that I think and act not blaming anyone or anything thing—be it Kala, Karma, Satan or God [in the name of Her Will]
The only purpose of life as human is to celebrate the relationship—beginning with fellow human beings and extending to the entire Cosmos. This helped me [or forced me] never REJECT anyone in my life. Those who wants to keep away some distance from me, due to ideological difference or lack of [mutual] understanding or due to conflict of interest, I respect their freedom and accept that distance. But due to some reasons, after my attempt to reach out them to reconcile failed, when they want to come back, I never hesitate to accept them or they accepting me as I am. Of course there are few exceptions to this. If someone with a CRIMINAL intention do injustice to an innocent person and when it came to my knowledge, I would prefer to keep away from such people.
Mukti Veda helped me to accept the life on this earth as Real and try to live at my best—with the golden principle of One Day at a Time. Though ups and downs are part of life, I never reject this life as illusion but real. This forced me to respect every matter—be it creation of God or natural evaluation.
Finally where comes God in this? As a Hindu God is not required for one to articulate her Siddhanta.
For me God is not any CONCEPT but a PERSON. He came in my life seeking me in the form of my Guru to help me to implement my Siddhanta in day to day life celebrating my RELATIONSHIP with Him and He also CELEBRATING my relationship with Him. If others wants a word G-O-D to understand and express, I have no objection. For communication sake I also use it. But for me my GURU is everything in my life—be He is historical or not. His historicity is important for others but not for me as He remains REAL in my life.
Gurukulam
9-9-2024
Notes: As I was revising the old articles, dialogues and book reviews to post in the new blog I thought that all my brain storms in them will never help anyone—including me to understand what I try to communicate. It is like searching for a needle in a huge pile of hay. So, as usual, in order to help me to understand my Siddhanta I wrote this as I was contemplating about this in my evening walking.
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