Yes, absolutely. If a sage, businessman, or anyone else has enormous popularity in this country, then these instances do matter. They matter because people have been looking up to such individuals blindly in the name of Sanatan Dharma. So, whether his death was a suicide or not is ultimately beside the point. If the organization itself is corrupt, and if this turns out to be another case like Asaram, then the larger issue remains. The point is not whether he was killed by someone or took his own life. What matters is that he is dead.
And no, sir, this is not the only such instance in the world today. If you actually step out of your comfortable AC room and the world of lectures about God and His kindness, you will realize the immense amount of pain this world carries.
The problem is that a human being who has experienced only a fraction of that pain will always be quick to judge others for being weak. But we can come back to that later.
2) Yes, since I have not experienced any divine intervention, I will say it out loud again: I see NONE.
Maybe some people simply got lucky, or perhaps they had the privilege of preaching to others and making a living from it. But, sir, on what moral grounds can you judge me or anyone else and declare that I have not tried?
Did someone who genuinely searched for the divine never ask questions? Were they simply supposed to nod their heads and accept everything?
How can you declare that I am not genuine in my attempt to find the divine?
Can I not say the same about you and many others like you, who seem to follow a script where anyone questioning the raw reality is immediately labelled far-left, communist, or something similar?
How can you make such judgments without knowing the journey I have gone through or who I am as a person?
Can I not make the same assumption about you—that perhaps someone who became tired of a career in psychiatry eventually joined an ashram because it seemed like an easier way out?
I am the same person who asked the question about the Nepal disaster weeks ago. And when I saw the Matrusadan video of yours, you were not able to justify what had happened in that particular incident. Instead, you took the discussion thousands of years into the past, just as you have done here.
To me, this is a classic tactic of distraction or deflection—moving away from the raw reality in front of us and hiding behind an illusion of spirituality.
You spoke about the Upanishads and the Vedas. But does that, by itself, answer the question?
Who has actually seen or met Jesus Christ, Ram, or Krishna?
Why do we always have to go thousands of years into the past and try to use ancient ideas to explain away the raw reality that exists in the present?
And finally, you said, “One sees in the world what he carries within himself.”
Wow. All I can say is this:
All I carry within myself is a desire to know the raw truth.
I carry within myself a determination not to become a scapegoat in this entire ecosystem of false spirituality.
I carry within myself an authenticity that does not require me to judge others.
I carry within myself years of raw struggle and hardship that I have endured from a very early age.
I carry within myself the spirit of a warrior who will fight this entire world if it comes to that.
I carry within myself years of searching for the divine, expecting nothing in return—and yet, I received no “heavenly” help.
Sir, I want you to reflect on all of this once you finish your Satsangs and step out of your comfortable Matrusadan AC room to face the reality outside.
(By the way, we have met.)
Affectionately, …
My dear Sir
See the presumptions you carry and believe to be true. As a starter, you presumed I am sitting in an AC room giving lectures comfortably. Please come and spend a day with me to see my comforts or the comforts of those who have ever searched for truth. Just for your information, I have no financial backup, no inheritance of wealth, no outwardly favourable circumstances. I don’t sit in my comfort zone for lectures but travel all over, in the regular class and don’t get paid for anything.
Another presumption of some rich, successful people as being lucky or happy, etc. I know plenty of rich and poor and the in-between, many many more than most people do and hence I can squarely say that my data doesn’t match yours.
Your claim that you have really searched and found nothing is also wrong. At 26, one is barely equipped to start a search. It means, at best, a short-lived search and hasty conclusions, leaving aside the instruments of your search. Even to complete my MD, it took (from the time of MBBS entry) around 9 years minimum. At 26, you have completed your search for God, the most difficult and daunting search ever undertaken!!
Perhaps your idea of Divine Intervention is achieving success like earning money, becoming famous, etc. But Divine Intervention is not meant for that. It is meant to awaken us, to help us grow towards Peace and Joy and Light and Love and Wisdom.
Yes, I know I have met you and do feel the love in my heart towards you. But you don’t know me. You will always be welcome to come. If you come as a student seeking answers, you will find a teacher patiently answering them. If you come as a friend, you will find a helpful friend. But if you come in a mood to attack the Divine and all that stands for the Divine, – Truth and Beauty and Goodness and Love you will find a warrior defending them. I know your hasty observations are largely the result of certain painful personal experiences. You are a seeker struggling against his own seeking. Hence I have responded. Otherwise, I generally leave people to their own preferred beliefs and learn through life experiences unfolding across lives. There is no need to convince anyone about God, nor any need to convict anyone whose beliefs are different from ours.
Love as always 🌼
Alok da
