then I told him that you all say by giving the quotation of Sri Aurobindo that Sri Krishna’s incarnation took place on 24 November 1926, but Sri Aurobindo meant it something else and Sri Aurobindo has only talked about the Mother, there is no mention of Gurudev in his books and Sri Ma herself says that everything has originated from me, I am the mother of all, so is it not a matter of questioning what is the truth, who is actually the Kalki incarnation, but they are afraid to even question, isn’t this a kind of thought of Muslim religion that one becomes blind behind one thing even after reading everything, then he said that she can do anything, why should he not be a Hindu?
Generally I do not like to comment on other Gurus because faith is something sacred and personal. The problem is not about the claims etc which one often finds in all sects and religions. There are also countless stories of miracles cited to attract the credulous. This is also not the main issue. The real issue is what one is seeking through a spiritual path? If the Master can fulfill the aspiration of the seeker then the rest becomes secondary. Whether a spiritually realised person is an Avatar or not comes later. What is of importance is what is the person stating as the goal of our spiritual seeking. If it meets what we are seeking for then the quest ends there. The difficulty is that most persons are not conscious of what they are really seeking. They are simply attracted by stories of miracles and claims that have been made by the followers and the Master himself. They do get something by the power of their faith and continue because of the sense of a larger belonging and attachment to institutions. But there is a big difference in being conscious of one’s spiritual aspiration. True initiation is this awareness of one’s aspiration and spiritual life in the real sense begins with that.
Islam is no more a spiritual path but a blind belief system. It is not their blind belief in the founder that is the problem. The problem of Islam is its exclusivity wherein it claims itself as the only path and, going still further, denies the right for others to exist. It is this exclusivity that makes it dangerous.
As to questioning, the Sanatana Dharma is based on questioning. If one doesn’t question one’s very existence and accepts things at face value then one cannot arrive at the deeper truth of things. Islam does not allow any scope of questioning and hence it has become a rigid, closed and blind belief system with no scope of evolution or inner expansion of the soul.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
