Query: Path of
Spirituality... Travelling spiritual path was necessitated if we desired reaching God!
Kaivalya
Jnani:
Only those who travel the path of spirituality can act in a truly
selfless way! Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed... never had a selfish motive in
life! They all traveled the path of pure spirituality... there aim being gaining enlightenment (kaivalya
jnana) and finally salvation (moksha) at the earliest! They were never after things ephemeral in nature.
Those pursuing the path of wanton desires and materialistic riches always have a selfish
motive!
Apart from material things in life... the welfare of the community in
true earnestness also plays a significant role! When Madame Currie went in search of an unknown substance in
pitchblende ore (later known as radium) she never had the inclination to milk the community dry by keeping a
royalty on the fruits of her research! Her indulgence in discovery of radium is well-known. The bulldog
determination... working day and night in pitiable circumstances was her
forte.
Finally Madame Currie discovered radium. Her body had become so frail that it
ultimately succumbed to radiation from radium. Madame Currie died for the cause of community. She had an absolutely
unselfish goal in front of her. She spent her entire life searching for one metal. She could have put a royalty on
her search but she refused. She wanted the benefits of her search passed to the community as such... totally unlike
Bill Gates who in spite of his fat bank balance charges a mind-boggling royalty on his research!
Essay by: Kaivalya
Jnani ... One who realized self in his life time! Send your query!
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