If we want to realize the truth, we must begin by asking questions. We cannot blindly follow the herd or believe what we are told. Religions may even accuse us of blasphemy but nonetheless, we must not stop. We must use our intellect by asking pertinent questions related to life, death and God. Subsequently, we must investigate our findings. It is only then that we will realize the truth.
There are 9 questions that we can begin our quest with. These questions will help us contemplate life, birth, death, religion, God and help us solve the spiritual jigsaw puzzle.
What are these 9 questions?
1. What is life? Where do we come from? What is the secret of our birth?
2. What is death? Where will we go after death?
3. Who is God, where is God and what is God?
4. Are heaven and hell real? Are these physical locations where we go after death?
5. Is there life after death? Or is death the end?
6. Is there a Soul? What is it?
7. What is the Law of Karma? Does this law really exist?
8. What is the purpose of our life on earth?
9. What is Enlightenment?
We must understand that these questions cannot be answered with knowledge that we may acquire in a school or college. We need Realization.
Do we actually know how we were born? We know that there was an act of copulation. But what caused that fertilization? Were we not conceived 9 months before our so-called birthday? Where did we come from? Who decided our birth? Then, one day, we die. We grow up from a small baby to an adult, live for several years and one day, we depart. People say, 'He passed away.' They are so sure of our death that they ruthlessly destroy our body. Where do we go? If we departed, then who departed? We are told so many things, like we go to a heaven or a hell or somewhere faraway in the stars. But is all this true? If our body is destroyed on earth, then who goes where? And how do they go? All these questions will even seem connected to one another. Will we return in a rebirth on earth? Is reincarnation a reality? Is it true that as per our Karma, the Law of Action and Reaction, we return in a new body carrying Karma of our previous lives? If the body died and returned to dust, then who comes back in a new body - the mind, the ego or the Soul? What is the Soul? What is the truth?
We must ponder over these questions. We must find the answers to these questions. On our quest, we will need the guidance of a spiritual master or mentor. While a Guru may be able to guide us, direct us, he cannot make us enlightened. It is our own spiritual quest. Only we can light our inner light. Therefore, not only must we passionately seek God, seek Enlightenment, we must also be sincere and committed in our spiritual quest.
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