Indian mystics and Sufi saints searched for the source of
creation by going in, having experience of that consciousness and then seeing (experiencing) THAT in everyone
and everything around. Universal love
was the outcome.
Some (like Christians) search for the creator through service of living beings.
Religious people mainly do good deeds (serve
others) for improving their own lot in this life or the
life hereafter or for avoiding suffering.
Basically they are driven by greed and fear – not by a genuine desire to
serve and seek.
There are many others (propelled by Rajas
and Tamas) – social workers – who
acting through their egos (as if they have been
entrusted with the task of forcing others to mend their ways), take upon themselves the task of improving things around (civilization, environment, animals, old structures etc.). In many a case their
initiatives are born from deep sense of fear at sub-conscious level of their minds
– not out of love and compassion. Ego or
fear drives most of these social workers (including
some politicians).
To give an example, one of my friends was in the grip of strong
sense of fear. If a plane was passing
over, he had the fear what if this 250MT of metal falls over my head. He had dozens of old cars. He used to clean, repair and look after them. One day he brought an old Mercedes car. He told me they were taking this poor thing
to junkyard! I saved her and brought her
here.
Destruction and creation is normal cycle of existence. Can one really save anyone or anything and
for how long? In this infinite
existence, galaxies are sucked into blackholes and others come out – what to
talk of saving something on this earth. Death
and destruction leads to creation! The elements of junked car would bring a new
one into existence (not directly). Trying to save it is an
act born out of ignorance and does not really help – it is in fact inefficient
use of resources.
