From Professor of Philosophy, Dr Anisujjaman, Bangladesh.
Why Prout based on spirituality? Why spirituality mixed with Prout?
The great India (undivided India) which is one of the greatest
nurseries of ancient civilization and culture, has been throughout the ages a
birth place of many great thinkers, men of action and devotees. It can be said
without doubt, by any standards of judgement; Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar
occupies a special position among them. At the very outset I would like to
mention the holistic nature of Srii Sarkar´s philosophy. His philosophy has
combined spirituality with materialism. This has resulted in conventional
materialism being infused with dynamism of life and spirituality, overcoming
its escapist tendency, to become life-oriented….
He has
endeavoured to reach the very heart of real-life
problems – human, corporal, political, economic and cultural – that are
affecting people at the grass roots level today the world over. He was
essentially a great karma and jinanayogi as well as spiritual preceptor; nevertheless a large part of his time and
energy was occupied by human problems and creating guidelines for their
solution. This aspect has perplexed many so-called religious people. They
wander why he, a spiritual teacher, wasted so much time by diverting his
invaluable time and energy on these earthly matters…On the other hand, those
who would like to see all the abilities and potentiality of humanity expressed
within the ambit of the temporal – regard his discussions about soul, Supreme
Consciousness… as an involvement with irrelevant matters; they regret that a
man of his intellectual calibre wasted his time and energy…However herein lies
the uniqueness of Srii Sarkar. It is thus apparent that his philosophy creates
synthesis and symbiosis out of contradictions…
Human being
need to move along the proper path of progress in all the three strata –
physical, mental and spiritual – and the five sub-strata – social, economic,
political, cultural and psycho-spiritual – to ensure their all round
development. True spirituality will be the very foundation of this endeavour…
There are many who oppose conventional religions, blind faith, superstitions
etc in the name of science and rationality. They are not being blamed in sense.
But in doing so, these people often become prisoners of another type of dogma
and lend their support to the theory and philosophy of materialism. As a result
all their endeavours end in futility. When generally progressive persons take
up social reform they should firmly focus on the highest goal of the social
movement…
For social
change to occur a deep feeling of collective purpose and unity is as necessary as the proper implementation of an
appropriate programme of action. Today the media is more occupied more with destructive
activity than constructive action. Our future generation totters at the edge of
extreme moral degeneration. A small yet privileged class in society is doing
this to cleverly serve its petty interests…TV programs…films, female bodies in
advertisement…various type of propaganda by vested interests to encourage
intoxication…
Male
despotism and newly-arisen extreme form of feminism, confront each other...The
difference in natural and biological characteristics between men and women
speaks only of coordinated cooperation, not of subordinated cooperation… The
moment the opportunists discover a weakness in somebody, they exploit that
weakness and devour all the vitality of the person.
Today we
talk of morality. We speak of
preparing plans an programmes taking into consideration the green movement,
environmental balance, flora and fauna and even inert natural objects. Shrii
Sarkar was fully conscious of all this. Not only that. Through his writings and
living example, he taught others to establish an inner relationship with every
being and every entity in the world. The sooner we appreciate the importance of
this, the greater the benefit for the world and ourselves. I would like to
quote from some of his messages… “What best you can do - is to serve only”…
“Marching together of all in unison is termed society”.
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Sarkar: There must be an excellent and all-embracing
philosophy, in which there should be no loophole in any sphere of mind as far
as possible. Exactly in the same way, to implement that philosophy, there must
be a pioneering personality of high integrity and superb intellect. If there is
any defect in philosophy, but if there is no defect in that great personality,
then during the lifetime of that personality the defect of the philosophy will
not be able to do any considerable harm to the community: normally the harm
will come after his or her demise.