meditation and karm yogi

 I think at one point of time meditation was discovered to achieve Gyan, just the way religion or bullock cart were discovered to serve some purpose. But today meditation has been repackaged to us like a solution to most of our miseries.  Now a days meditative practices are sold to us like credit cards and online offers, irrespective of our requirements.

 The path of  Gyan (or theory) is one among Bhakti, Dharma and Karma theories.

So, to be aware of the path we are choosing, we have to understand these theories...

1. theory of gyan -- knowledge is strength and ignorance is disability. For gaining knowledge we have to keep our minds calm.So this theory uses meditation. Now a days  this has led to emergence of centers such as vipassna, jaggi vasudev etc, theses centers of meditation represents commercial and  exploitative implementation of this theory. earlier meditation was associated with life after married life i.e. vanprastha ashram and sanyas ashram. Our grandparents  used to meditate with help of string of beads at homes. cost effective?


2. theory of Bhakti -- stresses upon ultimate devotion, it create feelings that can  bend anyone to weep and cry in the name of something that does not exist. In present times its commercialization can be seen with the emergence of holy Babas such as Ram Rahim, Aashram, Rampal etc. who exploit feelings of  ignorant practitioner.


 3. theory of Dharma -- everybody carries  different identities simultaneously, for example a women can be  a teacher, a mother, a neighobur etc. and she ought to act as per her roles associated with these identities. these roles are called as dharma.  Its commercial and exploitative aspect can be seen in verna systam, organization of temples, caste workers scavenging (their next life will be better ) etc. (further explained in theory of karma)



4. theory of karma -- only few religions sikhism or judaism, stresses upon this theory. To understand this theory we need to compare it with dharma theory. Karma theory talks about willingness for work along with, Goodness, not only to others but also to oneself, that too, in this life only .
 But dharma talks about obligations for work; for betterment of established system, in this and other life.
This theory of karma is represented by powerful officers, capitalists, artists etc.


These theories can be further elaborated by this example of a student, who aspire for good employment.....
as per .....

1. bhakti -- she will visit a baba and seek blessings.
2. gyan -- know better ways to keeping mind calm and waste time with money. though such practices may help but does she really require?
3. dharma --visit temple in morning, become a good neighbour, a good friend etc. and let everything distract her. Dharma is good for system not for individual.
4.karma -- if she is a karm yogi(attribute her work to God), then she will study even if, there is war between india and china, if her lover is dead, and there is fire in the neighbour. Ultimately achieving what she deserves.

so instead of being a karma yogi, there are lacks of people who pay others for helping in meditation. Also there are million who live with guilt of not practicing meditation, (a useless activity).