origin of idols, and idol worship

one example, peace

peace is a potential quality , a law of nature, of the unmanifest absolute, which is the reservoir of all gunas, ie all the laws of nature cognizable by a rishi in the deepest samadhi

so he says shanthi

and he repeats shanthi shanthi shanthihi, to emphasize the profundity

and he may say shaanthaakaram , an embodiment of peace, though there is not any body as such

this is the origin of idol conception.

now to communicate this abstract law of nature, he chooses a concrete . visible media

he chooses his own body , human body as the media / icon

he depicts a word picture of a person with a face, eyes half closed , expressing the calm , restful, posture, shayanam,

this is how the law of nature, takes the visible identity

now this hint is taken by an artist, and he creates a beautiful picture / colorful painting / graceful sculpture / a small or big murthi , idol

this is how the idol gets created

seeing its value, charm, utility, truth, beauty goodness one starts adoring it , calls a form of god, a devatha murthi ,

this is how a devatha murthi comes into existence

and one would like to decorate it, offer food to it , like to bathe it , makes a shade over it , gives vasthra aabharana, mala, sindhoora ,

thus the origin of temples and idolatry starts

and now the common man forgets that it is a law of nature

blind worship continues

and truth of idol is totally covered up and lost to vision, man misses the track , ignorance abounds , rebounds,

that is how idol becomes a obstruction to see the truth, though all happening with the best of intentions,

this continues till the man wakes up , by the call of a realized soul

   prakruti purusha........shiva in deep meditation..........but ardha nimeelitha netra........ardha naareeshvara...........

   Precious circle..

1 from existing level ,---- with all faults, defects, flaws, -----starting performance, 

undergoing evaluation, taking feedback, recycling, revision, updating, 

refinement, perfection 

2 and then again performance, from this improved level, evaluation, feedback ,,,,,,,,,,, 

circle , unending, 

but continuously improving by iterations and reiterations, 

nonstop, it's the dynamics of creativity, the growth, the evolution .

so feel free to see and point out flaws, do not stop at just seeing and admiring the superficial superfluous frills

and 

do not be ---afraid, averse, hateful, disliking, unapproving ,if someone points out faults. 

take the criticism, examine how it helps to improve your performance

be thankful to the critics and connoisseurs, all are helping in their own ways , whether to your expectation or to your shock

     

Previously cats were playing in st 
with maximum fun joyfully, 

free, friendly, smiling,
jumping, bumping 

now the cats are caught, 
tied tightly, not knowing for what

with ropes of ranks , 
with hopes on badges 

predominantly trying to display
which is big which is small, 

which is beautiful which is horrible, 
which is rich which is poor

they are all forced to fight and run, 
non stop circling round and round ,

trying to catch a few bones in haste 
with or without meat or taste

 

Divine blogging should not become a rat race or cat walk for popularity 

when supreme has allowed existence of all the creatures,

irrespective of merits demerits, 

why to delete a young seeker on suspicion of irregularities 

and bringing down his reputation, creating a hurt

instead , 

tell him what were the irregularities openly and ask his reply, 

then take a decision 
.
after all the allegations cannot be always true 

i pity that seeker who got good rating, but dumped because of it , just because some one complained

Previously cats thronged to satsang charmed by the spirituality, 

truth, originality, virginity, 

clarity, maturity
pristine purity, beauty, 

now there is no charm, no inspiration, 
no enlightenment , no enchantment 

only enforcement 
of entertainment, 

so they are being lured with '' gift rats ''
for their rants, chants, 

laments, comments,
tormenting torrents

no more a inquisitive spirit
being intent only on head counts

   Propelled by his pure original fancy , it may be willy-nilly ,or even silly

some one scribbles a few zig-zag lines on a piece of paper

and does a few random strokes on it with his worn out schooldays brush, and long expired color paints, and looking at it enjoys for a moment ,

and then simply throws away that '' waste '' paper and walks out for a nice cup of tea

that paper flies afar in the wind and accidentally lands in the hands of a wandering art critic, he , looking at it , stops in flabbergast .he sees and sees again and for minutes and hours, preserves it, frames it , shows to others, carries to an art exhibition,

and lo !it is appraised, praised, prized, and valued as a master piece it becomes the talk of the town, all wondering who can be that genius master artist

the talk reaches the man who made it ,

curious, with great expectation, the man wants to see that great painting , goes to that exhibition and stands in the queue with all the patience, and finally gets a glimpse of it it is his own ''waste paper''

 he shouts 'Bakwaas., bakwaas, bakwaas ..

 

all the art connoisseurs there promptly, and courteously, and sympathetically guide him out of the hall , and advised him to go home and take rest."

      patang or kati patang , life one can make ,

credits /debits are surely to one's account 

one is to learn to discover that remote is in own hands.l  earn to be at home do not go out of your self's contact

even in the best / worst of adventures in the journey of life

one's pure self, one's home is the safest place to be playing 

and enjoying with the near and dear, 

with the most intimate devi devathas, 

in the own garden, nandan van, to be playing 

and flying and the sending out the imaginative mind , the kite, 

far and high in the sky , the expansive universe.

yet not breaking the thread, 

manipulating the thread and winding back to reach hands back home safely . 

life's game is blissful enjoyment as long as patang is steady and up and up, 

but once thread is broken you make it the kati patang, 

yes face all the risk of winds gales 

casting it hither thither by situations and circumstances 

finally making it entangled with the tree of sansaar, 

breaking it, ruining it, finally destroying it uncognizably, 

casting it down and burying it under the earth , 

to summarize as a lesson as a  fool's play, 

do not call it a divine play. 

divine never wants to play you down

    Purity attracts prosperity--maharishi says

he lays emphasis on deserving before desiring

hence he is teaching the technique to purify ourselves 

and to be prosperous in effortless accomplishments 

learn tm and tm sidhi 

to know a closer assessment of maharishi's great contributions