Comments on: God’s forms denigrated during Halloween http://spiritualresearchfoundation.org/blog/spiritualitynews/18/gods-forms-denigrated-during-halloween/ A Blog on Spirituality Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:41:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Suraj Gopal http://spiritualresearchfoundation.org/blog/spiritualitynews/18/gods-forms-denigrated-during-halloween/#comment-5641 Suraj Gopal Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:49:12 +0000 http://spiritualresearchfoundation.org/blog/?p=18#comment-5641 The denigration of God's form or deities like goddess Kaali, Ganesha, Prophet Muhammad, Jesus Christ are indeed critical issues from spiritual perspective, to be strongly condemned. Such acts of insulting God principles are never been tolerated by orthodox and religious/spiritual communities of India and elsewhere. Yet, many of us do not get proper support when we oppose them. But I remember one such incident, when my mother opposed denigration of the sacred symbol "AUM" along with "NAMAH SHIVAYA" by a Britisher, in holy place of Gokarna (Karnataka). He (Britisher) was wearing a sacred cloth of yellow colour containing Sanskrit inscriptions of "AUM NAHAM SHIVAYA", below his waist and that too in a vague manner. When my mother spotted it, she showed me how that the Britisher was insulting a Hindu deity. She could stand these no longer, and stopped that person who was heading towards us and strongly condemned his insulting of our religious beliefs. She explained the spiritual significance of Lord Shiva and that the cloth should be worn above the waist preferably on shoulders. Although that person realized our Indian belief and apologized and even removed the cloth and put it on his shoulders, it is up to us that we point that out and oppose such acts of denigration. Or else, our Indian moral values and ethics will vanish all of a sudden, one day! Arise! Criticise the one who insults God principles! The denigration of God’s form or deities like goddess Kaali, Ganesha, Prophet Muhammad, Jesus Christ are indeed critical issues from spiritual perspective, to be strongly condemned. Such acts of insulting God principles are never been tolerated by orthodox and religious/spiritual communities of India and elsewhere. Yet, many of us do not get proper support when we oppose them. But I remember one such incident, when my mother opposed denigration of the sacred symbol “AUM” along with “NAMAH SHIVAYA” by a Britisher, in holy place of Gokarna (Karnataka). He (Britisher) was wearing a sacred cloth of yellow colour containing Sanskrit inscriptions of “AUM NAHAM SHIVAYA”, below his waist and that too in a vague manner. When my mother spotted it, she showed me how that the Britisher was insulting a Hindu deity. She could stand these no longer, and stopped that person who was heading towards us and strongly condemned his insulting of our religious beliefs. She explained the spiritual significance of Lord Shiva and that the cloth should be worn above the waist preferably on shoulders. Although that person realized our Indian belief and apologized and even removed the cloth and put it on his shoulders, it is up to us that we point that out and oppose such acts of denigration. Or else, our Indian moral values and ethics will vanish all of a sudden, one day!
Arise! Criticise the one who insults God principles!

]]> By: P http://spiritualresearchfoundation.org/blog/spiritualitynews/18/gods-forms-denigrated-during-halloween/#comment-3769 P Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:56:31 +0000 http://spiritualresearchfoundation.org/blog/?p=18#comment-3769 Sometimes I feel that the form of KALI is something just unfathomable to little minds, such as ours. Indeed, She IS scary- in fact scarier than the Demons, whose pride She broke. hence when such shallow people denigrate an image of KALI, I sincerely feel that the tremendous power (Shakti) projecting from whatever rude (and crude) representations of Hers, is bound to have a tremendous positive effect. It IS BOUND TO TAKE EFFECT- IT IS IRREVERSIBLE. Even taking the name of Hers in jest or vain is bound to give them a positive experience. One day will come when they will bend, awed by Her manifested form, and apologise, like Arjuna did to Lord Krishna after seeing His Terrfying Universal Form, and stammer pitiable words begging pardon. I have no doubt about it. Such is my conviction. Sometimes I feel that the form of KALI is something just unfathomable to little minds, such as ours. Indeed, She IS scary- in fact scarier than the Demons, whose pride She broke.
hence when such shallow people denigrate an image of KALI, I sincerely feel that the tremendous power (Shakti) projecting from whatever rude (and crude) representations of Hers, is bound to have a tremendous positive effect. It IS BOUND TO TAKE EFFECT- IT IS IRREVERSIBLE. Even taking the name of Hers in jest or vain is bound to give them a positive experience. One day will come when they will bend, awed by Her manifested form, and apologise, like Arjuna did to Lord Krishna after seeing His Terrfying Universal Form, and stammer pitiable words begging pardon.

I have no doubt about it. Such is my conviction.

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