Discrimination; a tool to rid the rust off the rough mankind?

Anyway, discrimination has long been part of mankind's existence; believe it or not, we will never rid it while we are alive... if you think you can, read on and I'll prove it to you that you can't...

the soul chooses its womb (mother and father)

the soul chooses its relations (friends, relatives, teachers etc)

the soul chooses its birth place

So if you are born in a Hindu family, chances are that you are taught (according to the west; very strict) rules to abide by that govern the whole society, and if you 'jump over the fence' (figurative speech) then you are automatically discriminated against together with your parents and relatives and all connected to you... are shunned by the your community as the 'wrong doer'.

'Wrong doer”.... lets examine that for a while; an ex-con, is automatically discriminated against the one with a clean record; who is hired instead, if given the choice... no matter how resentful the ex-con is of his/her actions and s/he has chosen to live a 'God fearing' life, but still, s/he will be discriminated against based on his past actions.

My father has this silly way of telling people that they have done wrong by giving them stars…. A green star for something good that one does, a red star for something bad that one does, and a black star for ‘get your act together; or you are fired within a month’.
This small chart hangs at a place where everyone can see… and he has kept people that note down small details of the workings of our site workers like detectives.

for example, if you do something bad, like forget to water the concrete the next day after construction, you get a red star… of course, you can rid the star, my doing 3 good things, so an element of “I did something wrong, however I can fix it, by doing 3 good things; otherwise, people will see me on the chart and giggle behind my back”.

This all sounds very smarty pants; the art of fighting without fighting… Bruce Lee.

Lets jump this mambo jambo stuff... (incidentally, Jambo is a greeting in Swahili :) and directly go to the end...

How do you define discrimination?
Promoting ones own ways and putting down those who don’t….

Could it be that major religions adopted this strategy to improve mankind's progress but in the journey, lost the power of compassion… the various souls like Jesus, Mohammad, Swaminarayan, Krishna, Rama, Gandhi, the list is endless….

And lets not forget the women and Goddesses…

Infact let me start again….

the various souls like Jiv-baa, Ladoo-baa, Laxmi, Sarasvati, Mother Terrasa,; the list is endless, And let’s not forget the men like Jesus, Mohammad, Swaminarayan, Krishna, Rama, Gandhi, the list is endless….

THEY were all for compassion; in fact a saint told me once “Never underestimate anyone, even if a rough at first sight”.

Let’s see this from a scientific point of view…
We incarnate for one simple reason, the quest for eternal love....
(The answer to that quest is God BTW…)

We look for it in places of so called imitations of happiness by the rich and the famous; but the truth is, we will never find it in that… in fact, Lord Swaminarayan said that those who are poor are happy, and those who are rich are unhappy.

I need to say that again:

The Poor are HAPPY and JOYFULL and the r!ch - saD and Unhappy and miserablE

Slowly we shed our egos and wants and desires and reveal the true light that we are… when I say slowly, I’m talking about hundreds of lifetimes…. And so people of the world create societies to guard the self and put down the other, this actually leads to wars and division at the end…

God created something called compassion, and the right amount of it from the right person like one’s acquaintance with a true saint/guru) can burn all the desires and wants of past lives and ego - the back bone of a store house of hay, can be flamed into smithereens with a single spark (of enlightenment).

These times (of the Internet), its not uncommon to find people shedding (genuinely) evil practices like having non-veg food, drinking beer and wine, smoking, ... worst of all – having illicit relationships... all can be stopped and repented for in this life itself... and so, instead of waiting your turn in a long que for a new suit (body) with better accessories (teachers, relatives and parents); the soul in todays world can jump from a lower, worldly dimension, to that of light and beyond... (God is beyond the ether of light – blinding peacefull light... God is beyond that)

But the society I believe is unaware of this 'worm hole', for even when the Lord Swaminarayan was asked by Guratitanund Swami... “what is better of the four...?

to stay in meditation on the divine form of God...

to stay detached and know yourself as soul...

to help the sick and the needy...

to talk on God...”

...and the Lord replied... “to talk on God... that is the best of the four”.

So you see, I always have the word God in every blog of mine... (OMG there will be someone who will actually see to it that I'm not kidding... quickly Janak ... delete this sentence...

Ahh what the heck... let it be... even God has hiccups and throws up someone like me...

So whats the verdict...? Discrimination or no discrimination?

Discrimination; but it should only have 'God attainment' in mind, and should be mixed with an ounce of righteousness and a whole lot-a Love... just like allittle inflation in a countries economic system, its healthy...

for its a tool that removes the rust off the rough of mankind... the question is, do you feel hurt when someone discriminates you... if you do then you have pride in you...

I was discriminated allot also in my younger years... not because I was weak or fat or dum or anything like that... but because I studied in a school that was built by my father... (oh he only gets high grades because his father owns the school) I used to get great marks in English and Math (oh he has this new thing called the Internet at his home... you can copy almost anything of the worlds history from it and calculate the most complex of equations on it – the Internet and the Computer in the 90's; especially in our town was a privilege to the very well known and the wealthy, respectively) and I got my first driving experience when I was 13, (he has a car because his father is rich) and flew a plane when I was 16, (don't worry, it was a cargo one:) and got my collage diploma when I was 18... (I do regret the times when I was in college and was the only one that was 16... all the girls would be fascinated by me, a guy from the coast; I used to wear sandles to collage... I think that was the kicker, but they always kept a distance once they found out how young I was... oh well, their loss... right...?

Discrimination is good, trust me... if you are pure, like a diamond, and someone comes along and speaks ill of you or actions ill against you (polishes you, in short) you will only shine brighter, (and after the discrimination (polish) is done; the dust that is left behind, will be that of diamond particles; that will go with the wind and plant more diamonds.

And if you are rogue, then it will erode you of the same and you will be ray-dioactive with your true light.

This is the message to you...

if you've ever been discriminated against... for the Lords love has non of that.