J.L. Sher, Freelance Journalist
46, Sukhdham Apartment,
Sector-9, Rohini, Delhi-110085
God- the creator of universe in his extreme state of happiness, favoured creation of a paradise like a one in 'Heaven' on earth for revered angel soul and create a place of solace for the seekers of knowledge who would tread the path of wisdom and men of action who would seek the path of action. This paradise was gifted with natural beauty and salubrious climate for sages and savants and nature lovers. The valley was ringed round the mountains entrancing lakes and fascinating glaciers. Its beauty aromatized with rich heritage of living in perfect harmony. This pious valley was named as "Reshwar"
The secret behind the mysterious nature mystifies us. The virtuous valley was created, for the dewellers to follow the godly injection of leading a virtuous life, attain the level of purity that is akin to divinity. A valley so beautiful and pure was carved out, beyond our imagination for accommodating revered angel soul, with nature made purest and gentlest. Entry was open for virtues revered enlightened soul who used to live in perfect love, happiness, fraternity and solace. It was a world of its sort, itself established by God. The Chief feature of this paradise name Kashmir (abode of Kashyap Rishi - saint par excellence) was purity which governed the entire cycle of birth, life and death. Impurity in action, words and thought was unknown. The dwellers were soul conscious, flying creatures, light and free and filled with all qualities of goodness like that of the angel.
History tells us, that this golden period in human history continued on, for 2500 years and then the virtue started to decline and so did external nature. Man lost his innocence. They ate the forbidden fruits of body consciousness and the whole earth became a home for fallen angel. A few came to the share of Reshwar, who by their nefarious designs, pulled dwellers from God like status and made them to enter the cycle of vices. There was a loss of purity. It was dominated by the vice of sex lust, greed for power, dominance to rule that drove human beings out of paradise. The Halo of holiness, the wings of freedom, the external bliss was, all lost.
The devils were on a look out for an opportunity, when they could turn purity into an impure state. They invented concocted stories to create condition of loss of connection with the powers of the soul. Internal happiness and spiritual power inherited, disappeared. Human dignity was lost as man shifted his wings of purity. Impurity invaded all spheres of human existence. It was visible in gender discrimination, over population, scarcity of resources, violence, conflicts, wars, creation of problematic identities, formation and split of countries and communities. Suffering was the consequence of wrongful actions, performed by the soul. We lost the tract of 'let deeds match words'. The divine wisdom of the sages and savants is ineffable, unfathomable and inexpressible. The human intellect is just not capable of comprehending the deep imports prediction of the saint. The land of saints and savants stand ravaged by violence and hatred, while religious tolerance was made to disappear. Saints have gone into seclusion. The institution of sainthood has been given goodbye.
The heaven is lost because of foreign incursion which caused political strife, disturbing the social and religious lives of the people. The modern Kashmir pretends becoming intellectual and rapidly loosing touch with innocence. They proclaim knowing a lot but feel a little. The sound reasoning-power, normally a hallmark of the intellect is given a permanent burial.
The devil wit has entered their heads, through the prism of communalism to vivisect India further. Such inimical forces are trying to divide the country in the name of nationality, religion, class, language, looking for reason to separate. Pakistani adventurism, Islamic extremism, brutalized killing, paralyzing the structure of authority, loosing sense of logic and judgment are all dirty tricks, culminating into, multiple vices of unpardonable dimension.
The Heaven will be regained if they determine to have a vision of leading a value based life and create a Kashmir of purity, peace and happiness for which they have to change their mind set. Purity of the soul, purity of the heart is the greatest shield of protection. If they are able to purify the consciousness, attitude and deed, they are able to protect themselves and others from the influence of negative feelings. They have to distance away from confrontation policy, accept ground reality and keep aside policy of feigning ignorance. Repentance is the only obliging factor, before God, who is annoyed with such inimical forces, who have destabilize peace and tranquility of the land of saints.
Let good sense prevail upon all misguided, human beings.