On Life and Liberation

Author(s): Mukesh Chhajer
Publisher: Mukesh Chhajer

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On Life and Liberation
have proper soil. Mango trees do not grow in every type of soil. If the soil contains a lot of sand then mangoes cannot grow there either even if it is summer months of May-June. Third, it takes a few years after planting the seeds and giving proper care to the plant that one can obtain the fruits. That means trees that are only a year or two old will not bear fruits. Similarly, one can list all other requirements. However, with the advent of technology, now-a-days mangos are available throughout the year. In future, we may be able to grow mango throughout the year and even in cold climates if, e.g., we can build big enough greenhouses. We may, probably, be able to build only a few greenhouses big enough to grow mangoes in cold climates but the possibility cannot be completely excluded. We already get mangoes that are grown in Mexico and other South American countries. It means, with proper resources and efforts, it is possible to create appropriate conditions to grow mangoes even where those conditions did not exist previously.
Therefore, to attain liberation one needs the right kind of conditions, efforts and resources. For this purpose, all the necessary resources exist within one-self; however, efforts are needed to prepare the conditions and use them in a proper fashion. It is not necessary for a person to wait to bring about a revolution in his life until the society as a whole has evolved to a similar level. A person may hasten his own evolution by various means such as prayer, worship, charity, fasting, meditation etc. In that case, he can progress faster than the universal time, i.e., the rest of the world, and arrive at his own liberation at anytime. Whether he is born in the 1st ara or 6th ara of the external time, by his own effort, he can be in his personal 3rd or 4th ara and thus attain liberation. It does not depend so much what the universal time is but the qualities that are characteristic of these aras that make it possible for people to attain liberation. It's not easy in any period to attain Moksha.