Synopsis
Love is the highest value. From our experience we can surmise that the feeling of love is the most pleasing and gives us pleasure and ecstasy. The feeling of love is cherished by all and the exchange of feelings of love is remembered fondly within our hearts. Love nourishes us and really love is our life. Without love life is meaningless. Indeed the meaning of life is to love.
The modern lifestyle has deprived us from understanding the meaning of life. Life's tragedy is that we may go through life without ever knowing the meaning of life or why we came to this world in the first place.
In this book, the author explains the meaning of life clearly and shows the reader how everyone can attain love and happiness by the easy method of meditation. The book elaborately describes Love as the ultimate reality, the relationships that exist in reality, reincarnation and it's significance, the evolution of consciousness, law of karma, the peace formulae, mind and meditation, and the art of dying.
The book also contains fascinating tales that illustrate the philosophy. This book should go a long way in contributing to attaining love, happiness and an understanding of the meaning of life.
Topics covered:
The meaning of life
Love is the ultimate reality
Meditation
Reincarnation
Evolution of consciousness
Karma and peace
The art of dying
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About the Author
The author has studied the ancient Vedic scriptures such as the Puranas and Upanishads, and traveled for ten years in India to various pilgrimages and lived in ashrams learning the spiritual teachings and meditation in his search for the meaning of life. Prior to this, the author worked as a computer systems analyst after graduation in electrical engineering and computer sciences from IIT Delhi and University of Ottawa respectively.
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On the meaning of life
"What is the meaning of life? The answer to this all-important question is: The meaning of life is to love. For therein lies the happiness of the individual. Everywhere in the hearts of all people in all times is the great yearning for love. Everyone wants to love and be loved. A child may not be fully developed in awareness but automatically his yearning for love is there. Even a pet will love his master and demand love. In school, children seek love and often say he or she is my best friend. The teenagers are all searching for true love. They want to find that person who has loveable qualities, who they can love with all their heart and soul and who in turn will reciprocate their love. All of us want to have that true love which will forever grow more and more, will be ever fresh and never wither. O what will we not be willing to give for that ecstatic experience of love which will never end, where there is no heart break and which is an ever lasting love affair not subject to break, decay or boredom. You may ask any man or woman how much they value love. Ask them if they would want to live if they had everything but no love. No one would want a life without love. For love is life and life is love."
On reincarnation
"Desire is the principle factor that determines what kind of body we will get. Everything is happening on the basis of desire only. God has created the spiritual world for the play of the pure desire of love and He has created the material world for the play of the impure desires of the rebellious souls."
And "The soul is carried by the subtle body of mind, intelligence and false ego into an appropriate womb in a particular species depending upon the mental state at the time of death. Our mind is the reservoir of all our desires, thoughts and deeds and our mentality will decide our next body. The physical is only a manifestation of the subtle mental. For example the idea of a painting first appears in the mind of the painter then as the idea develops in his mind he gives it a physical shape as the painting. The origin of things is in the mind and from the subtle mental level it is given a shape on the physical level. So it is with our bodies. Our physical body and senses grow about our mind only. The mind is the center and controller of all the senses. From the subtle level of our mind will form our next physical body."
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