Spirituality.

What is spirituality? Is it something chanting mantras and worshipping different appearances. Of course partly. But let's see what it is in a deeper sense. There are different stages of spirituality.In the first stage to concentrate our minds and to purify our hearts we need an appearance. So we worship an appearance: it can be Murugan, Krushna, Vishnu, lord Shiva or whatever. In the initial stages we should be afraid of god it abstain us from doing sins. Some people scoff idolatery that people worship papers and statues. Vivekananda gives a suitable reply to this: he says a person keeps a photo of his father and if someone salivates it he gets angry. The photo isn't his real father but he respects it Similarly people worship statues and photos of gods: when they prey they don't say oh! paper and oh! statue. Instead they say oh Krushna or oh muruha. And then a devotee lears to chant certain mantras and get the positive, healthy, and happy vibrations within them and around them. And the next step is meditating level and highest point is considering god as a light or soul. So it goes as piety, devotion and love towards god. Similarly prayers also differs: immatured prayers could be I'd be well read, I'd be rich where the same prayers could be turned into selfless prayers just like I should study well so that I can serve the society, I'd get more and and more money so that I can make charity to the poor. Another path is following the path of an incarnations. The incarnations dates back from the ten incarnations of lord Krushna; turtle, fish, pig and so on and so forth. And synopsis of lord Krushna is work is worship that if you do your duty without attachment it leads you to salvation.  And then Shirdi Baba , an incarnation of lord Shiva. The story of of Shirdi Baba is interesting. His parents were devotees of lord Shiva and were childless. His mother prayed lord Shiva that he'd be his son. Lord Shiva promised to do so and he was born as a son to them. Shirdi Baba from childhood was very special in every aspects( how couln't it be when he is an incarnation) and many other children were jealous of him. And then the incarnation of Sathya Sai follows Shirdi Sai. I feel myself enthralled when talking the path of Sai 'cause I'm a Sai devotee myself. The path of Sai leads the humanbkind to eternal harmony and bliss. If you read the preachings of Sai you'll feel it yourself. He procalimed that I never came to preach a new religion but in order to prove the religious belief in you even more. On my arrival a Hindu would be a better Hindu, A Christian would be a better Christian, a Muslim will be a better Muslim and a Buddhist will be a better Buddhist. He says that Bhajan is a pure spiritual practice and sercvice mankind leads to salvation. Swami's five principles are Sathya(truth), Dharma(right action) Ahimmsa( non violence) Shanthi(peace) and Prema(love). And swami's main principle is love all serve all.I chuckle at the fact that the word love can be misinterpreted. Swami himself says that the word love may be misinterpreted by scandals. A person who considers god as his father he can consider all others as sisters and brothers. This is not romantic love but a spiritual love.( my notion). He further says truth is a meritorious virtue and that's why my name is Sathya Sai so that by adhering truth you as well could be awarded. Swami's upcoming incarnation is Prema Sai which means peace. He says Prema means peace. At that time there'll be peace and that's the name prema sai. And as I said the the highest point of love is considering god as light or a soul. In the path of spirituality there'll be many hinders and going upper in the theory of evolution lies in shattering the obstacles. Especially when wearing the costume of a woman obstacles are harder and harder. So as per my view wearing the costume of man it's easy in the path of spirituality. It does does not mean wearing the costume of a woman is not possible attain salvation but greater level of courage is needed for that. So I end it here. Om namashivaya. I, om pays my mamskar to sivam.