What is Moksha and how do you attain it?

Answer 1

MOKSHA AND KARMA:

Moksha is defined as freedom from unending cycles of reincarnation.

Karma is the cause for the unending cycles of reincarnations.

These Hindu beliefs about Karma and Moksha are useless for attaining Moksha. This is because Moksha leads to Brahman, which is nothing but absolute fact. Therefore, our definitions of Karma and Moksha should be based on facts and not on beliefs.

We can't attain Moksha through good deeds.

We can't attain Moksha by supposing that god is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. God has to be within us and dormant.

CONVENTIONAL WAYS OF ATTAINING MOKSHA:

Life today is extremely complicated. Therefore, we can't attain Moksha through Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga and Raja Yoga.

BRAHMAJNANA CONCEPT OF MOKSHA AND KARMA:

To attain Moksha we need definitions of Moksha and Karma based on Brahmajnana.

According to Brahmajnana,

1. Moksha is separation of facilitating force (Saguna Brahman) and retarding force (Nirguna Brahman).

2. Karma is variations in facilitating/ retarding forces, which causes transformation of an activity every time it is re executed.

Lesser the Karma, lesser would be transformation of activities and greater would be the Moksha.

ATTAINING MOKSHA:

All the skeletal muscles of our body can isometrically contract and relax (harden and soften temporarily) as a single unit called Purusha.

1. Saguna Brahman - isometric contraction of Purusha

2. Nirguna Brahman - isometric relaxation of Purusha.

THE SEVEN MANIFESTATIONS OF BRAHMAN:

Brahman manifests as seven basic Hindu gods viz. Indra, Shakti, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Shani and Yama.

All the seven basic Hindu gods are made of a Saguna component and a Nirguna component. They differ from each other in the gap between the arrival of the Nirguna component after the arrival of the Saguna component.

In Indra the Nirguna component comes simultaneously, in Vishnu in the middle and in Yama in the end. Therefore, Indra just enables us to dream and Yama makes us compulsive.

The Peripheral pair of gods Indra and Yama cause maximum Karma. The more central gods cause less Karma.

THE VARNAS:

1. Shudra Varna - no limits for our actions

2. Vaishya Varna - just a lower limit

3. Kshatriya Varna - an upper and a lower limit

4. Brahmana Varna - upper and lower limits are the same.

A higher Varna makes us more disciplined, reduces fluctuations in facilitating/ retarding forces, reduces Karma and enhances Moksha.

THE FOUR TYPES OF TIME:

1. Transient time - by separating life into infinite activities, each having a different status.

2. Virtual time - by having a minimum duration for completion of actions but no maximum duration

3. Natural time - by having a minimum and maximum duration for completion of every action.

4. Eternal time - by making the status of all actions the same. This would merge all activities into a single giant activity called life. Then no activity would have a beginning and no activity would have and end.

Transient time results in maximum Karma. Eternal mode of time result in Moksha.

BRAHMANDA:

After appeasing the seven gods, having all the four Varnas and the four kinds of time, by default we would be having

1. Vishnu

2. Lower limit for status of all activities

3. Minimum duration needed for execution of actions.

This state is Brahmanda. We would have 50% tone and 50% control over all activities of our life.

ABSOLUTE MOKSHA:

From here we can have 0% or 100% control. From this state we can appease any god, have any Varna and use any mode of time. This freedom is what we call absolute Moksha.

ORIGINAL MEDITATION - THE BEST WAY TO ATTAIN MOKSHA:

The best way of achieving all these is Original Meditation, the kind of Meditation Vedic people practiced. This is just a set of isometric exercises. We can't understand the Vedas without mastering Original Meditation.

The name 'Vedic Meditation' means something else. Therefore that name is not used here.