India and Spiritualism are synonymous.  Spiritualism manifests itself in India as the atma manifests in the human body.  Spirituality is the common thread which binds the nation, its people.  The Saints and Gurus of this great country have been preaching the essence of spirituality and its immense power to the world till date.  It is this knowledge and wisdom which makes India the mystic India the abode of Ishwara, the Devasthana.  The myst, the fragrance of the spiritual energy is all pervasive in its soil, its environment and attracts the humanity to feel it, to smell it.  Spirituality is thus soul of India.  If spirituality dies, India will die of its vibrancy, its mysticism.

             Ishwara is all pervasive and is the preservator of the Brahmand.  Its ansha (a part) or Jeeva or Jeevansha manifests in all life forms.  The Jeeva is life and spirituality is the spirit of life.  The essence of human life is to recognize the Jeeva, identify it in the Self and stablize it or make it Sthirah.  Once it is achieved, the immense energy is released in the body which helps in enjoying the life beyond the materialistic and worldly sensuous pleasures.

             This world is Maya which has been created by Ishwara to enable human beings to realize their Soul or Jeeva.  The Maya is not materialistic gains but is Lakshmi or Sree or Vaibhava on one end and the Moksha on the other end.  The purpose of life is to pass through the Mayavi world from one end to another to attain Moksha or salvation or to cross the Vaitarni, the journey of life, peacefully without pain or agony.

             To pass the Vaitarni, the Jeeva in the body is to be made Sthirah so that unbound energy is released to enable Self to loook to the other end and realize the vilaya (the sublimation) of Jeevansh in to the Brahm and enjoy the bliss of this relationship.  To make jeeva Sthirah, the Self has to be purified.  It has to cleanse the body of pollutants.  The mind in thoughts and the Sharirah in acts is to be purified.  This can not be achieved through controlling the thoughts and acts but by naturalizing the process of being Self and allowing the Jeeva to come up and float like a lotus.

             And it is the Cow (Godhan) which helps in the process of stabilization.  The Cow acts as a linkage between the Jeeva and the Brahma.  The Cow gives Self the gyan to understand the Jeeva or the Jeevan (the life).  This Jeevabodh which is the understanding of the journey of life helps the Self to cross the Vaitarni through a joyous, a blissful passage of life from Maya to Moksha.  The Mother Cow is the living manifestation of Ishwara Himself, the Spirit of Life and the fountain of Spiritualism.

By S.K. Swami