Indian Spiritual Science

Goodness and Hypocrisy seem to have no relation. However, they are deeply interconnected. These two qualities take birth in one's mind. The mind is habituated to manipulate situations according to its own whims and fancies. It uses the weapon of goodness to achieve its ' selfish motives '. This makes 'goodness' a growing craze among people today. Bearing dubious personality  tarnishes the character of a person. This means that projecting 'goodness' for selfishness (or satisfaction of one's ulterior motives) brings about hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is the act of murdering our conscience. Our inner voice is heavily clouded by goodness, which in turn is rooted in selfishness. Thus, goodness instigates one to verily shun the voice of our conscience. We estrange from the path of truth and hold onto goodness. Under the garb of Goodness, we can easily win the hearts of the immoral as flattery is its addon. What is the use of this goodness that can direct one towa...

Janaka sutä jag janani jänaké | atisay priya karunänidhän ké | Täkay jug pad kamal manävaüì| jäsu kåupä nirmal maté pävaüì | Puni man bachaì kaåm raghunäyak | bhagat bipati bhaìjaì sukhadäyak | Girä aratha jal béchi sama kahiata bhiììa na bhiììa| Baìdauì sétäräm pad jiìhhéì parama priya khiììa | (Manas: Balkanda Verse: 17) The following descriptions are dedicated to the mother of the universe Srimati Sitadevi who is the Supreme Lord Ramchandra's creative force. Without the mercy of the mother of the universe, the platform for expression of life can never exist. Sitadevi is often addressed as "Jagat Janani" or one who is the mother of the universe, the female creative force of existence. In the above verses from the Balkanda of the Manas (Ramcharitamanas), Srimati Sitadevi is first addressed as the daughter of King Janaka (An epithet for King Videha that means the benefactor of the common man). Goswami Tulsidas in the above verse bows to the da...