The potential of Spiritual Tourism II
Posted on December 14, 2009
Amma is an ordinary woman who rose to the Zenith of Spirituality and rightly regarded now as a World Teacher.
And what made her climb the Evolutionary ladder ? Bridal Mysticism or Bhakthi yoga.
From her childhood onwards, she was a bridal mystic. She used to spend hours meditating on the Lord and praying to Him. She used to go into ecstatic trances, like the great Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
Her simple bhakthi drew the Lord to her. She is now a veritable symbol of Universal Love and the world knows her as a hugging saint.
Her simplicity is her greatness. Without having much academic qualifications to her credit, she quotes the Geetha and the Upanishads, like the great Satya Sai Baba.
We find that some prophets were not highly educated. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Prophet Mohammad, Jacob Boehme etc. Their greatness is their simplicity and humility.
On the other hand we find that the highly educated always had ego. Aurobindo confessed that he has a sense of intellectual superiority initially. So did the great Melpathur. Vivekananda exhorted to bring Light to the uneducated, and also to the educated, as tremendous are the vanities of education !
Her advice to the suffering humanity is simple. ” Feel your prayers, feel your mantra and you will feel God ” !
Spiritual Kerala is going commercial. There are 5000 shops in the New Grand Festival of Kerala, which began today thoroughout Kerala.
Commercial Tourism will improve Kerala. So thinks the think tank of Kerala Govt.
From Dec 1 to Jan 15, you will see Kerala rise high on the shopping horizon. This will become the Zenith of shopping revelry.
Relgious harmony is the hallmark of Kerala. Here we find people belonging to all civilizations, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu and Christian, live in peace.
Imagine there are no 189 nations Is it hard to do so ? No Ideology to fight for And no Dogmatic Religion too Imagine all people together Living in peace, a world community !
Ethnic products at throwaway prices and you can find the widest range of products , from Ayurvedic indigenous medicine products to herbal massage parlours, equipped with expert massagers.
Technology is also state of the art with Kerala joining the Net Revolution. Infopark and Technopark have recorded 42% growth and there are IT hubs everywhere.
Most of the tourists ( almost 50% ) come to Kerala to get a glimpse of the spiritual giant, Amma, often recognised as a God Realised soul. Other tourists come for Ayurvedic Tourism, because Kerala provides world class Ayurvedic therapy, with her Ayurvedic hospitals and doctors. Dr Deepak Chopra's prediction ” In the coming years, Ayurveda will blossom ” has come true.
For the shopaholic, there are diverse products like great jewellery, class furniture, leather products, bronze, great handicrafts, artworks, antiques etc. To the shopper, this will be the ultimate shopping experience, the last bubbling cry.
There is no harm in indulging in sensory pleasures. The great Omar Khayam celebrated Life with the two great intoxicants, verse and the wine. Casanova indulged in the pleasures of the bed.
Sexuality is permitted in Tantra.
The Tantric rite is worshipping the Almighty with wine, meat, fish, mudra and copulation (Madyam mamsam cha meenam cha mudra maidhunam eva cha) This is known as Pancha Makara Pooja or worship with the Five Ms. These are of course symbolic but then Sacred Sexuality is permitted in Tantra.
Article by G Kumar, astrologer, academician & programmer. He has created Astro Softwares at http://www.eastrovedica.com/html/astrology_software.htm. He believes that Knowledge is the criterion for Success and his ebooks are available at http://www.eastrovedica.com/html/ebooks.htm and he recommends digital products for Knowledge at http://www.eastrovedica.com/html/infoproducts.asp
