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        (continued from Part 4 posted earlier)

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The third of the 4 kinds of Worship the Bhagavath-Gita
has described is a very special one indeed. It belongs
to he who is called the "jignyAsu". His form of
worship is truly "sAttvic" inspired as it is neither
by Fear nor Desire but by an overwhelming sense of
Wonder and inquisitiveness. 

To the "ArthA" the Worship of God is but a desperate
search for means of escape or relief from Fear. To the
"arthArthi", the Worship of God is a search for means
of realizing life's many Desires, great and small. The
true "jignyAsu" however is said to approach God out of
a sense of pure curiosity and platonic inquiry. There
is never any tinge of "tamas" or "rajas" in his ways
of worship.

The "jignyAsu" seeks knowledge of God because he finds
the allurement of God -- even as Idea, Entity or
Presence -- simply irresistible. It would not be wrong
to say the 'jignyAsu' pursues God for the same reason
why an entrepreneur, for example, is  perennially in
pursuit of his "next big business project"; why a
scientist doggedly pursues a research project; or,
even why a philanderer cannot help chasing one
romantic affair after another. The 'jignyAsu's' search
for God is motivated by an all-powerful, all-consuming
urge. For reasons he cannot himself quite fathom
fully, the very idea of God and its pursuit provides
him some deep sense of purpose, adventure,
accomplishment or conquest in life. The Almighty is a
puzzle he must solve, an enigma he must unravel and an
eternal mystery he must somehow uncover in Time...

There is thus never any rest for the "jignyAsu" until
he has finally found answers for the searing questions
of life he poses to himself. Mercilessly, relentlessly
he asks --"What is this world?", "What are these
infinite spaces surrounding the cosmos?", "Who caused
it? Who thought it all up? Who conceived it? Who made
it?". And then "Who am I?" "Where do I come from?",
"Who is my creator?", "Where can I reach him?", "What
is the Cause of all that I see, feel and experience in
any given moment frozen in time?"... And so on and so
forth.

The 'jignyAsu's' mission in life is a perennial one.
It is an unending quest which at times seems hopeless.
But he is quite content to go on persevering. One may
ask 'why?' It is simply because the "jignyAsu's" credo
or motivation in life is akin to the old Biblical
counsel: "Cease not from search until ye find; finding
ye shall wonder; wondering ye shall enter the Kingdom
and in the Kingdom ye shall find peace". 

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                  (to be continued)

Regards,

dAsan,
Sudarshan



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