The Simple Man Who Became God

Unlike other leaders, his determination was not just to throw out British from India. He knew that freedom is not just about administration but it was about Culture, Society, Dreams, Vision and Spirituality. And he thrived to achieve it, was he successful?

It was a rainy day when I was watching a TV, and my friend came and took the remote control of the TV. He changed the channel even though I wished to see that melodious Kannada song coming on screen, and changed it to a channel where an unknown album (guess it was Spanish) was up and started watching, and went blank soon I asked him about the lyrics and instruments used. Though a silly incident, it just triggered some thoughts in me. Thoughts about the facts like, from the discussions about latest gadgets, the branded clothes, the soft drinks, styles of medicine to the simple imitations of saying finale, adieu. I keep wondering why we Indians are so unfortunate of praising what west gives and what west does. Why we enjoy ourselves being the followers of others. Probably with the exception of administration, everywhere else like in thoughts, communication, the lifestyle, hearts, and many more angles of our existance seems to be under the influence of not own, but some other culture, some other lifestyle. Is it because we have been slaves from last 800 years, is it because we like to be so or is it the way Indians have visualized their life?

Somewhere I read that, the founder of ISKCON went to USA in his dusky age of 69 as he realized at that time that Indians will not understand the very purpose of spirituality. Spirituality was coming up as the idea of new reforms those days. He realized the fact that unless the reforms come though west these Indians will not accept it, and with that he realized the fact that Indians are still the slaves even after 20 years of Indian freedom.

The foreign rule that started in the 12th century after the debacle of Pruthviraj Chauhan went on under foreign invaders, conquerors, looters, and foreign kings. The administration, culture, lifestyle, religion has been continuously under the attack of foreigners. Few people burnt the treasury of knowledge like Nalanda library for days, few people stole the thrones with diamond, few people invaded the temples, and few killed the innocents. Yes, India has been under the constant attack. I just keep wondering if there was an attempt to take India to an ultimate liberty, did any one dare to think about this after the intelligent Chanakya, and did anybody determine to realize and dream an autonomous India.

If we go behind probably by about 100 years, we see an India still under the administration of foreign power. We see a lot of creative modes of pretests and fights against British for the freedom if India. Sometimes, with a home rule league, and then the revolutionaries, sometimes Indian National Army. But amid all these events, if you think of what and who made Indian freedom struggle are real success, you will find that there was a mission and it was not just to throw out British’s ruling India, instead it was to make Indians feel for their Mother Land. Make Indians understand and adopt the culture from which they are made of in all respects, right from the clothes they wear to the salt they prepare. There was a movement to remind them what Veda's taught them for epochs, what Buddha asked them to follow, what many rushi, munis have followed. There was a powerful attempt to make Indians understand what’s in truth, to unite them to divinity with power of prayer, energize them with the thought of simplicity, teach them the success of co-existence. There was a dream, there was a passion, there was a path, there was a determination and so one person acted. He got the staunch followers, groomed every leader practically and could take Indian freedom movement to the door steps of victory, and yeah he was a huge success.

Right from spiritual Gurus, richest people, Goons, Worriers to street beggars there are hardly any personalities during his tenure that is not affected by his charm.
Was he a leader?
Nope...
Was he a politician?
Nope...
Was he a prophet?
Nope...
Was he a richest man on the earth?
Never...

The simplest man, the shy guy, probably one among the weaker men, never the topper, and now you might be wondering what he did. He did his own haircut and shave, prepared and cleaned his own cloth, cleaned the faces of a normal man, he cleaned the gutters in slums, probably the most common man who followed none but his principles. Probably the man who did all that which he wanted to do in his thoughts practically, yes the same simplest man MohanDas KaramChand Gandhi.

(To be continued......What and How)