ETERNAL UNDERSTANING – DIFFERENCE IN RELIGION

A magnetic body or material placed on our earth gets influenced by the earth’s magnetic field. Living organisms are also getting influenced by it. But, humans don’t possess any sensual mechanism to sense the influence of earth’s magnetic field. But, birds possess capability to sense such magnetic field. They use it for tracking purpose and use it for directional expeditions across continents or countries.

Similar to magnetic field’s influence on earth, every living organism and objects in cosmos are influenced by an infinite cosmic potential, which originates from unknown point in universe. This cosmic force has effect on every attributes of our life. It possesses infinite intelligence and its characteristics are complex to understand by human’s finite intelligence. And, humans have capability to sense its influence while an animal doesn’t. Some people personify this pervasive cosmic influence into bodily form as Jesus Christ, some as Allah, some call it as Shiva or Vishnu, or some identify it as Buddha based on their finite intelligence. Cosmic potential’s area of influence expands all over universe, even beyond the distance at which human’s high power telescope can reach.

So, one question rise in our mind: Does living creatures outside our earth have similar concept of God in their civilisation? Yes, they will be having and their understanding will vary based on their intelligence.

So, this realisation edifies our mind with perfect knowledge: “Disparities created on earth based on religion are just human imposed difference.” Many religious scriptures have confirmed cosmic potential’s presence. Hence, we should never discriminate human on religion scale even at universal dimension.

IAS PREPARATION – MY FIRST STEP

IAS preparation path will be a wide, enduring, enjoyable, and focussed learning with acquisition of myriad concepts varying between general sciences to Indian economy. IAS examinations are basically to test our Emotional Quotient (EQ) rather than our Intelligent Quotient (IQ). So, our character should have upper hand over our intelligence.

I have chosen Psychology and Public Administration as my two optional. I have selected Psychology based on my interest and Public Administration based on the availability of study materials. But, it teaches one thing with reference to IAS post – Public Administration teaches “what to do” aspect, while Psychology “how to get it done from others” aspect.

To initiate my action, I started my preparation with "Fundamentals of Psychology" from NCERT (National Council for Education, Research and Training) books. The books regarding Public Administration will be available within month of time and I will start my preparation of it side by side. The complete grasp of Psychology and Public Administration will be ending on May 2009. I intend to achieve it with efficient preparation period of 6-8 hours daily.

With guidance of my friends and relatives, even the highest peak of Indian Competitive examinations Mt. IAS seems to easily conquerable feat. These words linger in my mind as said by Tenzing Norgay, when he failed in his first attempt to conquer Mt. Everest: “As a mountain, you can’t develop. But, I am human capable of infinite development. I will develop and conquer you next time.” So, the examinations may be complex or tough, but, we human can develop any talents to deal with any complexities.