“Discovery of the Absolute”
(Testimony of Br. Aravindaksha Menon as being delivered at Divine
Retreat Centre on Wednesday of every week)
My dear brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ,
My name is Aravindaksha Menon. As the veryname suggests, I am hailing from a
very orthodox semi Brahmin Hindu family. As my family was of a Bhahmin culture,
I was bound to study the Hindu Scriptures,Ramayana, Mahabharatha, Bhagavath
Gita from very early childhood. I was brought up in my family in a most
religious way studying all these scriptures, chanting hymns and attending the
pooja ceremonies in the temple every day.
At the age of 18, after completing my
normal education, I entered into Central Government service in an office under the
ministry of commerce. Since then for a period of over 20 years I led a very
happy and cheerful life. Having the effect of this spiritual training in
abundance in my mind, I could always love others, I could always think for
others, I could always work for others and I could lead a life without any selfish
motives. Thus everybody around me, my colleagues, became my friends. Through
them I could become the leader of the service organization of the establishment
in which I was working. Through this politically motivated organization I could
come into contact with Indian Communist party. Within no time I became a
staunch worker of the Communist party. I could become a leader of the Communist
party in my locality. Through this political work, being loved and respected by
my natives, through this organizational work, being loved and respected by my
colleagues and friends, I could lead a very happy and cheerful life for over 20
years.
After this very happy period of twenty years, one day most unexpectedly,
I lost my job. Citing ever so many political reasons; my relationship with the
Communist party, my work for communist party, an agitation, a big strike that
occurred in my office, the leadership given by me to this strike; citing ever
so many political reasons, my authorities dismissed me from the service. Always
being engaged in these political and organizational work, financially I was not
at all sound ever in life. I need not explain what will happen to such a
family, which is already financially unsound, when its income itself is
unexpectedly stopped.
Within a few days, the total life of myself and my family
was put into so much of financial hardships. When financial hardships come to
us, we begin to think about God, because my family is of such a great spiritual
background. My family owns three temples. Three big temples in the family
compound itself. The Gods incarnated in these temples are called Bharadevatas.
I went to the temples of these Bharadevatas and began to pray with all my
heart. Giving all sort of offerings to these temples, I spent days, weeks and
months in the temples in fasting and prayers. But nothing happened to my life; nothing
changed my life; nothing lessened the hardships in my life.
Normally an
naturally when God's blessings are denied to us, we the Hindus use to go to an
astrologer and consult him; to find out what is the trouble with our lives. I also
went to a very famous astrologer in our state. Four times I went to him. All
the four times he found out different reasons for my hardships. Curses of a
God, curses of Goddesses, curses of birth stars and so on. All the four times he
suggested very expensive avoidances(penances). I did not have any money with
me. I borrowed every money that I could get and attended to all these
avoidances most promptly. Still nothing happened to my life. Nothing lessened
the distress in my life.
I lost my faith in God; I became an atheist. I was so
convinced, there is no such God. God is only a myth created by man, for the
welfare of the priests, astrologers and temples. As you know, there are very
eminent atheists in our state. They have got their own association, their own
movement. The Rationalists Association of India. I happened to meet some of the
leaders of this Association at this time. After hearing my story they told me
“You area man of experience, nothing is to be taught to you now. It’s your
social duty to go around and tell others that there is no God.” Most happily I
took up this assignment and for the next three years I went around the state of
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andra Pradesh; I went to almost all cities of
India and preached ‘there is no God. God is only a myth created by man for the
exploitation of man by man.’
Even though I was preaching against God for all these
three years, this period of three years turned out to be a blessing in disguise
as far as I am concerned. Because I could read a lot of books during this
period; I could come into contact with so many intellectual giants, big
writers, during this period. And one of the friendships cultivated by me on
those days, while I was preaching against God ,changed my life totally. One
day, in a South Indian City, I was giving a lecture on Atheism. After hearing
my preaching a man came to meet me . He was a Hindu Brahmin by birth. Born to a
very poor family. With his own efforts he studied and became an Advocate. Then
he became a Judge. A Judge of the High Court. Finally he became the Chief
Justice, then retired. He was a great scholar in English and Sanskrit. Such a great
man, he was.
After attending to my talk, he came to me and told me.” My dear
son, you have gone wrong twice. Once when your life was put into so much of
hardships, thinking that you are turning to God, you did not turn to the real
God. But you did turn to idols and temples, it was wrong.“I was rather
astonished because these comments came from a Brahmin. He is from such a race
which make a livelihood out of their worship of the idols in the temples and he
tells me when I went to the temples and worshiped the idols, it was a mistake.
“And secondly when you did not get benefited out of your worship of the idols
in the temples, you turned to become an atheist; that’s also wrong. You are a
born Hindu. And you should be proud of being a Hindu. To be proud of being a
Hindu, you have to go through the scriptures of Hinduism.” Very proudly I told
him “I not only gone through the scriptures, I have studied them by heart. Ramayana, Maha Bharatha, Bhagavath Gita, I havestudied by
heart. Nothing is to be done in that respect now.” Then he laughed at me.
He
called me a fool and told me “ These books, Ramayana, Maha Bharatha and
Bhagavath Gita are not the religious scriptures. Those are only story books. Ramayana
is the story of Sri Rama, the King of Ayodya, a historical man. Maha Bharata is
the story of Sri Krishna, the prince of Mathura, another historical figure.
Bhagavath Gita is compiled of eighteen chapters just selected from MahaBharata.
These are not religious scriptures.The official religious books of Hinduism are the Vedas. . The written four Vedas; the Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda,
and Adharvaveda.. You have to go through these Vedas. Then you will get
light, You can find the truth, you can see the real God and the God will give
you peace.” He advised me.
Out of his advice, I did not get any faith in God.
But there may be some point in this advice. To know that point, I went to a library,
got a copy of the Rigveda, the first and foremost one of the four Vedas an
began to read from the Veda. After reading through some passages, I got convinced
of one thing. One thing he told me was correct. I started getting the light.
The very first light I could get from Rigveda, the religious books of Hinduism
was that, to whom soever Gods I went in the days of my hardships, gave offerings
and prayed to, are not Gods. There are no such Gods. There are no such Gods.
In
the religious book of Hinduism, the Rigveda, there is the mention about only
one God. He is the creator of this universe; He is the creator of all mankind
the world over; He is the heavenly father, the only God. This only God is
Omnipresent; He fills this universe. As the Lord Almighty is Omnipresent and as
he fills this universe, nobody can see him in a particular or form. As the Lord
Almighty is formless and bodiless, nobody can make an idol of God and worship
an idol; it’s worthless and it’s useless. A fool who is worshiping an idol
gains nothing but pain and he never attains salvation. I was convinced; As there
are 73 books for the holy Bible, there are 10 books for the Rigveda. Ten
Mandalams. From first ninth mandalams, in several places it is clearly said who
is the real God, who is man and why should man worship the God and how should he
worship him. In the tenth Mandalam, besides this Lord Almighty, there is the
mention about a Man.
The first born and only born son of the God. His name is
‘Prajapathy.
’Prajapathy, the son of the God comes to this world at the appropriate
time. After coming to this world he travels around advising mankind, what is
sin and what is not sin; what is to be done and what is not to be done; what is
wrong and what is right. To those human beings, who accept his advices and obey
is orders, he offers prosperity and peace in this worldly life and salvation at
the time of his venture to redeem mankind from sin, he gets sacrificed at the
end of his specified period on earth. In verse 7 chapter 90 of the 10 th book
of the Rigveda, the sacrifice of Prajapathy the Son of God, is well explained.
“At the time of sacrifice, the Son of God will be tightly
tied to a wooden sacrificial post using iron nails by hand and legs, he will
bleed to death and on the third day he will regain his life in a resurrection.”
Praise the Lord! I was totally confused. Who is this
Prajapathy, who is the son of God?
As per Hindu Mythology, there are
10 incarnations of God. Ten times God comes to this world.
Matsya, Koorma,
Varahascha, Narasimhascha ,Vamana, Ramo, Ramascha, Ramascha,Krishna, Kalki.
These are the ten
incarnations.
First I thought, this reference about Prajapathy , the son of
God, will be about one among those incarnations. But it was not. Because each
and every incarnation has got its own attributes. None of these attributes suit
those attributes of Prajapathy as given in the
Rigveda and as given in Sathapadha Brahmana, a supplement to Yajurveda.
Then I went to some scholars in my neighbourhood and asked them, who is this
Prajapathy, who is this Son of God? One of them told me “Yes, there is a concept
of Prajapathy. Praja means man. Pathy means saviour. There will be a man coming
from God being the saviour of mankind; he has not yet come; we are still expecting
him.” All this time Jesus was in my mind. But I being a staunch Hindu, I could
not even think like that. But again I am not only Hindu, I am an atheist, I am
a rationalist. I asked him “Can this reference be about Jesus Christ? That scholar
asked me “ what made you think like that? I told him the attributes! All the
attributes of Prajapathy, the Son of God, given in the Vedas suit those of
Jesus In the Bible, that’s why I had that doubt. Then he told me” No. It can’t
be. Because it happened in some Western countries, in Jerusalem or so, not
here. Again I told him “ It need not be here. The mention is only Earth, Man
and the God, so it canbe anywhere.” Now this scholar scolded me “ You fool,
don’t make such foolish arguments with me; this is a religious matter, a Godly
affair, get out!”
With all these confusions in my mind I went to that noble
Brahmin who advised me to go through the Vedas and asked him” Who is this
Prajapathy, who is this Son of God?” Then he asked me “It’s written in Malayalam,
why don’t you understand? I told him “I could understand, but I have my own
doubts”
My dear brothers and sisters, even though a scholar, a born Brhamin, even though
a scholar, a born Hindu, he told me “My dear son, there is nothing to be
doubted, the only one sent by God, came to this world, tried to redeem mankind
from sin and got sacrificed at the end is nobody else, but Jesus Christ!”
Praise the Lord.
Then he asked me “Now its time you go through the Bible.
You’ll get further truth.” I came back to my house. There is no Bible in my
house. I borrowed a Bible from the nearby Christian house and I began to read
Bible. When I read some passages from the very first book of Genesis itself,
stronger wonders than I could find Jesus Christ in the Holy scriptures of
Hinduism began to appear before me in the Holy Bible. Almost all the verses I
could read from Rigveda, appeared just the same in the Holy Bible. The same
verses or verses with the same meanings or verses being answers to the
questions, doubts and prayers in the Vedas, Upanishads and even in Bhagavat
Gita. All connected verses. I cannot go in detail about such verses now, but only
give a few examples, just for your conviction and faith. The very first book in
the Hoy Bible, is the book of Genesis. Genesis is the history of creation. It’s
said that the Heavenly father created this universe in six days.
The first day, Genesis 1:3 “The God said let there be light
and there was light.” In 16:1 God creates the Sun, the Moon and the stars, which
were created on the fourth day only.
Then which was the light which emanated from God on the
first day?
Answer to this question we get from verses from 1 this14 of
St. John chapter 1. In the beginning was the word. This word from the God came
to this world in the form of light. The word that came to this world as light
became flesh and made his dwelling among us and that’s our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now verse No 1 chapter 121 of the 10 Th book of Rigveda says:- “Hirnyagarbha:
samavarthathaagre Bhuuthasya jaatha: pathireka aaseethSadaadhaara prudhiwivim
dyaamuthemamKaskai devaaya havisha vidhemam .”
In the beginning, God and his supreme spirit lone existed. From
the supreme Spirit of the God proceeded HiranyaGarbha, alias Prajapathy, the
first born of the God is the form of light. As soon as born, he became the
saviour of all the worlds.
Rigveda X:90:2
“Purusha evedam sarvam Yadbhutham YachabhavyamUthaamruthathwasya
eesaanaYaddaannenathirohathi”
This man, the first
born of the God is all that was, all that isand all that has to be. And he
comes to this world to giverecompense to everybody as per his deeds.
Revelation 1:8 Says the Lord God “Who is, who was and who is
to come,the Almighty.”Revelation 22:12“Behold, I am coming soon I bring with me
therecompense I will to each according to his deeds.”
Rigveda X:90:7
“Tham yajnam barhishi proukshanPurusham jaathamagrathaThena
deva ayajanthaSadhya rushayaschaye”
This man, the first
born of the God, was tied to a woodensacrificial post and the Gods and the
Kings along with theseers performed the sacrifice.All the four Gospels say-
Jesus was crucified on a wooden cross by the Rulers (Herod and Pilate) and the
seers (Annas and Caiaphas) Yajurveda XXXI:18, Rigveda X:90:16.“Thamevam
Vidwanamruthaiha bhavathyNanya pandha ayanaya vidyathe”
This (sacrifice) is the only way for the redemption and liberation
of mankind. Those who meditate and attain this man, believe in heart and chant
with lips, get liberated in this world itself and there is no other way for
salvation too. Romans 10:9“If you confess with your lips that Jesus is the Lord
and believe in heart that God has raised him from the dead you will be
saved.”When I could come across all these verses, I got confused once again. I
went to that Brhamin Guru again and told him ‘It’s wonderful”. Again he told me
“There’s nothing to be wonder struck. Every ancient scriptures was one and the same.
Hindu, Christian and Islam were all categorized later, all man made. The word
of God was one, because God is only one. He asked me “Do you believe that God
is only one? I told him “Yes, I do believe God is only one” Again he asked me
“If God is only one how can the son of God be several? It is also one.”
I came
back to my house. That day became an unforgettable day in my life. 27th
June, 1992. All the daytime I was restless. There was a strong fight going on in
my mind. The fight between the culture I was born and brought up in and the
truth I have found out now from the ancient scriptures on the very same
culture. I became totally restless. In the night, on my bed, I thought about
Jesus Christ. Of course I knew him before; there was a picture of Jesus Christ in my mind too. Jesus, the son
of Joseph and Mariam, born in Bethlehem, brought up in Nazereth, studied the
scriptures of Jew religion till the age twenty nine and a half, who tried to
hold a riot against the King and the priest with the help of poor fishermen,
caught buy the soldiers of the King, faced trial and killed on the Cross. This
was the communist line of thinking about him. But in that night, for the first
time in my life, I thought about Jesus in a different way; Jesus, the Son of
God, who got sacrificed for the sins of the world. The result was wonderful.
There were certain hymns in the Rigveda, the meanings of which I could not understand
in spite of repeated readings. But when I could ascribe Jesus as the
sacrificial victim and his crucifixion as the sacrifice, the meanings of those
verses came so clear to me. Then I could understand what my Guru told me was correct.
Jesus is the only Son of God. I sat up on my bed. For the first time in my
life, I, a staunch Hindu, I prayed to
Jesus Christ. I don’t know how to pray. I don’t know the narrations of prayers
as given in the Bible. “Oh! Our Father thou art in Heaven!” I don’t know any of
such prayers. I just prayed Oh! Jesus, come to me. I am in distress. Come to me
, save me .When I prayed to Jesus, of course I don’t hesitate to confess before
you now, I kept my prayers to myself. So secretly and silently I prayed so that
no one should hear. Especially my wife, who is lying beside me, sleeping,
should not hear. It’s rather shameful for me to pray to Jesus Christ. But One
thing is there. I have come to the faith to the Jesus Christ studying the Hindu
scriptures. Not inspired by the Bible, not inspired by any Christian priest or
friend. So what if my wife knows?; she
should know. But I could not think so at that time.
Because the reason was not
that my wife also belongs to a Hindu family. No, that was not the reason. On the
day of our marriage, my wife had made a peculiar request to me. She also
belongs to a Hindu family like mine. But all her neighbours were Christians.
Very orthodox Roman Catholics. In each and every family there is one priest and
two or three nuns. So many of classmates and friends arenow studying for priesthood
or to become sisters. Due to her close acquaintance with these families, from
early childhood, she believes in Jesus Christ. Every day she prays to Jesus. Every
Sunday she goes to the Church and attends the mass. I, being a staunch Hindu,
should not object her practices; that was her request to me. I told her “ I am
a communist, an atheist. I don’t have such faith. I don’t go either to the church
or to the temple. But in my practice, I never object or question the faith of
others. So you can have your own faith I don’t mind.” She continued to be in
that faith. She broughtup our children also in the very same faith. She always was telling me also to have faith
in Lord Jesus. But I didn’t care.
When I lost my job and when my family was put
in to so much of distress, then again my wife told me “Believe in Jesus Christ,
our family will be saved.” I did not pay any attention to her words; instead I
went to the Temples and worshiped the idols. When I came back from these idols,
most disappointed, then again my wife told me “ Believe in Jesus Christ, or
family will be saved.” Again I didn’t care; I went to become an atheist and I
began to preach against God. Now on my own, studying the authoritative Hindu scriptures,
I myself have come to the faith of Jesus Chris. What my wife was telling me for
the last eighteen years has become true, yes, but how can I admit it before
her, because I am husband and she is wife. So I kept my prayers to Jesus to
myself and secretly prayed to him. After praying for some time I retired to
sleep. When I lied down to sleep, my wife who was supposed to be sleeping
beside me stood up. She was not sleeping, she was watching me. Silently she
stood up and she went to the nearby room. There she had kept a small wooden
cross for her prayers. She lit the candles, knelt down on the floor and tears
running down her eyes she began to praise Jesus Christ. I got the meaning of
that praise immediately. For the last 18 years this poor woman was praying for
me and at the fulfillment of her
prayers, why she is praising her Lord now, I need not go to any astrologer to
find out. I could not lie down any more. I went to my wife, knelt down beside
her, and joining hands, we began to pray to Jesus. That happened to be the
first family prayer in my house. Praise the Lord!
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