By Govind Kumar
Hatred is inverse Love. This is the
rationale of Vidwesha Bhakthi or
Inimical Mysticism.
The doctrine of Inimical Mysticism is that the Lord is the doer and the
devotee has his rights to question the Lord when he subjects his devotee
to suffering !
Yada vairanubhandena martyasthanmayamapi tat
Na tadha bhakti yogena, iti me nischita mati
Not even Bridal Mysticism can get the benign effects of Inimical Mysticism.
It is said that Kamsa and Ravana got Moksha earlier than the Yogis
who
extolled Him. In hatred there is more emotional attachment than in love.
Kamsa and Ravana were always thinking about their Grand Enemy.
That is what the Yogis were contemplating, as they contemplated Being
Knowledge Bliss !
Milton began the Paradise Lost by saying
That I may assert Eternal Providence
And justify the ways of God to man !
But then his famous statements through Satan were " It is better to reign
in
Hell than serve in Heaven" and "Eternity so spent in worship paid,
to whom
we hate". Satan became the unconscious hero of Paradise Lost and Milton
could not redeem God with Paradise Regained ! The voice of Satan was
Milton's own, craving for liberty and abhorring the absolute monarchy of
God !
We may with successful hope resolve
To wage by force or guile eternal war
Irreconcilable to our Grand Foe
Who now trimphs and in excess of joy
Sole reigning holds the tyrranny of Heaven !
Says Satan in the Paradise Lost. Who wrote the Paradis Lost?
A world class poet called Miltion and he was following Vidwesha Bhakhti.
There is no philosopher who is not a Poet ( Na rishi kavih )
So he was a world class philosopher and poet, aware that the Lord had made
him suffer, despite him being a scholar ! He had lived laborious days,yet
the Lord made him bear the cross. He had studied hard, studied every