Sri Ramakrishna — (February 18, 1836 — August 16, 1886).
“Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.”
― Sri Ramakrishna
“It is easy to talk about religion, but difficult to practice it.”
― Ramakrishna
“Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.”
― Ramakrishna
“Everyone is looking for something, whether that is food, shelter, and so forth. If you have a torchlight or a flashlight, you have a focused light and you’re trying to find something. You only see this person or this person, or this person. What mysticism means is you blew your flashlight. It became a flair! You saw everything the way it is, and after that, you are never the same again.”
— Sadhguru
Another way of paraphrasing Sadhguru, it is like one is looking through life through filters, or wearing glasses that fog up from a thick fog. When the filters or the moisture is gone, you can see better and everything becomes clear. In essence, seekers of truth get rid of dogmas and thus making it easier for enlightenment.
Those without formal education (e.g. Ramakrishna, Sadhguru, etc.) and were not indoctrinated into a rigid school system or to a religious belief are lucky in some sense because they don’t have many distorted lenses or filters through their eyes.
The four great epochs in Hinduism are: Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dwapar Yuga, and Kali Yuga. Each cycle lasts for 4,320,000 years (12,000 divine years) and repeats. Many folks believe we are in Kali-Yuga (the worst and shortest epoch); until the cycle repeats to bring forth a Golden Age.
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