Spirituality is the science of the Spirit. It is the science of the Soul. Isn’t it true that we were born nine months before our birth date and when we were born, there was no body? Life energy entered the zygote, the first cell created with the fertilization of two cells from our parents. Without this life energy, there would be no life created in the womb of our mother, no life in that single cell called the zygote. So, when we go into the science of birth and death phenomena, we realize certain truths. Death is a reality but only the body dies. We say that a person passed away. But who was it that passed away? What left the body? We don’t know it but it is the energy of life that is left. Scientifically, we can say that some kind of energy left a body. But when we get into the depths of the science of spirituality, step-by-step we come to realize that we are not the body. When we realize that we ‘are not’ the body, we realize that we ‘have’ a body. We are in the body but we are not the body. The body forms later, after the conception has taken place. We realize that were the Spark Of Unique Life, the Soul that came alive in the first cell, zygote, nine months before our birthday. When we come to realize all this, all the depression about this body leaves us. All the suffering caused by our body leaves us.
The biggest cause of depression is the ‘mind’. But, have you seen your mind? Where is the mind? You cannot find! Our mind creates fear, guilt, worry, stress, anxiety, and majorly, depression. We can even commit suicide if our mind compels us to. Our mind also gives rise to our ego that says, ‘I’. The mind and the ego, together form the ME and this ME creates depression and thoughts of anger, hate, revenge, and jealousy in us. When we realize that there is no mind, when we realize that our mind is only a bundle of thoughts, when we realize that we are the Divine Soul, these realizations is Spirituality, which is very scientific. These realizations become great anti-depressants because they effectively eliminate the misery that is caused by the mind and the agony that is caused by the ego in our lives.
All of this is scientific and until we change our perspective and look at these realizations in a scientific manner, Spirituality will be considered as a religion. Religion is all about myths that we grew up with but Spirituality is not a myth. Spirituality teaches us the truth of life. It enlightens us. Spirituality is a science. Unfortunately, we have not yet discovered the true meaning of Spirituality and we live and die in ignorance. We are not enlightened with the truth. Therefore, we do not realize this science of the Spirit. We do not understand and realize that religion is just the starting step, the kindergarten of life and Spirituality is a university, and we have to graduate in this university.
Once we understand and realize that we are not the body, mind and ego, then there will be no depression because we are liberated from the triple suffering on earth, that is the pain of the body, misery of the mind and the agony of the ego. We will live a life of celebration. Even death won’t be able to create frustration or desperation because we realize the truth, ‘‘I’ never die. It is only my body that dies. So, I am not depressed that I will lose all that I own, all that ‘I’ has known. I am not depressed about what life is beyond death because I know that I am the Divine Soul and I will unite with the Divine.’ Therefore, if we go into a quest of scientifically understanding, ‘Who am I and why am I here?’ it will eliminate all the doubts that create aggression of thoughts and depression in the mind.
Spirituality is the best anti-depressant in today’s world. In fact, we don’t need to go to a psychiatrist or a psychologist because all they do is try to still the mind. But we can still the mind through meditation and silence. We can still the mind by controlling our thoughts. Whenever there is a toxic thought, we don’t need tranquilisers to control it. We just need to stop it, crop it, chop it and drop it! Then, the thought is gone, the poison is gone and the depression is gone. It is rather unfortunate that we have not learnt this art and we go to a psychiatrist and take mind medicine or mental medicines because we are diagnosed with the disease of depression.
In today’s world, another major cause of depression is another disease called the ‘rotten-thought-itis’. As long as we eliminate this ‘rotten-thought-itis’, which is nothing but rotten thoughts, we will not have any depression. Rotten thoughts are caused by the monkey mind. The monkey mind has a tail EY that is Ever-Yelling and Ever-Yearning. The moment we cut the tail of the monkey mind, we become a monk. And the moment we become a monk, there is no depression. But this tail of the monkey mind is cut through the science of Spirituality where we still the mind and kill the mind and not let any thoughts enter. Hence, Spirituality, if followed properly, can eliminate depression and become a great natural, calming and tranquillizing anti-depressant for us in today’s world.
AiR Atman in Ravi, Spiritual Leader and Founder of AiR Institute of Realization and AiR center of Enlightenment.
