Living Ideal

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Living-Ideal
If you really have known some truth and if you think it is beneficial, speak to your utmost about it and
request everyone to know it. [Satyanusaran]
PREFACE

Today is 15th December 2011. The time is 8.05 p.m. in Delhi, India. I have just finished
praying to Bapun Baba (I have a framed picture of Bapun Baba) about the idea of writing a book on a
Living Ideal which came across my mind a little while ago. Therefore, with a pen in my hand, now I
am starting to write down my very own experiences.
I am 30 years old, hold a master degree in Computer Science and work in a Multinational
company. My life is not different from the life an average working professional, except that three
years back I had turned completely vegetarian and since then I have been trying to follow a Living
Ideal.
I stay alone in a rented accommodation and I cook my own food. It is sometimes really very
painful, especially in winters, to return from office, after a day-long hardship, and prepare food for
myself. My parents are desperately looking for a girl for me for the past two years. It has been tough
to get a proposal for my marriage because I am a vegetarian and in Bengali community it is
considered very unusual. I, however, consider myself lucky as I have realised that my life is dedicated
to the mission of my Living Ideal. Moreover, according to Sanatan Dharma, marriage is a very
important process leading to procreation of future generations. One should take utmost care to avoid
anti-providential marriage which could completely destroy a good lineage and give birth to
generations that could become a serious threat to future human existence in this world. This gives me
strength to move on, despite the hardship, embarrassment – and sometimes humiliation – that I face.
INDEX

Sl# Contents Page

1 A Common Interview Question 4
2 How did I choose my Ideal 9
3 Shree Shree Thakur Anukulchandra – an Introduction 12
4 What Thakur accomplished 20
5 What Thakur will accomplish 29
6 Will He re-incarnate? 41
7 Ananta Shree Baba – an introduction 56
8 Teachings of Christ 67
9 How things happen 72
Photo Gallery 81
Thesaurus 87
Chapter 1
A Common Interview Question

―Who is your Ideal?‖

There was a time when this question was used to be asked by interviewers. Did you ever
wonder what significance this question has? I feel that interviewers had the conception that a person
having an ideal would be disciplined. Contrary to this, the new generation of youngsters facing
interview, had a different conception. They believed an ideal is a person worth worshipping. So they
often bluntly answered ‗My parents are my Ideal‘.
Let me try to describe my understanding which I have gathered through my real-life experience.

Who is an Ideal?

Ideal in Hindi is pronounced as ‗Adarsh‘. He is a guide to our life. Someone can guide us only
if he is a man of experience. A doctor can guide someone to become a doctor. A cricketer can guide
someone to become a cricketer. Similarly an ideal should be such a man who has experience of all
aspects of life in totality and can lead our life in the right direction. An ideal should be a subject of
veneration; however every subject of veneration need not be an ideal. An ideal should be just like a
mirror which portrays our image whenever we make a mistake, so that we can correct our mistake on
our own.
When Mr Eugene Exman visited a great Indian spiritual teacher named Sri Sri Thakur
Anukulchandra, he asked ―I don‘t have much time to understand your philosophy. Can you explain
me your philosophy in just two words?‖ Thakur replied in just two words ―Be concentric‖. Later,
when Mr Eugene asked, Thakur explained that there should be a centre in our life and let our life
revolve around it. In that centre we must place our ideal. In other words we should lead our life being
concentric to the ideal. Mr Eugene asked ―What if I make Henry Ford my ideal‖. Thakur replied
―Then you can become Henry Ford, not Jesus Christ‖. Mr. Eugene Exman was then the President of
Spiritual Literature section of Harper and Brothers, a renowned publishing house. Thakur
Anukulchandra was the ideal of a great Indian freedom fighter named Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
Swami Vivekananda came to Sri Ramkrishna Paramhans, and acknowledged Him as his ideal,
seeking for material accomplishment. However Sri Ramkrishna turned him into a renowned master.
Shivaji, the great Indian king, conquered all obstacles through his devotion to his ideal, saint Ramdas.
In the epic Mahabharata the Pandavas became victorious despite numerous drawbacks, only because
they obeyed their ideal Lord Krishna. The legendary Hanuman accomplished impossible tasks
through his devotion to his ideal Lord Ramchandra. Therefore we must understand that an ideal is an
indispensable part of our life.
The entity called mind (Manah) has the ability to manifest things around it at a subtler level.
All that is happening in this world is the effect of mind-programming. The mind has the ability to
manifest good as well as bad; this is the working principal behind Law of Attraction which works on
the belief system that ‗like attracts like‘. When we closely acquaint with a noble personality, a part of
nobleness reflects in our life. And when we befriend a spoiled man, it impacts our personality too.
Hence it is imperative that the person we accept as an ideal has goodness within him. Now imagine
what if an ideal is perfection personified. Such an ideal or master is called ‗satguru‘ – ‗sat‘ meaning
existence. A person who has the ability to nurture our existence is a Satguru. Thus He should be such
a person who knows the secret of eternal existence. In theory, He Himself should be eternal, else how
can a ‗finite‘ fathom the ‗eternal‘. Not only in theory, but in practical also He must be eternal – such
as the ‗son of god‘, Jesus Christ.
A highly accomplished Indian Spiritual teacher named Shree Shree Thakur Anukul Chandra
said:
঩রু ষলোতভ অষ঳ন মঔন ঳ফ গরযযআ ঳োথওথ তো
তোষা ও ধযষর অষ঳ নোষওো গরতযোষকয খনৃ য ওথো ।
Means:
When Purushottam descends, He is the fulfiller of all ideals;
Idealising him doesn‘t mean discarding one‘s existing ideal.

He is the best guide and God to human evolution. [Sri Sri Thakur]

তোা‘য নফ-ওষরফষযয ঄বু যথোন ঴‘লর তততনআ লতোভোয ঈ঩ো঳য,
অয, তো‘া লও ফোদ তদষে মো‘ ওয তো‘ ফযথ থ ঄তততনশে । [Sri Sri Thakur]
Means:
When He (Purushottam) appears in a new form, He alone is worshippable to you, and whatever you
do minus him is most definitely futile.

Who is ‘Purushottam’—The Prophet?

Purushottam is the enlightened son of God in blood and flesh. When He descends on Earth, He
alone is to be followed, as He is the prophet—the absolute.

PROPHET—THE ABSOLUTE
Only the prophet is absolute
the materialized embodiment
of all principles,
for he turns all the relatives
into the absolute
and that absolute is Divine.
[The Message Vol-VIII]

From the teachings and life of Shree Shree Thakur we understand that in human form
Purushottam has descended on Earth eight times in this epoch—Ram, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus,
Muhammed, Chaitanya, Ramkrishna and Anukulchandra.
On Earth, He always proclaims His heavenly kingdom indicating that He alone is to be
worshiped. This is also a sign of identifying Him:

―sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam saranam vraja
aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
moksayisyami ma sucah‖ [Lord Krishna]
Means:
Abandon all misinterpretations of Dharma and surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful
reaction; Do not fear.

―Buddham saranam gacchami, dharmam saranam gacchami, sangam saranam gacchami‖ [Gautam
Buddha]

―I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me‖ [Jesus]

The following excerpt has been taken from page-8 of the book ‗Rashul Gita‘ by Depi Prasad
Mukherjee. Thakur recollects verse 4:80 from Quoran Sharif and explains:
য়, য় । [Hazrat Muhammed]
Means:
Whoever surrenders to Rashul (The Prophet), definitely he stays surrendered only to God (Allah).

―Mui Sai Mui Sai Mui Sai‖ [Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]
Means:
I am the One, I am the One, I am the One

লম যোভ ল঳আ ওৃ ষ এআ মুষকয ল঳আ যোভওৃ ষ। [Ramkrishna Paramhans]
Means:
Same Ram same Krishna,
In this generation He is Ramkrishna

অভোয ওথোগতর মতদ লতোভোয শধ ু ওথো঑তিনোযআ লঔোযোও ভোত ঴ে
ওযো ফো অিযষণয লবতয তদষে ল঳গতরষও মতদ ফোসষফআ পু টষে তু রষত নো ঩য
তষফ ঩ো঑েো লম লতোভোয তভ঳োছুনআ যষে মোষফ
তো তওন ঄তত তনশআ - লতোভোযআ অতভ [Sri Sri Thakur]
Means:
If My words are just your food for thought;
If you do not materialize them through action and conduct;
Then your attainment would remain unaccomplished,
That is extremely sure – Yours I.

Further, Thakur said:
It is easier for a man to observe so-called dharma, but difficult to surrender to a Living Ideal;
because there the surrender needs to be materialised. The surrender is not there for the sake of word,
it is real. There is lot of scope to act according to our whims in the surrender to the GOD in the sky.
It does not work; the reason is that the sky never resists me. One who cannot resist me can never
mould me either. Misdeeds can be nicely performed looking at the sky. Religion means to get
delightfully united with the Living Divine Ideal, to get bound to Him. This tests the mental strength,
the sincerity. Many could understand this, their nature is also good. But they cannot do it. That
means they are not sincere to their ideas. [English translation of Alochana Prasanga Vol-14 Pg 191]

Thakur also said, during a discourse with a disciple, Janardhan da:
Janardan da: What is the need of a Living Ideal? One can follow the Idea.
Shri Shri Thakur: Idea makes a man idiot. A living man makes Him(God/Supreme Father/Parampita)
alive and the idea gets manifested. [English translation of Alochona Prasange Vol.21, First Edition,
Pg 225]

Those who have the ―Aerial‖ inside them, only they can find Him. When they have the eagerness in
their heart, they start looking out and thus receive different impulses internally. Externally too
unexpected connections take place. Human brain is the finest device. One only gets the impulses
according to the ―tuning‖ he has. [English translation of Alochona Prasange Vol.9, Pg 20]

Saint Kabir said:
―Jab tak na mila satguru saccha tab tak karta ja dus bees pachasa‖
Means:
Till the time you find a true ideal, go on making 10-20-50 ideals.

Why should we follow Purushottam?

―He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad‖ [St
Matthew 12:30]
HE WHO DOES NOT GATHER
WITH ME—SCATTERS
Adherence to a common Ideal
the nurturer of specific characteristics
gathers people
cementing the differences
between one another
with every compassionate pull
that exalts one into many
with initiative serviceable urge
and energetic ardour ;
but dining together
and indiscriminate marriage
can never gather people
or make them inter-related ;
Lord Christ hath said,
"He who is not with me
is against me—
he who does not gather with me
scatters" .
[The Message Vol-IV]

Thakur explained living ideal as a staff who guides us, the blinds:
―To be blind is unfortunate indeed but to be without a staff is even worse; for the staff does much of
the eyes‘ work.‖ [Satyanusaran]

―Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into
the ditch.‖ [St Matthew 15:14]

Thakur Anukulchandra said that the purpose of life is to drive away ‗want‘ completely, and that is
possible only by knowing the cause of everything. The cause could be best understood when
gradually we imbibe the characteristic of Living Ideal within us through our attachment to Him.
Whenever He descends He alone is the best fulfiller of existence. He is the best guide and god to
human evolution. So must seek Him until we find Him. The moment we start seeking Him He too
starts seeking us. And once we find Him we must follow Him.
Chapter 2
How did I choose my Ideal

―Who am I? How did this feeling of ‗I‘ within me generated? Why am ‗I‘ within me and not in
somebody else? How big is this universe? There is a container containing this universe. There is
another container containing that container. Where does this chain of container ends? How can it ever
end?‖ Such thoughts baffled me when I was 5. I used to get frightened when I thought that the
universe doesn‘t end. I used to become very uncertain about existence. I used to be thankful that at
least I exist. At the age of 6 a question crossed my mind ―Does human being die‖. I got convinced on
my own that a person dies when he reaches 100 years of age. I became very frightened; I did not want
to lose my identity as the world is so playful and I loved my maternal grandpa. I used to pray to god
that my maternal grandpa survives long. He is today 90 years of age and is still alive.
At the age of 12 I started reading books like ‗World famous discoveries‘, ‗World famous
Mysteries‘, ‗World famous Medicine and Therapy‘; typically the ‗World famous‘ series of Pustak
Mahal publisher. I was also very athletic and liked playing all kinds of games, especially cricket.
From the tender age of 14 onwards I started doing heavy physical exercises without proper
guidance. I did not realize that the unguided physical exercises would hamper my height and would
be the cause of backache after few years. My height got restricted to 5 and quarter feet, though I was
a good athlete. At school I often used to be overpowered and underestimated by my fellow students.
Except for once, I never got the opportunity to play either Cricket or Football in school matches. And
it was that single Football match when I had proved my calibre to the Physical Training teacher. Thus
to prove myself, to the World, I started pushing myself to limits. I wanted to become a cricketer
though I never disclosed it to my parents, because I knew my parents would simply neglect it.
At the age of 15 I started reading books on Palmistry followed by a book on Hypnotism.
Miracle and magic always fascinated me. I had read that a Yogi can gain the strength of an elephant
by meditating on the picture of an elephant. I started practicing a technique called Tratak which was
required to attain hypnotic powers. The kind of Tratak that I used to practice involved focussing on a
candle flame in a dark room till the eyes started watering. Ideally it should be done for not more than
a minute or two. But I used to do it for around 15 minutes, despite stream of water rolling down my
cheeks. Thus I used to overstrain my eyes, but the moment I focussed on the flame I used to forget all
my tensions and felt relaxed at heart. The convent education system, due to its shortcomings, often
causes depression in me. I took Tratak as a tool to avert that depression, and to achieve spiritual
powers. However this practice was turning me aggressive. During that time I used to adhere to
vegetarian diet, though my parents tried to make me eat non-vegetarian food. Several times they tried
to restrain me from practising Tratak, however I never listened. I never realised that the degree to
which I stressed my eyes would cause problems after 4-5 years. I practiced it for around one year and,
at the end, I turned little aggressive by nature.
I felt that I was going through a period of bad fortune. I had learned that if a blue Sapphire
astrologically suits a person then it can make him as fortunate as a king. I went to my parents, but my
parents wouldn‘t get it for me. Then somehow I convinced my parents to consult a gold medallist
astrologer named Asim Chaterjee. He recommended me to wear few gems, and again my parents
were not interested to spend any money, though they could have afforded it. The tension between me
and my parents increased.
One day I saw a saint named Asha Ram Bapu on television. Bearded saints always fascinated
me. So I started watching his satsang on television frequently. I started doing the kind of meditation
that he suggested. I also started practising pranayama after reading a book on it. In doing so, I started
experiencing peace. I used to feel reluctant to sit for pranayama, but after completing a session of
around 15 minutes I used to experience bliss. I used to forget all worries and tensions. I practices the
ways of devotion suggested by Asha Ram Bapu on television. Slowly my interest started shifting
from Tratak to devotional meditation. I used to repeatedly chant the word ‗Narayan‘ during
meditation. Occasionally I started watching discourses of spiritual gurus like Shree Jaggi Vasudev,
Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj on television.
At the age of 17 I gradually started loosing momentum on my spiritual hankering. I was then
preparing for my Higher Secondary examination. At the age of 19 I got enrolled in a college for an
off campus course in Computer Science. The classes used to be conducted 4 days a week, in an
institute, at the first floor of a building. In those days there were many such institutes offering degrees
in collaboration with some college. The standard of education was not good. I was not happy thinking
that my parents did not do much to get me admitted to a good college. My college days were quite
ordinary. I was a shy creature and I did not make any girlfriend.
At the age of 22 I completed my Graduation. By then I had realised that my dream to become a
cricket had already shattered. The tension between me and my parents was at its peak. At 23,
determined to make a career, I went to Bangalore to prepare for GATE examination in Computer
Science. My throat infection problem, which started from the age of around 16, increased since then. I
also started suffering from backache. Also for the past two years I had been suffering from tooth ache,
but finally got it fixed there at Bangalore through Root Canal therapy.
I cleared GATE and I also cleared CDAC entrance exam. CDAC is a state-of-the-art
government institute in India providing short term advanced course in Computer Science. I choose to
go to Pune to pursue a 6 months course, not knowing that those 6 months were going to be the worst
days of my life. I had literally experience hell on Earth. At Shivajinagar in Pune, I had to stay in a
hostel along with 11 other boys. The place was unhygienic and untidy, and I thought that Pune is
infamous for bedbugs. Within few days a theft took place in the hostel and four of us lost some of our
belongings. I lost the most, a purse containing two ATM cards, an ID proof and money. For the next
1 month I had to live through borrowing money from my colleagues. We had a hectic schedule. We
used to leave at 7.30 AM in the morning and return at around 1 AM at midnight. There weren‘t any
suitable restaurant around that place. I often ate fast food like Egg friend rice, chicken fried rice etc in
a ‗thela‘, a typical restaurant on a four wheeler cycle van. The place used to be dirty with street dog
moving around. Sometimes I felt that I was just a little better than these street dogs. Within few days
I suffered throat infection. Since I did not have much money, I did not go to a doctor for about a
month. The pain was very irritating and sometimes I managed to get little hot water to gargle and
drink. At night I would not be able to speak because of my throat condition. In the meantime after a
month, I received an alternate ATM card and I consulted an ENT specialist. She advised me that I
should avoid certain things throughout my life which included cold drinks, citrus fruits, spicy and oily
foods and anything containing MSG. I got temporary relief after medication.
I was obsessed with my short height and this obsession was at its peak. I started hating myself.
A similar reaction reflected from nature. Suddenly my fellow students started addressing me with a
nickname ‗Gattu‘, which in colloquial language meant a short person. I could not stand this taunting.
Despite being inquisitive and intelligent I lost attention from studies and became extremely depressed.
The untidy surrounding, the physical pain, the frustration and humiliation made it a hell for me.
I somehow completed my CDAC course and in April 2008 I got placed in a software company,
in a place called Noida. I was then 27 years old. Again obsessed with the idea of gaining height one
day I did some stretching exercise – by hanging using a high concrete shelve. This revived the age old
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backache problem, and this time it was intense. It was summer with temperatures going as high as 45
C. I was staying with a colleague in a rented accommodation, a very ordinary room without any
window – again a bad situation. At midnight during usual power cuts I used to sweat profusely.
Eating became a problem as there were no quality restaurants nearby. I lost my appetite and my blood
pressure dropped very low, to 40-120. At office, though it was air-conditioned, the reclining chairs
were not at all comfortable, which added to my problem. I consulted multiple specialists but they told
me that they could not relate my condition with any disease. They prescribed me some supplements.
My backache problem became unbearable. At a point of time I even thought of giving up my job. I
purchased a hip belt, on my own, and this brought me some comfort. In May 2008, after one and a
half months of joining my first company, I changed my accommodation and went to a little better
place with one of my colleague named Kamraj. We stayed as paying guest in a single room shared by
three people, me Kamraj and one more person. The room was equipped with a cooler and a television,
and there were some good restaurants nearby. This brought me some comfort.
However, the ordeal did not end there. Two months after joining my first company, suddenly
the workload increased. I was called in to work even on weekends. I felt quite difficulty staring at the
computer screen. This might have been a result of the Tratak that I practised 4-5 years back. I
remember that I had to work for 16 hours a day, from 9 AM to 1 AM, for 7 consecutive days. The