‘‘The moment i entered the temple my eyes welled up and i felt calm, completely at peace for those few moments,” said my friend about her recent trip to the Golden Temple in Amritsar. I have heard many such anecdotes and a personal experience bears testimony to the attainment of this higher feeling, even if it was short-lived.
I wonder what makes certain spaces ‘sacred’. According to sociologist Emile Durkheim, almost anything can be sacred: a god, pebble, tree, king, the moon, a river, animal or bird. They derive sanctity only because the community has marked them as sacred. Once established as sacred, however, they become symbols of religious beliefs, sentiments and practices. Thus, status of any space or object progressing from the realm of the profane to the sacred depends on people who vest their faith in them.
Perhaps it works as a placebo. Once a place of worship is established as ‘powerful’ it acquires sanctity over time; it could become a popular pilgrimage destination and provide succour to the faithful. Once a community confers upon a space the attribute of sacredness, it is spontaneously treated differently. Devotees visit the place only after ritualistic cleansing and vest unflinching faith in what their community has singled out from the realm of the profane. As several devotees congregate at such a ‘sacred space’ it produces strong vibes emerging from each of these devotees and creates an aura that changes its dynamics.
We all inhabit strong spiritual energies that flow from us into the space we inhabit. There are certain spaces that have a ‘calming effect’ even though they may not necessarily be marked as a sacred space. This ‘calming effect’ owes its existence to the spiritual energies the people frequenting these places carry. Humans are gifted with the tendency to personalise the space they are in. The aura of a space derives its worth from the people frequenting it.
What makes some parts of space qualitatively different from others is the strength of the vibrations emerging from those inhabiting it. It is looked upon as a void, an empty well that is filled with the hopes, dreams and ambitions of its devotees who believe that pouring their faith into this void will miraculously lead to their fulfillment The joint faith of myriad members of a community empowers the void
What makes some parts of space qualitatively different from others is the strength of the vibrations emerging from those inhabiting it. It is looked upon as a void, an empty well that is filled with the hopes, dreams and ambitions of its devotees who believe that pouring their faith into this void will miraculously lead to their fulfillment The joint faith of myriad members of a community empowers the void with strong spiritual energies and the constant human interaction with these forces leads to miracles. Thus, the attainment of peace and calm is the spiritual transfer of energy which, according to researchers, activates the kundalini or subtle energy systems in our body that are vital for spiritual growth.
There is indeed no end to human potential. The human race collectively is imbued with insurmountable power. Even the spiritual is produced and controlled by human beings. A human gives birth to God, for without the faith that we vest in these forces they shall cease to exist. Miracles happen when our spiritual energies create auras that take extra-human leaps.
It is time we cherish our worth as spiritual beings and use the power vested in us to create a world that we deserve. We have the potential to make every space sacred with the energies that we transfer. To inhabit positive energies we need to first commit ourselves to optimism and believe in the power of our faith. For faith can indeed move mountains.
It is time we cherish our worth as spiritual beings and use the power vested in us to create a world that we deserve. We have the potential to make every space sacred with the energies that we transfer. To inhabit positive energies we need to first commit ourselves to optimism and believe in the power of our faith. For faith can indeed move mountains.
Binaifer Dulani
