He becomes aware that his deeds must not be just those driven by his personal needs, but should rise to the level of Hvarshta: Good Deeds, that is, those deeds which fulfil the divine task entrusted to him by his maker. This crop of spiritual awareness is then harvested by man and the fruits of his good labour accrue to him. Meher Yazata sows the seeds of goodness in the man, and fertilises his soul with the enrichment of physical, mental and spiritual wellness. Thus roused, man opens the wide pastures of his body and soul for Meher Yazata to cultivate. When man follows the practice of Meher-Patet, the life force of Meher, present in the sun’s rays, infuses through his body and alerts his consciousness towards the spiritual responsibilities. The rays of the sun engulf the entire earth and every atom of man’s body craves for the life-giving properties of the sun. How does this help? Meher is also the Yazata or divine entity connected with the sun’s rays. Meher signifies absolute truth, and Patet signifies the practice of immediate and public acceptance of a wrong doing. The Zoroastrian scriptures reveal that the solution lies in following the practice of Meher-Patet. The question arises: how should man concentrate on his spiritual responsibilities without losing track of his secular liabilities? The frailties of his physical body compel him to commit sins which take him even further away from God and deaden his mind from thinking about his ultimate goal – salvation. Yet caught in the whirlwind of daily life, man forgets this onerous responsibility and instead concentrates on his worldly pursuits. But how many Parsis have stopped to wonder on what these words really mean? Is religion only about this? Does the Zarathushtrian religion have a monopoly on good thoughts, words and deeds? Do other religions not teach the same thing said in maybe a different manner? Then why do we harp on these words?Įvery creation of the supreme Lord Ahura Mazda, including each man and woman on this earth has been given a specific divine task by the Creator to perform at various stages of existence. Very often we hear anybody and everybody repeating this line: ‘Our religion is very simple – Good Thoughts, good words and good deeds’.
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