If you have heard about Shoko Asahara you can easily understand what I am going to discuss under this topic. Yes You are right I am talking about spirtuality, drugs and terrorism.
At one time Shoko Asahara was another name of terror in Japan, US and Europe. He meditated in Tibbet and went back to Japan and started running awareness campaigns. He made his followers drug addicted and eventually turned them in to the terrorists.
I am afraid same thing is happening in India too. So called dharmgurus like Asaram Bapu, Swami Shivanand, Baba Ramdev and many more are indulged in such activities.
This may be very shocking for many. So first of all let us understand actually what the effects of the drugs are:
Drugs induce mystical experience, although such experiences might seem strange to many today in a society where drugs are used more for recreational purposes than religious, LSD and other psychedelic drugs have also a long tradition of use (and unfortunately misuse) as an aid to creativity. Whilst tripping the user gains a heightened sense of reality where everything around becomes strangely exciting and mysterious and demands greater attention and appreciation than is normal. In many cases such experiences spill over into normal life as well. Once someone has experienced the wonder of nature it is hard to lose this appreciation. For many who have experienced it, this state could in many cases be classed as spiritual - indeed spirituality could easily be described as "changing the way we view the world” but often people cannot cope with what they discover. Those who preserve often gain a new outlook on life - one which generally acknowledges some form of spiritual realm. Most people can accept spiritual experiences which come through nature, art, travel, friendship and even sex.
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