Spirituality is a number Game!

Spirituality especially in Bharat is largely an individual effort focussed either inward or towards idol worship which means its not a social event. Everybody is engaged in meditation, spiritual books and chanting. Objective, to get liberation or Moksha. 

Ofcourse it is a prerequisite but i don't think that's enough. One definitely needs to reach out to other people and share the knowledge or the art to reaching the state of mind one is in. How many people are benefiting from that and to what extent is what really matters....
Let me give an example, Art Of Living practises really help you calm your mind and keep it steady and focussed. If it does not benefit anybody else... isn't it just selfishness? may be like a degree that gets only you promotion... there is nothing in it for your co-workers... 

Taking the concept to the bold step...  if your practises are just upto you...forget about the moksha or liberation.... to get liberated a lot of god-credit is required; much more than what just an individual can amass.  So only those who are benefiting max number of people will go up the ladder.
Spirituality cannot be individual concept.. it has to be a group concept...
Do I have an example to support this?
In the histry there have been so many people ... only a few people reached out to others and are considered great saints...

Mirabai ... was a great devotee of lord Krishna but I am sure many other were also equally devoted... what's the difference... I realized the difference when I was listening to one of bhajans she composed...
the Bhajans helps people not only of her times but all the generations followed remember krishna... Her god-credit also includes a part of spiritual god-credit of some of these people.

Of course these are just my personal views. Do you think Spirituality is totally or partly a number game... drop me a line or two of what you think.. All the readers would appreciate it. 

Socrates...

Here is a story quite similar to my earlier post on Kabir's Doha…-------------------------------------------
In ancient Greece, Socrates was a great philosopher and
widely acclaimed for his wisdom. One day, a friend ran up
to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know
what I just heard about one of your students called Plato?"
"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me anything,
I' would like you to answer a few test questions.
It's called the Triple Filter Test".
€ ¢⒠'µTriple filter?" asked the friend.
"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my
student, I am
going to ask you three questions€ ¢⒠'¶
The first Filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure
that what you are about to tell me is true?"
"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and..."
"All right," said Socrates. "So you are not sure if it's true or not.
Now let's try the second filter, the Filter of Goodness.
Is what you are about to tell me
about my student something good?
"No, on the contrary...€ ¢⒠'¶ said the man.
"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me
something bad about him, even though
you're not certain it's true?"
The man shrugged, a little embarrassed.
Socrates continued. "You may still pass the Triple Filter test though,
because there is
a third filter - the Filter of usefulness.
Is what you want to tell me about my student
going to be useful to me?"
"No, not really...€ ¢⒠'¶
"Well," concluded Socrates,
"if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good, nor
even Useful, why tell it to me at all?"
The man was defeated and ashamed.