RE:RE:uttarayan, china, humanity
by me on Jan 31, 2007 03:08 AM
lets wind our clocks back - more than what vedas, upanishads, hindus could tell us...say around 10000 years ago? that would be what archaeology could tell us. and what do you see? humans migrate out from africa. from arabia they enter "india" of that time. settle down. in a few years a giant volcano erupts in the indian ocean near present day indonesia. a 6 year nuclear winter sets in in india and pakistan because of the volcanic cloud. populations in this subcontinent get wiped out. after the nuclear winter people from indonesia slowly start moving back along the coast toward the subcontinent. one branch moves into india and another branch moves to china from our north east. it is still a long long time before hinduism will begin. angkor wat is a very very recent example in archaeological terms.
when you talk of inner strengths and not aping others, i think u need to introspect. what do hindu rituals do? are hindus not aping the past without even knowing what mumbo jumbo they utter? are any of the hindu rituals relevant in any bit of way to ur current lives? how many of u actually planned ur own weddings? how many actually have plain unadulterated fun at ur weddings - days which r supposedly desginated to be your own when u should be happiest to bond with your lifemates. i have woman hindu friends who dont even talk of their marriage because all they did were some rituals which they didnt like...they are ashamed of the rituals that they did...(or were forced on them)
live in the present and love the people around u rather than ur rituals and your pasts...
love begins when religion ends. u will learn to love human beings of all colors, sexual orientations, countries, disabilities only if u stop thinking that my religion is better than ur religion, my country better that urs, my state better than urs, my language better that urs...
read material that is actually scientific..gives unbiased views. its time a scientific uprising starts in india which frees it from all its mangal doshas and kuja doshas and shani rahus ketus, sea water near some dargah turning sweet, ganpati drinking milk.... people should learn to live brave happy simple lives with a scientific attitude of learning new things everyday and dusting off old cobwebs.
