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Thursday, June 28, 2012

How Indian Youth Thinks about Kings, Queens, Royals, Marriage, Child Birth, Ancient and Modern Life: Similarities and differences - 3

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The marriages are one of the most intercultural factors in human life. We notice that it differs a lot in east and west. Moreover, it also differs when we consider ancient and modern marriages. The marriages have been of ordinary people, the public and that of the kings and queens.

In my personal opinion, the ordinary person is a one, who assumes one self a human only. The others are just possession based recognitions.

As we discuss in this article the reasons why Indians, and many modern people seem to ignore the importance of taking care of family.

The family is the secret of life.

The kings used to have many wives, but many lived as if a virgin. It is based on the point that it was king, who used to decide which wife would be the main wife for the day. The kings used to have many wives. However, the queens in India were not allowed to go to outside the royal family for being conceived and thus give birth from other than the king.

The ordinary people on the other hand have many children, who would always struggle to be something, and it has a strong reasons. According to Manu Ji, and other Indian Health and other Ancient Scriptures, the child is a soul, who is invited in a special environment. I have written and produced an approved pilot passed two episodes about it.

The ordinary people had to wait for years to give birth to great people based on the fact both male and female need to be prepared for it together.

The king would notice and discuss with all queens, what kind of child they wanted. They would then follow all necessary actions and requirements for giving births to great people, who would be the future kings or queens.

On the contrary, the ordinary people lacking all facilities depended on the natural environment that would produce a great human. The greatest example for it is of Bhagat Prahlad. He was taken away from the environment that could not support for inviting great soul and thus great child in the Indian Civilization.

The people, who have misconception about kings in India that they had many wives is not religious matter, but something that seems a disputable topic among the youth and the teen. It seems that our youth assumes that the kings and queens had only one work. Yes, the work that is of having the physical pleasure all the times. As I have described the kings and queens did not go to bed the way, as modern people seem to think. They have had the highest levels of majesty, dignity, respect, honor and self-control, which ordinary people may not have.

The child birth just after first one or two years seems a dream in India as that is also a demanded male. Therefore, we may assume that one marries and goes to give birth to a great child without planning, preparation and following what is the requirement set by the physicians including the Ayurveda for it.

Now, most of the young people assume that people in the west have physical relations before 20’s and thus they may not plan for great children. It is not so. In the western culture, the first thing is friendship, then after sometime, the engagement takes place. Lastly, the marriage is done for householder’s life. The planning of expected child is same as it was in the past, the ancient aspect as the kings had. The rest is same as in India. The early Indians would go for engagement when boy and girl were children, they would marry early, and then give birth to too many children. Now, the need of few children differs from the great concern people have had.

For example, the Punjab state has been a land of farmers. You know, when mother have five brothers, only one would marry and others never bothered about it. Then, the married couple would give birth to the many healthy children as the entire grandparents supported it.

The times changed and engagement, marriage and friendship patterns changed entirely. Now, we have unplanned children and if absorption is the only solution it is of a girl child. Some abort child as before marriage it seems a kind of wrong act. However, the great Indians have had single mothers, as it was the case with Kunti Ji, the mother of Five Pandav’s.

The youth and teen can look at the sociological history that western people have not changed their original way of married life. The Modern Indians seem to have changed a lot. They seem to have wrong opinions about the kings and queens, western family planning and thus girl abortion is very vivid.

Parents need to share the great idealism that lies in the name of calling for great souls to take birth in the families. When people in east pressurize too much for marriage, early birth as just after 2 years of marriage, priority for male child and so on, we cannot expect that such psychological pressures can bring great Indians for future.

The other point is seeking marriage and birth too early after marriage and priority for male child harms the married couple not just psychologically, sociologically, culturally and lot more, but disgraces the Indian Civilization.

We can think about it, as we are humans and have abilities to respect women as Shri Guru Nanak says:

Let us always respect any woman because she gives birth to great humans, including the kings. (It refers to great people, who take care of others at a very high level).

It is what seems How Indian Youth Thinks about Kings, Queens, Royals, Marriage, Child Birth, Ancient and Modern Life: Similarities and differences.

We all need to think so that we can wish all great souls having a better time on our earth!

Thanks for your time to read.

The previous part: Lord Rama and Ravana: How and Why Vedic Means Sanatana or Eternal Laws and Principles of Nature, Universe and Spirit: My TV Serial on India as Civilization - 2

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Swadhyaya: Know Thyself or Self Observation - Philselfology as a Unique Approach for Learning Art of Researching for All Alike - 3

Louise and Karl von Bose (Bose Memorial on the Luisenstrasse in Kassel. The monument bears the inscription Know Thyself) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Swadhyaya is self-study and learning in a unique way. In the western countries and in English the most popular and relevant term for it is Know Thyself. Knowing thyself is the most difficult part of learning in the human life. We can gain lots of knowledge, skills, talents and all that people recognize as the most wonderful assets a human can possess. Is it all or we can go for more!

The teachers, who have done the highest level of research works that relate to the pure form of research, the 3 major forms of research are:

1. Pure Research Works

2. Applied Research Works

3. Action Research Works

For pure research, works that lead to applied and action research works are always find valuable place when ancient, Vedic or the modern researchers give advice, guide and counsel for the Swadhyaya, self-study and learning in the special method of knowing thyself. It is one of the most ancient methods, which we, the humans seem to know.

When we lack the learning by knowing thyself, the essence of self-educating and thus Swadhyaya, we can have many degrees but we may rarely learn to use the creative intelligence.

The knowing thyself, the self-education needs focus and meditation, which is the Art of Forgetting. The most educated person may find it difficult to learn the Art of Forgetting as in meditation, we learn to forget everything and thus know thyself.

Thus focusing and meditating on what we know is not meditation but concentration. If we learn the Art of Forgetting, it helps to know what the books cannot teach.

The bookish knowledge remains a memory that does not help when we try to meditate as when we read books on self-realization and or read spiritual hymns or psalms, some people cannot focus and read it for a long. It needs that we first learn to forget what we know.

The Knowing Thyself is to know the unknown within and this what we know as the Swadhyaya. This is what not only Indian Philosophies advice and counsel but all other countries do the same. Why?

It is the most universal process to know what one really is, is not it.

The previous part of this series is at: http://teenandyouthinlife.blogspot.in/2012/04/swadhyaya-study-or-self-observation_23.html

We will continue this series.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Swadhyaya: Study or Self Observation - Philselfology as a Unique Approach for Learning Art of Researching for All Alike - 2

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There are two most important terms that are part of self-study and learning. These are the Shanka and Shakk. The Shanka stands for any question that arises due to curiosity. When one does not get answer for such questions, one starts to doubt, that we know in Indian Philosophy and Psychology as Shak or Shakk. Now, the doubt is not the result of any action of suspicious type. The curiosity and suspicion are not almost one and the same thing. We all have curiosity to know and when faulty learning takes places, we cannot digest the points given to us and that is what makes curiosity to conceive doubt rather than believe. More we try to convince, stronger the doubt gets.

It seems to me that we understand the concept of Shanka, the question that arises due to curiosity but certainly not because of doubt. So, the most ancient methods of learning and researching in Indian Philosophy advises that one should always go for Shanka Nivirati, the removal of anything that may lead to doubt.

As we all keep praying for faith, and beg it from God, the doubt is the only thing that can weaken it.

The reason seems that in modern times that we do not go for the Shanka Nivirati, the removal of budding doubt which is inside the soil and if sprouts cannot be cut apart into pieces as it spreads doubt in almost all parts of our life.

So, the Indian philosophers and thinkers advice to throw away the most poising thing away. It is not doubt but its seed that lies in heart as a curiosity unanswered. This is how Holy Gita advices to remove it as Lord Krishna asks Arjana to remove all Shanka's, the doubts so that the most deep rooted seed of doubt, which is poisonous and needs to be removed.

Thus, our modern age needs that we learn to clear our doubts before it harm our mental health. The curiosities answered never leave any doubt remain at our homes, the hearts.

While one struggles with doubt, it is out of ignorance, the lack of knowledge and thus we all need answers for what we do not know and verify what we know.

So, if we have any question out of curiosity, we can get answer rather than doubting it as if a kind of myth, preaching, superstition, religious kind of knowledge that we cannot very due to lack of knowledge. The knowledge, which is not faulty seems to be the one that is compatible with the natural laws and principles. The set of natural laws and principles is the Indian Philosophy of Vedas, the Wisdom from Insight. It has nothing to do with any religion as its is what most Indians know as the Shastra. The Shastra means scientifically proven and also what one can verify and is integral part of Indian classical arts, music, dance, math, grammar and other faculties of knowledge.

Please read the previous part of this article at: http://teenandyouthinlife.blogspot.in/2012/04/swadhyaya-study-or-self-observation.html

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Swadhyaya: Study or Self Observation - Philselfology as a Unique Approach for Learning Art of Researching for All Alike - 1

Knowledge, mural by Robert Lewis Reid. Second Floor, North Corridor. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Caption underneath reads: IGNORANCE IS THE CVRSE OF GOD KNOWLEDGE IS THE WING WHEREWITH WE FLY TO HEAVEN. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Few words about what Philselfology means: I have done intensive and in-depth research works based on the Swadhaya, and could not find an exact name in English that can give meaning to it. While calling it self-study, the problem was that swa in the Sanskrit is for Self and adhaya is to study. However, it differs from what we know as self-study in English or modern studies and education in general.

As this method is philosophical, scientific, psychological, spiritual, artistic and embracing many other faculties of human knowledge and wisdom, it needed a new name.

After very long deliberation, I gave it a name Philselfology. The Phil is for the philosophy that is origin of knowledge and wisdom, self is the main learner inside us, the child within, (In Indian context, the soul or Atama does not need to learn anything as its beyond human mind)and the logy or logs is the scientific way for learning anything.

Thus, the word Philselfology is based on the Swadhaya.

I have written more than 50 books based on this concept of learning. These are in all genres of English, but focus is philselfological, the Art of Swadhaya.

Its a Vedic term in the Sanskrit language. The word Veda has a meaning, which is Learning Wisdom with observation, and it embraces art of listening, art of reading, art of scientific oratory, and lot more that we know as Classical Music, Dance, Literature, Science, Technology, Philosophy, Math, and many other faculties of knowledge that are present in almost all Indian Schools of Philosophy, Religion, Art, Music and Indian natural lifestyle in general.

It focus on practicing what one knows and thus follow the two very important theories of learning, living and leaving:

1. Theory or Principle of Induction

and

2. Theory or Principle of Deduction

It helps one to be contributors of knowledge and wisdom, and thus helps to leave using borrowed knowledge, which we know but do not practice.

We as the humans are not computers and thus users of knowledge, and once we learn to be contributors of knowledge, we start to live what we know. It is said that if one says what one does and does what one says, that human is a contributor of knowledge not consumer. Thus, it helps to be a better contributor for greater good and wellness of all.

The following discussion/discourse is about it from the Ancient Methods of Self-study and learning that I usually write as SSA (Self-Study and Learning), this is also called universal method of learning:

How does Swadhyaya show up for you in your life?

What are you studying?

How do you study?

Where is your inner self guiding you to study in your life?

Who are your teachers?

Is study a part of your everyday life?

There is a reason that we are here in this life now and part of that is to learn. Just observing our everyday activities and learning from them Life becomes a classroom. Learning how to look at our hurts, pains and failures we have to opportunity to learn and change the most.

Sometimes we study more formally such as in schools Sometimes we study life itself. How do we contemplate our lives? We must create time for self-reflection. Yoga, Meditation, and chanting reading the ancient sciptures and wanting to know the truth. Self-observation gives you a pause between stimulus and response, letting you have room to breathe, relax, feel, watch, and allow. Items you are pondering may come clear to you during these times of self-observation. or it may take time for truth to emerge. Be open and have the spirit of exploration within you.

Swadhyaya lasts a lifetime ... or all lifetimes

Consider the meaning of spiritual concepts – understanding the underlying wisdom, NOT accepting without question. Expanding knowledge through reading, pondering to understand the scriptures for observation of the self in relation to all life.

It is impossible to practice any of the other precepts without this one. It is taking the time to take ourselves seriously. It is working with our limitations, our shames, our potential, and going deeper into them to progress ourselves into transcendence. If we have any limitations in our body’s, minds, emotions this how spirit tries to get our attention. This is an inner teaching awaiting us. An area of untapped growth awaiting us.

It is through this path that we come to union with Godliness.

Guru Gita says:

"Swadhyaya increases inner radiance, mental vigor agility. Its practice is far more uplifting that indulging in futile thoughts and unnecessary mental activity or following worthless tendencies. Swadhyaya embraces all aspects of yoga and grants all its rewards."

To what Miracle of Love by Paul Ferrini says please read the full article at the following: http://www.lakecenteryoga.com/html/swadhyaya_-_study.html

Curiosity and Doubt as the next part of this article is at: http://teenandyouthinlife.blogspot.in/2012/04/swadhyaya-study-or-self-observation_23.html

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