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Yes, to assimilate the knowledge of these great ancient texts,one has to drink the nectar drop by drop!The underlying currents may shock you! Abanerjee thanks for making such a sincere effort! Thanks for your lovely comment,log peeke vaise to sach hi boltey hain par yeh tarif kuch zaada hai main sagar mein sirf ek boond hoon!
posted by
shamasehar
on June 21, 2010 at 7:47 AM
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I've met so-called educated people who haven't even heard the word "Gita"..
let alone the infinite wisdom in that masterpiece. It's a noble endeavor to attempt to bring some of that in simple English..hopefully it'll spread..keep it up aba! - Ash
posted by
ash_pradhan
on June 20, 2010 at 6:08 PM
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I have the feeling that it is wise to satisfy the materialistic nature we possess as quickly as possible so that we can concentrate on becoming the oneness with God! It seems we fall very short of this mark and the result is unhappiness! I have things, but they are just things to me and I can part with them without remorse! In fact, I have left and discarded many things in my life just to get rid of the clutter it presents, both in physical and spiritual! The quicker I become happy with what I have as far as my lot in life the more time I have to focus on the spiritual portion of it! Of all the material things I have had throughout my life they have never fulfilled me as my much as my relationship has with God! I have been a model for my children to not get involved or allow anything to get in the way of my relationship with God! Thus, if something is broken or gets stolen it is of little importance! And by the same token I would be utterly lost if I were to break my association with God! I try to stay focused on Him throughout each waking moment! As we advance as a society of people I believe we lose the basic fundamental of revering the Lord! It reminds me of the molten image in the Old Testament of Holy Bible! It came to me as I was reading about demigods in your brilliant essay! I have always been of the belief that we can have whatever we want so long as it not not interrupt or replace the worship of the Lord! And, you made an excellent point with the Rockefellers of the world, materialism can never bring about the wealth that the Lord has for us to partake of! It is about understand bliss in the present moment and I believe that can only happen when we focus on the oneness of the Lord! I think the ancients were more in tune than we will ever be because I have noticed that many equate their happiness as it relates to their material possessions and their perceived stature in life! Woe to them for they are missing the proverbial boat, indeed! You got me thinking and that is what I appreciate so much in your posts! Shelly
posted by
sam444
on June 20, 2010 at 5:37 PM
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Great that you plan to share the depth of the Gita with everyone.
posted by
Nita09
on June 20, 2010 at 9:09 AM
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Hi abaneriee, I am slowly getting the shake down on your writing. I don't pretend to understand the mythology part, but some things you write are so probably true such as are we the first civilization? I mean time is nothing to the universe and wars may have advanced our own position etc. I'm not an intellect unfortunately.
posted by
C_C_T
on June 20, 2010 at 12:55 AM
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Fantastic introduction abanerjee and I await the "shocking" dost. Thanks for the visit.
posted by
shobana
on June 20, 2010 at 12:14 AM
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Kabu
They were culturally far ahead, You know everything is cyclic. There were meny, many civilizatons in the past which became extinct. They reached their peak and the came to the lowest point, from where the progress and development began. So we are just at a point in the circle yet to touch our peaks. We are at such a stage that any fool can destroy the world sixty times over at the mere press of a button. Thank you so much for your keen readership.
posted by
anib
on June 19, 2010 at 10:34 PM
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Sinome
Your encouragement, Marta, has recharhed ny batteries. Thank you dear friend xoxoxoxo
posted by
anib
on June 19, 2010 at 10:27 PM
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Bother...I wrote a great comment because I love this post and then didn't
post it. sigh. Basically thank you for an easy toread and understand post...I love the concept you present of Man made in God's image......I love the animal, huma, divine aspects of man and I agree that the ancients were closer to the truth than many modern teachers.
posted by
Kabu
on June 19, 2010 at 4:30 PM
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Its not a small thing what you propose darling... being that most of us are neither Thoreau snor Emersons :-) but its worth trying for as you explain it it promises so much for so little :-) xoxoxo
posted by
Sinome
on June 19, 2010 at 4:27 PM
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