Roots
Hi kids....A friend of mine recently received a 5,000 year old figurine of a bull from the ancient Indus valley...what a fantastic piece of history to investigate.
Talking about our ancestry has been a regular activity at our dinner table...it is so interesting to really find out WHO we actually are. With India being invaded so many times we could possible have Greek/Persian/Mogul/Portuguese/Aryan etc roots....
It was sparked off by this amazing presentation you may have received from me....it is fantastic....showing the effects of karma. What Mother Nature has lost through evil mankind she is gaining back. Similarly what India has suffered over the centuries she is overcoming through self-reliance and not dependence on the super-powers of yesterday and short-lived today.
And what is more special is that our intercultural friendships and experiences reflect the characteristics kicking the ass of segregation/discrimination/and all the other issues dividing people of varying backgrounds today :)
A programme exploring the African villages once inhabited by Indian origin families kicked out by the ghastly dictator Idi Amin also added to this unearthing of the past. My parents recall how in Africa all the Asians would not only live, work and play together but celebrate one another's festivals too. There were no Muslim/Hindu/Sikh laser beams warding each other away. The Muslim friends would come and dance at Navratri and everyone would do the traditional 'Hindu' Dandya Raas Navratri dancing to celebrate Eid. I remember my amazing Nana[grand father] telling us how he was taught the 'Hindu' Bhagvat Gita by his Muslim 'uncle'. Isn't that what we should be doing today? Exchanging stories and philosophy to make us all peaceful, respectful human beings?
Lord Krishna once told Arjun for whom he was a charioteer in the Mahabharat, that one day in the Nuclear Age [this era] religions would become 'brands' that people use to compete with. People will forget the very essence that is the core of their 'religion'. Tell me which religions encourage violence? Killing is good. None that I know of. Not the real ones anyway. 'Ahimsa' meaning 'non-violence' beautifully portrayed by Mahatma Gandhi, is a quality that exists in all religions with a different name or teaching attached.
Well...you can't change the world. But you can change yourself, you can influence your environment and you can learn from and teach people you associate with.
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