Jan/ Harsha's 1001 Enlightenment Stories

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Jan Barendrecht [janb]

 

On 5/12/00 at 12:55 PM Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar) wrote:

 

¤Thanks Jan for your excellent commentary. I am glad people enjoyed the

¤story. Your commentary was a great icing on the cake!

¤

¤Harsha

¤

 

Thank you Harsha. In the East, the story is unlikely to happen whereas in

the West it did happen several times - even here, such a suicide sect is

present, be it closely watched by the police. It is often forgotten that

the backbone of Indian society still is dedication and devotion, so

apparent in its art and religion, whereas in the West that is entirely

lacking. Such a frame is a requirement for unfoldment and to me it isn't a

surprise that the West doesn't have the equivalent of Krishna, Sankara,

Buddha, to name a few...........snip

 

Jan

 

Well, the west has Jan, Greg, Amanda, Victor, Christiana, Holly, Dan, Bruce,

Mark, Mike, Rob, Old Hag/Divine Princess, Miguel, Matt, Marcia, Gloria,

Luan, Dharma, Collette, Manuel, James, Jerry, Michael, Gene, Dave, Tim,

Andrew, Hans, Sarlo, Roger, Jill, Annette, Dirk, Judi, Mu, Anthony, Linda,

Antoine, James, Paul, Tony, and a few others, and that is good enough for

me! :--).

 

India is indeed a rich basket of spirituality. But having grown up there, I

know that most Indians have precious little interest in spiritual practices

or Self-Realization. In our joint family, when I was growing up, my maternal

grandfather's house had 11 to 20 or more people at any given time. I don't

remember anyone having a serious interest in yoga or meditation. My

grandfather had a number of books on yoga, pranayama, and meditation in his

library. I had the whole thing to myself. I never saw any of my uncles,

cousins or other relatives even glance at that stuff. Of course, people love

to go to temples and celebrate and all that stuff.

 

I liked what you wrote on ealier Jan and I am quoting it.

 

Jan: "what I still know is the epilogue that C.G. Jung wrote for the book of

his late friend Heinrich Zimmer, on Ramana, "der Weg zum Selbst". Jung

states that the "inner man" in the East is rapidly being forgotten whereas

Western man has forgotten the "inner man" long ago. That was quite some

time ago and things didn't improve."

 

Even despite all this Jan, I think there is still an interest in the deeper

issues in life all over the world in all continents. Even if it is a small

fraction of the population, they keep the torch lit and are alive with the

magic of the spirit.

 

Wishing everyone well.

 

Harsha

 

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