LET US ALL BECOME NOBLE-RIGHTEOUS-HONORABLE, in one word, AN ARYA, आर्यः

Sanskrit word 'arya' 'is an adjective that stands for nobleness, righteousness, honorable etc put together, as a quality of an arya person. Applied in its noun form, an 'Aryah' (आर्यः) indicates a noble-rightoeus- honorable person. It was never a race signifying word as what seems to have come to mean today. But the errorneous interpretations made in those days of limited knowledge and limited technology divided people on Aryan-Dravidian-indegenous etc imaginative and unexisting 'races'. AIT has been proved completely wrong and so the racial existence of 'Aryan, or "Dravidian" or "Indegenous" races in India. There is no special DNA or gene marker indicative of a race-separation among India's so called indegenous, southern or northern Indians. Essentially the suffix "n" in the commonly employed term "Aryan", is technically an error. It can just be 'Arya' in English or in Sanskrit, 'आर्यः' Let us implore everyone to become noble individuals, the Arya or an Aryah. Everyone, whatever your faith be, say Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Jews or atheism, whatever be your political beliefs, communists, socialist, royalist or capitalists, whatever be your status, rich or poor, clever or dumb, weak, meek or bully, everone can evolve, can become Noble or say Arya. In the current 'identity' driven divided society and in the heightened 'Oppressor-Oppressed' divide, the wisdom of this ancient tradition is a ray of hope for the world. In one word, that ancient wisom, that ancient tradition is called "Hinduism". Hinduism means, "Include-everyone", Respect all Beliefs", "Other is not other". "World is one family" "Let Everyone be happy and Healthy", Hinduism knew from the time immemorial, how to celebrate individuality of each person and each group. Idea behind this blog is to bring out those ancient ideas, bring out innate goodness and potentials by highlighting various known and unknown facts from within the ancient land of India. He has special facination for the erstwhile but now nearly extinct Pagan communities of the world. He feels connected with them on account of shared importance they both attach to nature-worship.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Book "Meaning of Meaning" Revisted today after a period of may be 45 years

Book, 'Meaning of Meaning' by I A Richard and CK Ogden was revisted today after a period of may be 40 years. I Still loved it. The opening line is a quote, belive it or not but from utterigs of an African tribe ('educated' and 'modern and civilzed' people tend to think of them as 'uncultured' or at best, simpletons) known as Bubis on an island known as Bioko. In the book it is stated as 'Fernando Po' (Old name).

"Let's get nearer to the fire, so that we can see what we are saying". (meaning let me see your face when you are speaking). I have adopted a simple formula, as much as possible, meet and decide on things rather than telephonc or email. This has helped me. I loved the quote as it says my own mind very eloquently.

"The Bubis on Fernando Po" (Los Bubis en Fernando Poo) was published in Spanish in 1942 and contains articles of Father Aymemí wrote for the colonial magazine "Spanish Guinea." (Father Aymemí was a member of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and this book was published through his order and the Spanish colonial government on Fernando Po.)

But my blog was not on Bubis but on Meaning of Meaning. I fondly recall my younger days, perhaps, more than 45 years ago? when it was Gaurishanker Bhai Rawal, (Saroj Ben's father-in Law, Father of Bhanu Bhai) who gave me the book to read. It was nicely covered in a brown paper with name of the book written in neat blue pen. I hope, the book still survives, somewhere with Bhanu Bhai.

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