Pessimism

[Guest guest]

My first reaction to the first few days of mail on this group was also that

it was a pessimistic approach. In any exploration, we need to seek Truth

through light and unity, not darkness and diversity. Pointing the fingers

at anyone, whether a historical event, a political group, a race, a culture,

a country or a caste will only add more darkness blurring us from seeing the

light. Those of us who seek Truth must spread Truth, by replacing the

ignorance of the world with consciousness. Let us concentrate on what is

Right, not spend our energies on what has been or gone wrong in the past or

in the minds of others today. By finding the truth ourselves and sharing it

as we are allowed, we have met our Purpose. Our group mails could be about

what we Know to be true, and then all that is not true will naturally fall

by the wayside without us even needing to speak to it.

[Guest guest]

Jai Ramji Ki!

 

Dear Friends:

 

Absolutely! But it is also possible to share the task with others.

For example, we should support graduate students with the aim of

exploring the achievements of ancient Indians.

 

Regards,

 

Dhruba.

 

 

" Doreen Paradeis " <doreen@w...> wrote:

> Those of us who seek Truth must spread Truth, by replacing the

ignorance of the world with consciousness. <

[Guest guest]

This group is established in order to bring together professionals

and amateurs alike reading into the ancient Indian history.

 

Why do we need another forum for people reading into ancient india?

 

So far as I have seen there are various schools who read into the

Indian history and everybody has some truth in what they propose.

 

How ever, it is only a partial truth that seems to be evident in

their writings. Some times, writings deviate from the apparent logic,

in favour of prejudice, ideology or polemics.

 

Even those, for who these kind of leanings are apparently absent, the

prejudices are internalised into them when it comes to reading

history, say in terms of conclusions or interpretations.

 

It is not pointing finger at any one school. Every school associated

with ancient india is correct in someways and perhaps, not so correct

in others.

 

In such an event, it is necessary that all these schools are to be

brought to gether, read together and extract the truth from each of

their writings. " ekam sat viprah bahudah vadanti " so it is essential

for the real researcher to look into what that lonely truth is and

why the viprah intrepret it in myriad ways.

 

I agree that it is not only a gigantic task but also, a sensitive

one. But, all the same exciting and gratifying.

 

so, friends, it is with this kind of hope and thought- with search of

truth alone as the goal in mind- that this group has been established.

 

How ever, when aslam rasoolpuri has questioned the purpose of search

into the long last past,where there seems to be none(the purpose, I

mean), I too wanted to know whether there is any purpose for the

studious seriousness, especially an immediate sociological one,

other than the academic interest.{no doubt, this question has not

been addressed in all dimensions but it is essential to note that

this group, in one tone, has taken a stand- say no to prejudice}

 

ladies and gentlemen, thus you would see that there is no scope for

pessimism or partiality or prejudice. Personally, I am interested in

only the truth and I hope this group would be too and hence, scale

great heights in searching and preserving the truth.

 

May the Almighty be with us in such endeavour.

 

kishore