Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Mythology of HInduism #3
Wow. This was really weird. I really don't understand how anything he was talking about for the first five minutes relates to Hinduism. I agreed with what Alan Watts was saying though. He was talking about having the ability to basically have anything you want. He said that you would start out having small things, but as you got more daring you would have bigger things happen. Then he was talking about in order to truly have a future, there would have to be a surprise button because you would be so bored with having everything. I totally agree with this, but I don't really get what it has to do with Hinduism. I thought it was weird how he talked about all these words that mean something entirely different to Hindus than they do to westerners. For example, he was talking about the words myth and mythology. He said that to Hindus, these simply mean an image. Basically, everything is a myth then, because everything is an image. I wondered if when he titled his podcasts Mythology of Hinduism he was using the Hindu meaning of the word or not. I sort of got confused after this, but he started talking about play. I liked Alan Watts ideas, but I am super confused at how they really relate to Hinduism. The religion sounds like a lot of work to me.
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You wrote:
"I totally agree with this, but I don't really get what it has to do with Hinduism."
Alan is trying to explain that the theme of Hinduism is that the Bhrama (God Source) is actually YOU. If you were God, you could dream up anything you ever wanted, including this life you are living now. Thus he tries to connect that if God is everywhere, everything, and all powerful, then you would be a "part" of God according to the Hindi belief structure.
It's a deep concept that seems to have gotten lost on your classmates. Although I gather from your reading that you gained more from the lecture than most. That shows a higher level thinking not common in your peers.
Many folks didn't get the podcast because it requires them to think "outside the box" so to speak. Abstract thought is something not commonly used in day to day assignments. I think you made some giant strides in this attempt, which is encouraging to see.
Nice comments,
Mr. Farrell
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