Thursday, February 21, 2008
Mythology of Hinduism #2
Wow, Hinduism is confusing. It makes sense that everything in the world can be seen as black and white. I mean there is always a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing would of course be white, and the bad thing is black. I mean there is life vs. death, good vs. evil, spring vs. fall, rain vs. drought, etc. I agree with Hinduism when it says that it is necessary to forget the unity that joins the blacks and whites in the world in order to view the world clearly. The Hindus really do simplify life. If they view the world as black and white, then the gray area that is present in most of our minds does not exist to them. That really has to eliminate some of the stress that results from having to make a decision because there would be no "what ifs" in your mind. I also agree with the Hindus when they talk about looking outside the enclosed space. I laughed when he talked about the white background on a black sheet of paper, and then he stated that it could be a black background on a white sheet of paper. I have thought about that concept myself. I have always wanted to know what way it was, but I guess that the Hindus do not try to figure that out. I think that the reincarnation is a little extreme. I believe in life after death, but I do not believe in reincarnation. I think that you only get one life to live, and then you move on to eternal life. The idea of a kalpa fascinated me. I mean the Hindus believe that Brahma acts as us because he forgets who he is for 4,320,000 years and then, wakes up at peace for another 4,320,000 years. It is like the life and death of the human race. I find it really weird that they believe there is a period of time where people forget who they are and act as others. The Hindus believe that people act as other during one life, and William Shakespeare hinted on this idea when he wrote As You Like It "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players."
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I thought that the way they made everything seem so black in white was kind of cool to. I also agree with you on the reincarnation thing. It seems to weird to me to be real
I like the concept of black and white as you said, but I think that it is almost impossible to have that mind set. I wish that is how life would be but it is not.
Wow, I totally thought of the Shakespeare reference as well. I wrote it in my blog before I even read yours. I thought that was funny. That quote really does captivate what I got from the lectures though.
I really liked your shakespear reference, because it made a little more sense to me but not much more. I also got the idea of black and white. The reincarnation thing seems really weird and confusing.
I agree Hinduism is really confuseing. I agree with you where you say that you believe in life after death but you dont believe that you get to relive your life. I do not believe that you do either i think that you are giving one life and you to live and you have to accepts what you do with it.
I too, liked the part with the paper, and the circle. I felt it was just a way to pretty much say that we all believe in about the same thing, just it is expressed in different ways. You can look at something and see something totally different from what I see, and that is kind of how I view religion.
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