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World As It Is

Alok Da, either remarkable individuals or historical collectives, I’m coming to feel that there’s a specific kind of God/Spirit animating them throughout. Observing Sri Aurobindo’s writing, life and thought from the play he wrote when he was 18, I can feel as if the seed is here which is going to blossom into his Bande Mataram writings with it’s fervour of Kali and Freedom,… 🦚[…]

It is true that all greatness is either due to Nature rushing to exceed herself in and through her creations and / or God pouring

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It is really unfortunate that you are equating the insistence by aging in-laws or parents for wearing sindoor with the practice of hijab & snatching away the girl’s right to education. While the former is not causing any real harm to the women, the later ones are affecting her confidence and restricting growth respectively. This is precisely why I said you were overreacting…[…]

I understand your point about hurting parents etc. But don’t you think the parents too need to also understand the generational shift which is part

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Your today’s answer on Traditions shows how immature you people are. If she becomes even more stubborn, inspired by your response, what will the atmosphere be like in her home? Why don’t you teach or show a middle path? If she wears these things out of respect when she’s around her in-laws, what’s the harm? Change is bound to come from the next generation anyway, so why the rush? why not let today’s generation be a little more flexible in such emotional issues and prevent families from breaking apart?

The basis of holding families together should be mutual respect and love, acceptance of generational and other differences, above all truth that allows each individual

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Is the information and knowledge the same or different? Why do I ask you, In my daily work, I encounter a few people who are well educated, informative, and have the information about what is going on around the world, They talk about the Gita, Veda but for any event, they have a negative approach, and there are few people, the society called the illiterate, but have the faith on god, do there work very sensually, always have a positive approach to the life. It seems they are happy with what they have. So I ask this🤔?

Information is the data we gather through the senses. Knowledge comes when we process the data applying buddhi to what we have read or heard

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