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Falsehood

A historian from the early 20th century, Dhan Gopal Mukerji, remarking on historical awareness in India, writes: โ€œProperly speaking India had no history. We as a race have no consciousness of it, for our history has been written mostly by foreigners โ€“ the Greeks, the Arabs and the Chinese. … ๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿฅธ๐ŸŒผ[…]

This is the typical example of defining something in a particular (and limited) way and thereby destroying its truth. If history is merely about the

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I have a question that makes me feel that people compare and based on their comparison, they decide and come to their preferences; they favour them. And when I see this play of ego, of pleasing the other person, and when one understands that oneโ€™s higher-up favours him/her, one feels good about that closeness. ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿฆ‹๐ŸŒพ[…]

It is wonderful that you are able to see the falsehood behind this kind of vital love of praise which is indeed a kind of

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Sir, yesterday I was talking with my friend and got to know something. I should be real. Actually, I am showing people what I am not. I should try to ask when needed, even if it is a very basic question. I should not think in a way like what he will think and so on. I should replace this thought with what I really am; they will see that. ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿก๐Ÿค๐ŸŽญ[…]

Don’t think about people. Human beings live in ignorance and their opinion has no value.

Don’t think about yourself and analyse whether you are this

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How do we reconcile the contrasting dharmas of figures like Karna, Vibhishana, and Mandodari when loyalty to a friend or spouse conflicts with the higher Truth, and what does Sri Aurobindoโ€™s vision say about discerning the right path when obedience to authority leads to falsehood?ย ๐Ÿน๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒ„[โ€ฆ]

The actual story is very simple. As Sri Krishna explains in the Gita one has to be faithful to the Truth or to the Guru

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