Technology has advanced, but human nature is stuck in its old mold.
One day, I was listening to a talk on Vedic discoveries, which focused on the fact that whatever is happening today was already in Vedic literature. In others words, nothing is new in the thought process of man, but that which is already known. And nothing is new in the attitude of man, but that which is already there.
All modern technology was already written about and anticipated in the Vedas. Our speaker told us facts about science, mathematics, medicine and many discoveries. He also related a very interesting incident, which brought about the status of women at that time, which continues to be, at this time, as it has never changed.
He told us that one of the Mogul kings visited the famous universities of Nalanda and Txila. At these places he found many modern inventions, and one of them which fascinated him was running hot water. He ordered big tubs of water to be filled up, and into them was put incense, perfumes, rose petals and scented oils, all to make the bodies of his women attractive, sweet smelling and for arousing desire.
All the great scientists, philosophers and thoughtful men present at the universities left in disgust, at the wasteful way this discovery of plumbing and hot water was being used. None of them cared for the way a woman's body was being used, nor for the gender bias.
Today, we have the luxury of hot baths, cold baths, jacuzzis, steam baths and so on, but the gender bias continues, and the female is still a sex object. From the time the female child is born, maybe she brings in her genes the fact that her role in life is to serve men. She leaves her home, her people, to follow her husband, and has to fit in with his way of life, his needs, his family, his name, his style of living.
But with it, her body, which belongs to her, is also his. Without an attractive body, she may lose a husband! Even in this century today, though we have been to the moon, the woman is still stuck in this role.
There is a philosophy that in a country where there is no mother goddess for the people to worship, where there are no female gods, the woman's divinity at home is neither understood nor respected. She becomes a partner in man's greedy ambitions, in his lust, his desire for more. And the society loses its center and the knowledge that the people in that society are in the image of God.
In societies where the mother goddess is worshipped, the divinity is brought into the home by the female, there is less aggression and more peace, and man can realize that he may be made in the image of God and live up to it.
It is also said that a time will come when the divinity of the woman will be recognized. And when that is recognized, man's image will be recognized and lived by, as if man is really the son of God.
In both Eastern and Western societies, we do not recognize the divinity of the female, so there is gender bias. In all societies, the woman has been regaled to a role of a play thing for man, and because of that, dispensable. In Indian societies, even today, there is female foeticide, female infanticide, dowry debts, all because the woman is regarded as a useless tool or at best, a tool.
I once worked with a man, I dare not say from which country or culture, or anything, but his opinion of women, spoken loudly and clearly in a roomful of women was, "A woman is like an old shoe. She can be discarded whenever the man has no need of her." Nobody boycotted this man. Nobody pilloried this man. A lot of women still pandered to him with their false smiles, and he polluted the whole environment with his low thoughts. Did he not have a mother?
Was she an old shoe to be thrown out when there was no need for her? Does this happen to the mothers of all men or just some men?
With technology, we are proud that we are a 22nd century society, but we are still living in the darkness of Hades, I won't even say the Stone Age.
Note: these postings were inspired by the School of Ancient Wisdom.
One day, I was listening to a talk on Vedic discoveries, which focused on the fact that whatever is happening today was already in Vedic literature. In others words, nothing is new in the thought process of man, but that which is already known. And nothing is new in the attitude of man, but that which is already there.
All modern technology was already written about and anticipated in the Vedas. Our speaker told us facts about science, mathematics, medicine and many discoveries. He also related a very interesting incident, which brought about the status of women at that time, which continues to be, at this time, as it has never changed.
He told us that one of the Mogul kings visited the famous universities of Nalanda and Txila. At these places he found many modern inventions, and one of them which fascinated him was running hot water. He ordered big tubs of water to be filled up, and into them was put incense, perfumes, rose petals and scented oils, all to make the bodies of his women attractive, sweet smelling and for arousing desire.
All the great scientists, philosophers and thoughtful men present at the universities left in disgust, at the wasteful way this discovery of plumbing and hot water was being used. None of them cared for the way a woman's body was being used, nor for the gender bias.
Today, we have the luxury of hot baths, cold baths, jacuzzis, steam baths and so on, but the gender bias continues, and the female is still a sex object. From the time the female child is born, maybe she brings in her genes the fact that her role in life is to serve men. She leaves her home, her people, to follow her husband, and has to fit in with his way of life, his needs, his family, his name, his style of living.
But with it, her body, which belongs to her, is also his. Without an attractive body, she may lose a husband! Even in this century today, though we have been to the moon, the woman is still stuck in this role.
There is a philosophy that in a country where there is no mother goddess for the people to worship, where there are no female gods, the woman's divinity at home is neither understood nor respected. She becomes a partner in man's greedy ambitions, in his lust, his desire for more. And the society loses its center and the knowledge that the people in that society are in the image of God.
In societies where the mother goddess is worshipped, the divinity is brought into the home by the female, there is less aggression and more peace, and man can realize that he may be made in the image of God and live up to it.
It is also said that a time will come when the divinity of the woman will be recognized. And when that is recognized, man's image will be recognized and lived by, as if man is really the son of God.
In both Eastern and Western societies, we do not recognize the divinity of the female, so there is gender bias. In all societies, the woman has been regaled to a role of a play thing for man, and because of that, dispensable. In Indian societies, even today, there is female foeticide, female infanticide, dowry debts, all because the woman is regarded as a useless tool or at best, a tool.
I once worked with a man, I dare not say from which country or culture, or anything, but his opinion of women, spoken loudly and clearly in a roomful of women was, "A woman is like an old shoe. She can be discarded whenever the man has no need of her." Nobody boycotted this man. Nobody pilloried this man. A lot of women still pandered to him with their false smiles, and he polluted the whole environment with his low thoughts. Did he not have a mother?
Was she an old shoe to be thrown out when there was no need for her? Does this happen to the mothers of all men or just some men?
With technology, we are proud that we are a 22nd century society, but we are still living in the darkness of Hades, I won't even say the Stone Age.
Note: these postings were inspired by the School of Ancient Wisdom.
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