How did it all started ???..Maybe Satan made a change in the genealogy of our ancestors way back and genes with minor alternation came to this age....years after and we see little by little the vanquishing of Gods,even in Literature.
अथ हा मन: उचुह, त्वम न उद्गाया इति, तथेति: तेभ्यो मन: उद्गागायत। यो मानसी भोगास ताम देवेभ्य अग्यात, यात कल्याणं संकल्पयति तद अत्मनच. ते विदुर अनेन वाई न उद्गात्रत्येस्यन्तिती . तम अभिदृत्य पप्मानाविध्याँ,सा यह सा पाप्मा, एवं उ खल्व एटा देवताः पप्मभिर उपार्जन, एवं एनः पप्मानाविध्याँ।
"Then they said to the MIND, chant the (Udgitha) for us: "so be it' - said the mind and chanted for them. Whatever enjoyment there is in the mind it secured for the Gods by chanting that it thought well was for itself. The demons knew verily by this chanter they will overcome us, They rushed upon it and pierced it with evil. That evil which consists in thinking what is improper, that is that evil,...likewise they also affected these (other) divinities with evil, they pierced them with evil. - ब्रह्मारयांक उपनिषद्
Likewise, they said to the eye :chant (the udgitha) for us. so be it said the eye and chanted for them. Whatever enjoyment there in the eye it secured for the Gods by chanting, that it saw well for itself. The demons knew verily by this chanter they will overcome us.They rushed upon it and pierced it with evil. That evil which comes in seeing what is improper, that is that evil. - ब्रह्मारयांक उपनिषद्
Thus, this is how it all started. Just by polluting a single thought in mind, just by polluting a small scene in front of eye and they knew that this mutation will cause generation to generation of change - towards evil...
Literature is a good reflection of Human psychology. What public wants to read - is what the public think.. We see today lot of violence, rape, sex, treachery and this is what our minds a filled with and the Author, who gives this becomes the Best Seller.
At this point Heidegger would , later ask "how chaos and nomos be brought together? It is here perhaps that we come to the bold provocative case of Hölderlin's poetry , - Never before nor after him wold chaos and law be brought so close together , obliged to acknowledge, as in Vedic India - where Daksha, the supreme minister of the law, is son of Aditi, the unlimited, and Aditi is daughter of Daksh - a relationship of reciprocal generation,..chaos generates the Law, but only the Law will allow us to gain access to Chaos. "
Lets take a look to what Baudelaire's article on the 'Ecole patenne;' wants to say on it - The article sheds light over how in the former time literature used to be plentiful of Gods and good things - "First and most obviously, the Gods are still among us. But they are no longer made up of just the one family. It hardly matters that their names are often exotic and unpronounceable,. The power of thier stories is still at work. Yet there is something new and unusual about the situation. This composite tribe of Gods now exists only in its stories and scattered idols. The way of Cult and rituals is harred, either because there is no longer a group of devotee who carry out the rituals gestures, or because even when someone does perform these gestures they stop short.The statue of Shiva and Vishnu still drip with offerings, but Varuna is a remote and shapeless entity to the Indian of today, while Prajapati is only to be found in Books. " - This was in late 18th century but the point is as if for today the literature taste and preference of readers have change.
Literature always have a great impact on the thinking of people at large. Even everyday morning, either we are aggravated, happy, sad or rebellious - depending upon a small daily literature resting at our doorstep at 7am. The stories may be true, may be stage-up but public at large will have deep impact.
And Then, today I woke up and find out not a single case of rape, or of any crime committed all over the world...People started neglecting books of author, which have inscribed crime scenes , all Gods were called back from the retirement, ...good thoughts been thought again....and then Evil thought - something must be done.....
अथ हा मन: उचुह, त्वम न उद्गाया इति, तथेति: तेभ्यो मन: उद्गागायत। यो मानसी भोगास ताम देवेभ्य अग्यात, यात कल्याणं संकल्पयति तद अत्मनच. ते विदुर अनेन वाई न उद्गात्रत्येस्यन्तिती . तम अभिदृत्य पप्मानाविध्याँ,सा यह सा पाप्मा, एवं उ खल्व एटा देवताः पप्मभिर उपार्जन, एवं एनः पप्मानाविध्याँ।
"Then they said to the MIND, chant the (Udgitha) for us: "so be it' - said the mind and chanted for them. Whatever enjoyment there is in the mind it secured for the Gods by chanting that it thought well was for itself. The demons knew verily by this chanter they will overcome us, They rushed upon it and pierced it with evil. That evil which consists in thinking what is improper, that is that evil,...likewise they also affected these (other) divinities with evil, they pierced them with evil. - ब्रह्मारयांक उपनिषद्
Thus, this is how it all started. Just by polluting a single thought in mind, just by polluting a small scene in front of eye and they knew that this mutation will cause generation to generation of change - towards evil...
Literature is a good reflection of Human psychology. What public wants to read - is what the public think.. We see today lot of violence, rape, sex, treachery and this is what our minds a filled with and the Author, who gives this becomes the Best Seller.
At this point Heidegger would , later ask "how chaos and nomos be brought together? It is here perhaps that we come to the bold provocative case of Hölderlin's poetry , - Never before nor after him wold chaos and law be brought so close together , obliged to acknowledge, as in Vedic India - where Daksha, the supreme minister of the law, is son of Aditi, the unlimited, and Aditi is daughter of Daksh - a relationship of reciprocal generation,..chaos generates the Law, but only the Law will allow us to gain access to Chaos. "
Lets take a look to what Baudelaire's article on the 'Ecole patenne;' wants to say on it - The article sheds light over how in the former time literature used to be plentiful of Gods and good things - "First and most obviously, the Gods are still among us. But they are no longer made up of just the one family. It hardly matters that their names are often exotic and unpronounceable,. The power of thier stories is still at work. Yet there is something new and unusual about the situation. This composite tribe of Gods now exists only in its stories and scattered idols. The way of Cult and rituals is harred, either because there is no longer a group of devotee who carry out the rituals gestures, or because even when someone does perform these gestures they stop short.The statue of Shiva and Vishnu still drip with offerings, but Varuna is a remote and shapeless entity to the Indian of today, while Prajapati is only to be found in Books. " - This was in late 18th century but the point is as if for today the literature taste and preference of readers have change.
Literature always have a great impact on the thinking of people at large. Even everyday morning, either we are aggravated, happy, sad or rebellious - depending upon a small daily literature resting at our doorstep at 7am. The stories may be true, may be stage-up but public at large will have deep impact.
And Then, today I woke up and find out not a single case of rape, or of any crime committed all over the world...People started neglecting books of author, which have inscribed crime scenes , all Gods were called back from the retirement, ...good thoughts been thought again....and then Evil thought - something must be done.....
Bibliography -
ReplyDelete1) The Principal Upanishads by S Radhakrishnan
2) Literature and Gods by Roberto Calasso
3) Bulfinch's Mythology - Age of Fables
4) The Age of Revolution - Eric Hobsbawm
Very interesting piece. Your erudition is admirable.
ReplyDeleteThank You sir,, Thanks for appreciation.
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