Image via WikipediaWhat our youth lacks is Philosophy, particularly Metaphysics. The Philosophy is known as Darshan or Darshna in India which means to see the SELF or SOUL. Now, what history do we need to know the SELF and thus KNOW THYSELF is a universal and ETERNAL truth. History alone can never convince anyone no matter how great or true the facts and data is provided with most authentic way. So, the Indian Way of Wisdom Focuses on Darshna or Darshan of the God, Lord and or Self. We all pray for the Darshan and it is as if saying those who are PURE in HEART will SEE GOD. Now, to SEE GOD we need purity of heart. The self has no age and thus no history, which makes it ETERNAL. Why do we go for history has deep and intense need but after we understand its need.
If I know about Lord Rama and what to find him within I need a seeking for his Darshan which need history and philosophy. Otherwise, history is same as knowledge or big part of IT (Information Technology).
The Darhsna means Philosophy takes us away (beyond) space and time and thus we do need history after reading, the Swadhya, the Study for Self. When the desire to SEE is there history is also read. So, India is a country of philosophers and thinkers (they are known as Rishis's, Muni's, Sages and by so many other names.
What is benefit of chanting and singing name of Lord Rama, we feel his presence and thus start to love him and this Darshan with gives desire to know more about him and thus reading our Holy Ramaynan. It is relevant to most of the world religions and faiths; we start to learn about the greatness hidden in the parables and other riddles as it is in the Holy Bible. Then we get insight into the topic, we seem to want ready-made knowledge that we can feel, but metaphysically we need to understand the depth of wisdom without going for what the truth is historically or otherwise. How true are we depends up on what we have from our wisdom not from knowledge.
The knowledge is static but seems dynamic and thus can be used for any purpose. The manipulation of it can lead to controversies, conflicts and our taking no care of self. Why taking care of self, it is because self is hidden and what others see is our personality.
Wisdom is dynamic but may seem static and it is surely not static but dynamic. If we have focus on self-development, the knowledge about who and what we are in the mirror of wisdom, we can see our face of the self otherwise we may waste our life trying to please others by showing what either others want to see or we want to show.
Thus, history can be distorted and misused, the wisdom cannot be. Know Thyself cannot be made fool as we know history is collection of information and knowledge in the books and database, but wisdom is practical and one knows it without history or proofs. Why the metaphysics and all that has gone worldwide movement as New Age, New Era, Interfaith, and so on because the controversies that history can give are removed.
We at the same time seem to argue about the historical data that has conflicts. It has made all world religions and faiths as if one who believes in these is not a wise person. It seems that our focus on history has done it, and the New Age, New Era and other global movements supporting New World Order does not seem to have any conflict regarding anything.
Then why do we ignore Philosophy and Metaphysics in the Main World Religions seems a point of ignorance and when argument or conflicts seem there we tend to avoid or join some kind of movement that says things in a metaphysical way forgetting that all of it is already present in our own religious books and scriptures. Philosophy has no begining and end but history has and when we want historical facts and figures we may miss what we need KNOW THYSELF.
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