What is Real Reality? Interesting video with lousy music. http://youtu.be/ukbFvxusMMI
--- In [email protected], "Ravi Chivukula" <chivukula.ravi@...> wrote: > > Religious delusional beliefs - a set of beliefs, consisting of > religious terms, myths, symbolisms, archetypes, philosophy and/or > paradigm that form a person's narrative of his or her subjective, > spiritual, mystical experiences which thereby leaves the person > invulnerable to reality. > > So an important premise of the definition is that each of us human > beings are created, vulnerable beings i.e are subject to be influenced > by reality (or life or existence or God or whatever way you would like > to objectify this energy which I have chosen to merely define it as a > mysterious, dynamic, organic entity) > > Once an agreement is reached on the basic premise, the definition of > religious delusional beliefs is very easy to be understood and why I > choose to label Amma under the grip of a religious, delusional belief, > hopelessly deceived and deluded. > > Amma - went through genuine mystical experiences but the villagers then > enchanted by this woman, Amma in a mystical trance assumed Amma to be > possessed by the Divine Mother. In line with centuries old superstitious > beliefs of theirs, their objectification of the âmysterious, > dynamic, organic entity. > > Here Amma, a woman who was much abused by her family, crude and > uneducated fishergirl didn't know any better. Her father, who also > enacted these myths of divine possession - of Krishna and Devi must > have played along as well. Why not - this was part of their folklore, > their beliefs. > > Thus started the myth of the Divine Mother which would fool humanity for > a long time. > > Now you can see this from her autobiography - a tale of magic, mystery > constructed out of the above narrative. I think the people around her > conveniently fit her child abuse, her other stories into an incredulous > narrative of 18th century woo-woo. > > And on the myth spread and now the PR team takes it one step further > and elevates her to the status of a humanitarian - medals, awards - > even a doctorate follows. > > Westerners burdened by their guilt for poor, for suffering, ridden by > this existential angst, eager to unburden themselves, numb themselves > from reality's puzzling, baffling, perplexing contradictions and > complexities were quite willing to buy into this mystical, magical tale > who a-la-Christ suffered for humanity's sins - this loving, embracing > Saint. > > It's a wonder that she has fooled the public and press for this long - > the majority anyway. > > So will reality play along with Ravi Chivukula's theory? Is Ravi - a > mere instrument of reality in this unravelling of the myth of Amma? > Amma - a mystically entranced Amma, an innocent village girl turned > charlatan? > > Or is Ravi deluded and deceived himself? One thing for sure - if I am > indeed deceived and deluded because I am forever vulnerable to reality - > I will absorb any new information that disproves me and gracefully > adapt to the new reality. >
