According to what I've read, the word 'swastika' does not occur in Vedic
Sanskrit. Some of the early examples of the swastika originated in the
Indus Valley around 2400 BCE and in south-eastern paleolithic Europe
over 10,000 years ago.
On 10/25/2013 9:45 PM, wgm4u wrote:
The Swastika was a Hindu (now a Vedic Science symbol according to MMY
and the new age gurus) representation of the spinning force of Prana,
(Gods cosmic power, according to C. lutes) or evolution,
unfortunately, (or fortunately), Hitler got it wrong, (ie. backwards).
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <s3raphita@...> wrote:
Re "I suggest you try to find another phrase than "national
socialism," because historically it's almost exclusively associated
with fascism, anti-Semitism, and white supremacy.":
True. On a related topic, I do wonder if the swastika can ever be
rehabilitated. It has a long history across the world, in many
different traditions. In Hinduism, the swastika maybe signifies Ganesha?
To let the sign be completely absorbed into Nazi iconography is to
give up on a powerful symbol.
Maybe one day . . .
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote:
I suggest you try to find another phrase than "national socialism,"
because historically it's almost exclusively associated with fascism,
anti-Semitism, and white supremacy. The term "Nazism" is a contraction
of "Nationalsocialismus," the Nazi Party. Modern organizations whose
ideology is similar to that of the Nazis incorporate the phrase into
their titles to make what they stand for explicit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialism
No matter what you mean by "national socialism," folks are going to
instinctively recoil from it because of the horrific echoes it evokes
(the way a German audience recoiled from Raja Emanuel's use of the
term "Invincible Germany," but in this case worldwide).
It really can't be sanitized. Maybe in a hundred years when memories
have faded, it'll be usable again, but you're asking for trouble if
you use it now.
Buck wrote:
*> Yea, a kind of TM national socialism something like with larger
human values *
*> that care about neighbors and neighborhood. From the neighborhood
up a *
*> national socialism that Cares about the poor, the disabled, those
in need by *
*> bringing meditation to everyone in every home to the benefit of
everyone.*
*
*
