i also believe that we are not reaching to the masses by talking about atheism, but my quest for inter-faith spirituality is not instrumental - while in the past i could see injustice and come to my comforts it now hits my belly, usurping of nature hits me
ranjani --- On Mon, 11/4/11, ranjani k.murthy <[email protected]> wrote: From: ranjani k.murthy <[email protected]> Subject: Besides Baba- Spiritual Crisis by Ranjani Kamala Murthy To: "sprititual feminist" <[email protected]>, "feminists" <[email protected]>, "humanrights" <[email protected]>, "dalit movement" <[email protected]>, "zest caste" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 11 April, 2011, 7:24 PM Why i am not an atheist Dear friends While the illhealth of Sai Baba (however controversial), with huge following across the world makes headlines, one needs to relook at paths which human beings, households, community, markets, state and inter-state organisations are following from an inter-faith spiritual lens. There is scant respect in paths followed for life forces in nature, and destruction of nature for capitalist growth and unfettered consumption abounds. Life forces amongst dalits, religious and ethnic minorities, migrants, working class, slum dwellers, people living with disability, women/girls/female foetuses, people of diverse sexual and gender identities etc are not respected by men as heads of households, women who have internalized patriarchal norms, traditional village councils, religious institutions (where each one claims that their religion is superior), corporates, unethical doctors (not all) and elites, state or world bank, WTO et al. Perhaps animals are better in terms of spiritual growth. They merely follow laws of nature, and do not destroy nature. It is time for a spiritual revolution wherein injustices and inequalities hit our belly, soul, heart and mind, and we find new pathways to meet our needs, move the world towards justice and leave behind some thing for the next generation. Ranjani Kamala Murthy errata in my posting itself in public domain : Errata: My post should not be read as support for US gag rule. Women and girls should have right to safe contraception, male responsibility should be promoted, sexuality education for boys and girls is a must, and abortion on grounds when men and boys exercise power over women and girls as well as women and girls lives are at risk should be provided. As adolescent pregnancy is a risk anyway- they should have right to abortion . But no to abortion as a method of contraception & female foeticide http://www.publishaletter.com/readletter.jsp?plid=27016 asian age -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en.
