To Dear Jeff With Love…
‘Namaste’
I am putting here some of my own thoughts and understandings.
It is very difficult to understand the Indian conditions. People are not looking with two eyes but only through one eye with their limited experiences and inhibitions! They do not open the other eye to see the stark realities around them! It may be hardly 1% of the Thinkers to Writers; Gandhians to Social Activists put their heart and soul into everything. Truth should be the goal to know anything and to do anything!
Gandhiji admits that his strong spiritual base was built because of the pestering by the Foreign Missionaries due to their faithful conviction in their own religion! Gandhiji remained as a staunch despite the defects and draw backs of Hinduism and his vast readings of all available Religions and Philosophies on the earth! His Commentary on Bhagavad Gita stands as witness for his commitment to Hinduism! Gandhiji could become a man who could blend spirituality and all human activity in proportion! Everyone has his own or her own experiences and convictions! That is the meaning for Freedom! As far as Indians are concerned spiritual background is the driving force or guiding force, from time immemorial! Indian Art, Architecture, Literature and their Epics are the living or surviving silent witnesses! That culture and life which had produced these marvelous things have been adulterated and disappeared, leaving a negligible part of it.
Gandhiji traveled across the country through unreserved 3rd class compartments to have the honest look at the living conditions of the Rural People - the majority, as per the population census. However, he too failed to put few pure sons and daughters of soils along with Nehru, Vallabhai Patil VK Menon of those sorts! The First generation leaders after the Indian Independence were all from the Higher Educational, as well as, elitist background. So to say a bad start and in other words ‘Undemocratic Start’! Granting Adult Franchise to the Rural Masses was not a donation from Gandhiji but it was their Constitutional Right! There was stiff opposition to grant this Adult Franchise to the illiterates!Gandhiji differed on that Issue! No comments on this!
Gandhiji has never been recognized with that Gandhi cap which has become a symbol of corruption in India, later! But the ‘Danda’ ‘Solid 6 feet wooden stick’ is synonym with Gandhiji.The common people should carry this in his sacred memory to remind the national leaders that they have been betrayed! If they carry this harmless stick in their hands, it may give them self-confidence and some respect from the ruling class! Otherwise they have to accept the boneless earthworm status for many millennia! These common people also need some ‘Power’, which can come only from the Gandhiji ‘Danda’ not by attending the Gandhi Bhajans! Even the Sabarmati Ashram was not spared from Vandalism! This is true India and respect for the Father of our Nation!?
Christ cannot be experienced through Western or European eyes! It should be through the Asiatic eyes! In my own life, my formation years with a stalwart, a forerunner for indigenous worship and indigenous interpretation of the Gospel of Asiatic Christ had its own influence! That Re-thinking Group pioneers in establishing the Christian Ashrams in Vedic pattern and studying Christ through the experiences of Sadhu Sundar Singh and of his spiritual caliber and a break through by Sway Vivekanand who sent shock wave to the orthodox Hindu philosophers that the Brahman –the Total Absolute cannot be understood but it can be understood only through Christ!
My eyes were wide opened to see India has become a corpse and the people –call them Gandhians, Congress,Communists,Intellectuals are jointly marching in the funeral! The country is in a bloody shape. The sufferings of the poor people cannot be imagined! They are simply powerless having no hope for tomorrow. Rowdy elements have taken over the helm of affairs and they are patronizing the Gandhian Organizations!
Therefore, in my young age I had seen the learned youth becoming Naxalite sympathizers or joining them! However, I cannot cross that border! That is not the solution! At the same time the people cannot live without the minimum force required for their self-defense and survival! Here I bade goodbye to every ‘ism’! I look independently and experience mockery in everything! I gave the first shower to the culprits within the Church! All those dignitaries whether Catholics or non-Catholics – are afraid of only one man in India and hate him! Unfortunately I got this rare distinction!
I love Gandhian philosophy and all philosophies but that should make my neigbours happy! I am not an animal to be happy in my own ways not minding what the ‘Bloody Wretched things are going on in the name of Democracy and one Government!
Freedom is to experience and to respond in independent way and not in collective way! As a Clergy I advise my people experience God in independent way or at personal way since the people inside the Church have corrupt the corporate worship taught by Jesus today!
I love people who live differently and think differently! That is the philosophy – real meaning to recognize the wonderful creation of God – creating everyone in unique manner!
I was strongly feeling to convey few personal thoughts to you while replying!
Thank you…Thank you…I am happy to come to know you through Delia!
Regards
Benedict
