Never give up is my motto. As long as there is life and unity amongst some of us, there is hope.
Sent from my iPhone > On 05-Jun-2018, at 11:41 PM, Joao Barros-Pereira > <joaobarrospere...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was born a Christian. Now I am told by an eminent voice - you are a > Hindu! Not only am I a Hindu but so is every two-legged creature in > our country - Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain. Everyone. I was > under the false impression I'm Indian. Everyone assumes Hindu refers > to a way of life, a culture, a land. Or so I thought. How wrong I was. > And, you too, all wrong! > > Another eminent voice claims the world envies us as we are viewed as > spiritual. Really? News to me. We have yoga no doubt but has it made > us less corrupt and violent? Is our country the least corrupt in the > world or are we way down in the staircase to heaven? And while > Mahavira emphasized ahimsa and non-violence our greatest epics, the > Mahabaratha and Ramayana, are war stories. If the Aryan invasion has > been demolished as a myth who exactly were we fighting? The British? > Portuguese? I have no idea. Maybe we were fighting among ourselves? > What do you think? > > The latest eminent voice informs us how important it is for us to be > grateful to our freedom fighters. They fought the Portuguese who > finally had their tails between their legs as they escaped homeward. > And, since then, we have lived happily ever after, right? Not really > because we are constantly fighting among ourselves and, our > politicians are worse. They jump ship whenever it is a good move, from > one party to another having fun and getting much richer - no > principles - only due respect for the god Money. > > No friends or enemies in politics, right? When will this never-ending > war of stabbing one another in the back for personal gain come to an > end - and the country can go to hell? We are, no doubt, all staunch > nationalists but will the betrayal of our country and lack of respect > for an individual's freedom ever end? We have all witnessed a decrease > in the personal freedom of you and you. Is yoga helping us become > better people, more aware? The whole world is envious of us! Really? > > Our country was peaceful for millennia prior to the coming of the > barbarians from beyond our borders. Some eminent voices say it was > because the caste system was strong and we need to strengthen it once > again otherwise our country will become evil like the Western > countries. Maybe we could keep the peace because it was clear who was > the dog and who was the dog's master. The dog, as we know, was the one > who had done evil in his previous life and deserved to suffer in this > one. Simple, isn't it? What crime did the first generation commit, a > few people would like to know! > > The real problem, some say, is being told what you can eat, how you > should dress or not dress. Women should know their proper place it > goes without saying. > > The ultimate eminent voice declared our culture is becoming decadent > because of British bad influence in India, Portuguese evil influence > in Goa, and wicked French influence in Puducherry. We are a spiritual > country and have always been this way, says the loudest voice which > drowns all other voices. > > What's going on? Am I under mind control or is my mind out of control, > and you and you? I'll allow a human being to sit at the top of the > table and utter one phrase: "I warned you! " he says. Who? George > Orwell. Okay, let's allow one more human being, Bertrand Russell, to > have the last word on the subject. When asked, what is mind, he > replied, not matter. And, when asked, what is matter, he murmured, > never mind. > > Don't worry, our minds are gone, and so are we.