Re: Conversion to Hinduism too laissez-faire??
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
I see it from a different point of view. We as ~humans~ are bent on doing. We are aligned to achieving , gathering, controlling, and advancing. 'Converting' falls within this venue.
Just as one enjoys the ceremony of graduating, one feels something was achieved. The ceremony of conversion is like that. I have arrived. I am part of something that I was not a part of before. Yet 'you' are the same person, but you feel different for some reason.
So, some people need this and it is fine, noble and worthy of one's effort. But in the final analysis, do I really need some license to come to know myself? Do I need to ask permission to come to know the Supreme via a particular school ? For those that have not thought this through completely and need the support of some formal approach , then the answer is yes. Then the ego is satisfied, but not destroyed. What then was gained? I now just wear another false view of myself. Before I was a ( fill in the blank on the religion one practices initially) not knowing my true stainless nature, and now I am a hindu not knowing my true real nature (SELF). What has changed ?
What joining a formal group offers is a structured way to learn a particular school, in this case one of the 6 systems of indian philosophy. This is very valuable. Yet I rarely see this blossom. The intent is there, but for some reason the 'stick to it-ness' erodes over time and one is still in the same spot as they were before all the commotion began.
So, yajvan , are you saying do nothing ? No, this is not what I am saying. If you join a group then do it with an energy level that brings you to your goal vs. the want to comply and be accepted. This occurs when one is young, and not so much when one is seasoned with time.
Yet my point is this... when you come to know your SELF it does not care what group you in. This SELF is not hindu, christian, muslim, or the like. the only one that seems to care is the ego and that is what keeps you from the this realization. That is , the dharma of SELF is for all.
...do as you see fit.
iti śivaṁ
Last edited by yajvan; 22 October 2014 at 09:40 AM.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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