"You do not consist of any of the elements -- earth, water, fire, air, or even ether. To be liberated, know yourself as consisting of consciousness, the witness of these. You do not belong to the Brahmin or any other caste, you are not at any stage, nor are you anything that the eye can see. You are unattached and formless, the witness of everything -- so be happy"(Ashtavakra-Gita).
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
politics behind tele-serials
NOWADAYS,our families became more spiritual. Thanks to the tele-serials for showing the stories of Lord Krishna(Sree m Maha Bhagavatham) and Devee Mookambika. In the past Kerala was famous for its rational thinking and reform movements(I'm not nostalgic about lost values). Now these progressivemovements lost its importance and in that place we have fake swamis.Through the medias we are witnessing different kinds of programmes .This influenced the people very much. Another reason for the " spiritual awakening " is that in the modern industrial world we are too busy and sought comfort in these religious activities.
I am not going to say that spirituality is bad or it is a threat.My point is that our attitudes are changed. This changing conditions were exploited by the medias, political parties, fake sanyasins.For example all the religious stories are being misinterpreted by the media. They neglect the internal beauty of the Puranas and gives us only the surface meaning of it. The result is that people became misguided by these stories . These tele-serials are not innocent as we think. They have some agenda behind it; they were promoting religious fundamentalism,knowingly or unknowingly. The fascist agendas should not be promoted by the secular medias.
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I appreciate your attempt, dear friend. I can understand your feelings as I am also a Malayalee. But I think every story, is an interpretation and there is nothing called the 'real truth behind'. The truth is that the interpretations that you talked about, as in the past, 'the deeper ones', are also the progenies of the demand of the time. I know it sounds a little freeconomical. But sometimes truth is rude and ruthless. I think the present TV soaps are nothing but the representation of the pitiful condition of a generation who has forgotten to think and react.Simply putting it--there are enough people to see them!
Your humour is worth mentioning. Keep this spirit going.
It is a pleasent feeling to know that still there is reason left in the generation.
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