India’s Conundrum – choice of destiny: to glorify the past or to move to the future…I had no intention of introducing a new topic…so thanks, and do carry on…

Patricia, this question you pose to Harish, being a new line of inquiry, probably deserves its own thread, under The New Way section of this forum. Can you ask Thea if we can introduce new threads/topics or if she would like us to stay on a topic she has given until she introduces a new one?

Harish, for that matter, where does any religion stand during this Age of Aquarius, including Hinduism?

I’ve been studying Sri Aurobindo’s The Renaissance in India, and came across the quote that Thea chose to put at the beginning of the Guidebook to the exhibition:

The greatness of the ideals of the past is a promise of greater ideals for the…

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“Our nations are strongest when we see that we are all God’s children – all equal in His eyes and worthy of His love. Across our two great countries we have Hindus and Muslims, Christians and Sikhs, and Jews and Buddhists and Jains and so many faiths. And we remember the wisdom of Gandhiji, who said, “for me, the different religions are beautif…

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This is The Telegraph article. Tulsi made a very astute observation about the timing of the 2014 US Commission for International Religious Freedom meeting which coincided with the national elections.

Sangh finds a mascot in American Tulsi

Our Special Correspondent

Tulsi Gabbard

New Delhi, Jan. 3: The RSS fraternity’s newest mascot is Tulsi G…

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After your Forum Entry Robert I checked out Tulsi (love that name) Gabbard:

Tulsi Gabbard gave an address in India on 4/1/2015, titled: The Future of Indo-American Relations. This was sponsored by India Foundation (an RSS think tank according to the Web).

Her appearance and address was covered by The Telegraph newspaper on that date, titled: Sang…[Read more]

Thea’s ‘Conundrum of India’s Choice of Destiny’ is the clearest and most self-evident exposition of the knots that must be overcome in order for India to assume her role as Vishwa Guru. The question is who in India will have the nerve to publish it and who in the American political leadership would be receptive to its unvarnished message? Given t…[Read more]

Robert, Thanks for helping to put our discussion into a larger perspective. It has long appeared to me that these two orthodox religions are expending their powers in a display of self-destruction one more obvious than the other; one warlike and the other via political pressure. A lot remains to fall by the wayside.

As far back as 2009 Thea foresaw the possible shortcomings of an Obama presidency. She wrote that, ‘Obama “occupies a space”, the world turns to him to solve certain issues which his inner fibre does not allow him to solve.’ This has proven to be true over and over again on many levels including foreign policy and the global economy but his mos…[Read more]

Yes thanks for all the reading material sent over the past weeks on this topic/issue. I’m glad to have a fuller and fuller picture of this terrain. Patricia’s link Obama’s Religious Shot a Sinister Plan is quite an eye-opener regarding the lengths the oppositional forces will go in order to try to “defame the majority community and create social…[Read more]

Thank you all for the references you have been giving in the Indian press, it is helpful for me on this side of the pond to get a better understanding of all that is going on and the political machinations.

This is a link to the Indian Express article that Patricia referenced. It is helpful to understand what an impact Obama’s remarks had –http://www.newindianexpress.com/prabhu_chawla/columns/Opinionated-Obama-Must-Realise-Hes-Dealing-with-a-PM-Whos-as-Responsive-as-Ruthless/2015/02/08/article2657540.ece

From Lori: How to help people understand the non-religious nature of the Sanatana Dharma? It seems impossible due to how intertwined it is with a religion (Hinduism).

Lori- such an important point. And my understanding is that in truth, Hinduism is NOT a religion. It IS the self-renewing, continually evolving way of BEING and SEEING we refer to…[Read more]

Folks, The New York Times expresses its view on Obama’s remarks on religious intolerence in India. See: Modi’s Dangerous Silence, NYT or NYT Editorial Slams Modi, The Hindu. Obama’s remarks have engendered a heated discussion on both sides of the ocean. Perhaps he has done us a favor by raising the subject of religion. Thea has said that relig…[Read more]

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The people I am referring to my earlier email are columnists we follow here in South India, in the NIE, – you can find their articulate and insightful response to Obama’s speeches in the 8 February edition under Columns – well worth the read:
Ravi Shankar, Strike the Right Balance
Rakesh Sinha, Obama’s Religious Shot a Sinister Pla…[Read more]

Lori, people here are outraged at Obama’s comments…the opinions expressed in Sunday’s New Indian Express all took offense – they see the USA as an adolescent trying to find its self/ its way… that is a quote… whereas India of the Ages knows exactly who she is and where she is going. As Thea says, it is show down time… and she is seizing the…[Read more]

From The New York Times: ‘Obama, Trying to Add Context to Speech, Faces Backlash Over ‘Crusades’’ By MICHAEL D. SHEARFEB. 6, 2015

In Mr. Obama’s remarks at the breakfast, he also managed to anger people in India, just days after being hosted by the country’s leaders during a three-day trip to New Delhi. In the speech, Mr. Obama called India “an i…

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Am struck by Jeanette’s comment re: The Indian Constitution’ use of the phrase ‘freedom to . . . propagate’ (in reference to religion). Propagation of an ideology is inherently an imposition from WITHOUT, as opposed to an unveiling/recognition from within, from that which resides eternally in the Core/Soul.

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We had lunch with Thea yesterday – she is in the midst of writing an article on the India-America connection and right now can’t post a reply… she wants to teach the nation about the cosmological connection between the two countries and their destiny together. It is very necessary that both countries understand this destiny connection and exp…[Read more]

Quote -’Your Article 25 says that all people are “equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practice and propagate religion.” This statement to “propagate religion” written into the Indian Constitution surprised me given the history of missionary work in India and the invasions.

As far as I know Hindus and Jews…[Read more]