Aryan Patriarchy and Dravidian Matriarchy
Let’s be clear about this. Islam came to India by violent conquest. Hindus have always resented their existence just as they resented the British. Whenever they could Hindus rebelled against their Muslim overlords. Perhaps the most famous rebel is Shivaji, who freed much of Maharashtra from Muslim rule and who is celebrated in Mumbai as a hero. Partition was inevitable. As soon as Muslim power was weakened it was guaranteed that Hindus would act to restore full Hindu control. At the most only 20% of the population were Muslim. Hindus resolutely refused to convert and those that did, did so to advance their careers. There were vast areas of India that the invading Muslims never conquered, especially in the south.
What I find interesting is how ‘some’ progressive Westerners accept without argument that the Hindus had a right to kick the British out as an invading imperialist power, but then seem to prevaricate over the Hindus wish to see the Muslim imperialist kicked out once and for all – yet another curious double standard?
Btw, I should add that puritanical Muslims played their part in destroying hundreds of temples dedicated to the goddess. Hindu historians suggest that during Muslim rule thousands of Hindu temples were either destroyed or desecrated, many of them may very well have been dedicated to the goddess.
February 2007
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Nice summary. I have to point out though that the idea of the singularity is not at all at odds with Abrahamic religions. The Kabbalistic Jews call that singularity the “ein sof” — the point-source of life and the emanations of awareness (roughly translated from the original Hebrew: boundless infinite). It is the heart of the Tree of Life mentioned in the Torah/Bible.
Non-religiously, one must understand that something conscious organizes that light into a singularity — physics would demand it, otherwise there would be only heat and chaos. Please consider this carefully.
I can tell you from my own experience, that that singularity is none other than YHVH Him and Herself — a perfect union of male and female principles that creates, sustains, and protects the Tree of Life.
Cosmologically, that singularity has been through at least 6 cycles — each with that same sacred name — it is the name, from our perspective outside it, which holds the singularity together. Lao Tsu didn’t know that it had a name and just called it the Tao.
In any case, these cycles are interesting back-story that wasn’t told in Genesis and happened before YHVH created our present story of Eden.
In a way that Tree of Life awaits Mankind’s completion from embarking upon/with the Tree of Knowledge — that journey that is near completion here in the Information Age — which will reflect the original Tree and allow all of Mankind and the planet herself to be brought back to beauty and perfection.
Mark Janssen
I should clarify that I mean orthodox Abrahamic faith, or ‘mainstream’. I do not include Kabbalah, Gnosticism or Sufism. I accept what you say about ‘ein sof’ and recognize that Gnosticism and Sufism reached similar conclusions (without going into a long explanation).
However, I do not accept that “physics would demand” that “something conscious organizes” it. I would ask you instead to carefully consider the physics of chaos and the principle of self-organization.
Hello Mr.Ray Harris
I am K.Sathiyaraj from Tamil Nadu, India. I am working as an Asst.Professor in dept of MBA. Article is really good, I request you to do more research on the mith of aryan invasion in India. Now a days linguist are proving the same hypothesis with the etymological studies.
All the best.
Regards,
K.sathiyaraj.