[mukto-mona] KNOW THYSELF.

Whether there is a God or not this question will remain a question of immense interest as it is with many of my friends in Muko Mona. This discussion site has enlisted a variety of versatile intellectuals who are endlessly engaged in this interesting issue and are making very valuable investigations. Ages before the Bible and the Koran our Indian philosophy discussed this issue in depth and in detail. Amazingly our sages made those investigations which are still being quoted by many towering intellectuals of our times. Buddha did not talk about any existence of God rather he was searching for a way to emancipation or Nirvana. The cosmic mystery is an interesting physical phenomenon which brings a plethora of complex questions and puts us in shock and awe. What is this awe that overcomes our entire psyche?  Brings unbearable challenges to our very limited intellect?

When we look at the night sky illuminated by trillions of stars, galaxies, Milky Ways, un known planets millions of light years from us we are simply overwhelmed by un imaginable magnitude of the mystery around us. This fathomless experience becomes unbearable when we think of the space that is holding them. We become helpless and desperate for an answer but finally come back to us asking a simple question, WHO created this puzzle? My question is who is this, ME, who gives me shelter from this wilderness?      

 

In Sanskrit there is word "सो ऽहम्" so ham, it meanse Me. Very recenlty this word was uttered by a sage of our times, Hrishi Aurobinda in his Pondicherry ashram. He was asked is there a God? He responded while in deep meditation, SO HAM.  In the same way ancient Indian scriptures  answered to this vexed qustion by placing importance on our SELF. It said discover your own self you will discover God. This logically implies that there is nothing like an exhalted PERSON sitting some where in the cosmic world who can be identified as God, Ishvar of Allah. We are easlily tempted to brand  any one as an athiest if he/she questions the existence of this imaginary God. I personally find it very disturbing when on such important questions we try to impose blind faith or try to establish a fallacy. I find it interesting why  many younger faiths such as Christianity and Islam tried to put a STOP on our minds when thousands of years before Indian philosophy solved this meystery? Would any one answer?

 

 

Akbar Hussain

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Sign the Petition : Release the Arrested University Teachers Immediately : An Appeal to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh

http://www.mukto-mona.com/human_rights/university_teachers_arrest.htm

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Daily Star publishes an interview with Mukto-Mona
http://www.mukto-mona.com/news/daily_star/daily_star_MM.pdf

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MM site is blocked in Islamic countries such as UAE. Members of those theocratic states, kindly use any proxy (such as http://proxy.org/) to access mukto-mona.

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Mukto-Mona Celebrates 5th Anniversary
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/5_yrs_anniv/index.htm

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Mukto-Mona Celebrates Earth Day:
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Earth_day2006/index.htm

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Kansat Uprising : A Special Page from Mukto-Mona 
http://www.mukto-mona.com/human_rights/kansat2006/members/


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MM Project : Grand assembly of local freedom fighters at Raumari
http://www.mukto-mona.com/project/Roumari/freedom_fighters_union300306.htm

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German Bangla Radio Interviews Mukto-Mona Members:
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Darwin_day/german_radio/


Mukto-Mona Celebrates Darwin Day:

http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Darwin_day/index.htm

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Some FAQ's about Mukto-Mona:

http://www.mukto-mona.com/new_site/mukto-mona/faq_mm.htm

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