There's a wave of resistance and seeing through the fog of politics and religion right now. it's about time. A renaissance of thinking is taking place. There will be a few people who complain and bitch through it all and cry "hindu-phobe" whenever you shed light on the craziness, but ultimately vaishnavism has been a self-identified cult since it's inception. It's not anymore representative of hinduism than the rest of the rather rational philosophies and ideologies born in the east. No need to protect it folks. By implication, hinduism has become a hodgepodge of undefinable quasi-spiritual mumbo jumbo mixed with authentic rational thought. It's time to separate the wheat from the chaff. It's time to expose and reveal the glory of india's true contributions to progressive philosophical and cultural realities. Few nations can lay claim to a depth of thought that was prevalent in ancient india—and ironically it had little to nothing to do with brahminical values and beliefs expounded in such heavily altered texts as the Gita. Lets welcome that "hinduism", if we must call it something. Because whatever it's become is far from sound and grounded.
Commentators like Mika Ericsson in that bernie/tulsi post are shedding light on the masquerade. This "character", Tulsi, is not authentic in any way shape and form (she was groomed to play this role). She may be a "nice person" or even sincere (won't be the first time sincerity amounted to a pile of shit)—in fact, I generally think most people are, underneath it all, sincere and looking for a greater good. Regardless what that greater good is, it needs to originate in a authentic space to have meaning and value.
I'm sad that tulsi is choosing to play the "hindu" card. It's not served her well in any well. Not because of the "hindu" part, but that everyone, including herself, knows it's a sham—a card she's playing that in no way reveals the deck.
Oh well. Life goes on, but—yes Rama—all this talk of Yoko has amounted to one fact: Ono may have had a hold on John and a crappy voice, but she is a strong independent woman that spoke her mind and did not need to be part of a cult known for wide scale abuses and she did not need a swamis approval to know that she had value and the ability to make true impact on society by maintaining her unique thinking voice and unreplacate-able "yoko" effect. There is only one yoko. There are hundreds of cheap Wai Lana and Butler couples—hiding under piles of their followers cash—or in this case, er, tin foil.
Commentators like Mika Ericsson in that bernie/tulsi post are shedding light on the masquerade. This "character", Tulsi, is not authentic in any way shape and form (she was groomed to play this role). She may be a "nice person" or even sincere (won't be the first time sincerity amounted to a pile of shit)—in fact, I generally think most people are, underneath it all, sincere and looking for a greater good. Regardless what that greater good is, it needs to originate in a authentic space to have meaning and value.
I'm sad that tulsi is choosing to play the "hindu" card. It's not served her well in any well. Not because of the "hindu" part, but that everyone, including herself, knows it's a sham—a card she's playing that in no way reveals the deck.
Oh well. Life goes on, but—yes Rama—all this talk of Yoko has amounted to one fact: Ono may have had a hold on John and a crappy voice, but she is a strong independent woman that spoke her mind and did not need to be part of a cult known for wide scale abuses and she did not need a swamis approval to know that she had value and the ability to make true impact on society by maintaining her unique thinking voice and unreplacate-able "yoko" effect. There is only one yoko. There are hundreds of cheap Wai Lana and Butler couples—hiding under piles of their followers cash—or in this case, er, tin foil.