1. The Paradigm Shift that #Kantara is Ushering into Hindu Society
Kantara like any civilizational moment unites & divides. Any such moment produces a universal emotion in population, which in this case is Hindus. And so it unites. But it also divides, for an important purpose.
Kantara like any civilizational moment unites & divides. Any such moment produces a universal emotion in population, which in this case is Hindus. And so it unites. But it also divides, for an important purpose.
2. Its reactions are so sharp that it is impossible to be neutral. You are either for it or against it. And so it divides its own people in two camps and that division is for a reason.
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3. Any such civilizational moment is on the cusp of next paradigmatic shift. And that comes after a great internal struggle. What was gray until yesterday is no longer possible. Most choose to cross the boundary and to reach where they had never ventured before.
4. But a few linger and decide in favor of the comfort of the status quo of yesterday, refusing to take the leap of dharma. And a great struggle ensues. The old paradigm is shown for its weakness and the new paradigm is ushered in with a bang.
5. This is what is happening today with Kantara. What Kantara is establishing is the common & universal acceptance of the ritualistic side of Hindu dharma. It is establishing that ‘Being Hindu’ means to practice a certain rituals, and to partake in realities of other dimensions.
6. Kantara is normalizing the original Hindu position: that the 3D reality that we see exists just on one plane of consciousness. And that there are other higher realities, higher beings encountered when we raise the level of our consciousness, through ritual and sadhana.
7. Once you accept that, the higher beings like bhoothas, daivas, and other spirits start sounding, feeling and seeming as normal as other human beings. You flit in and out of these worlds and take that reality as much as your 3D reality. That is the next paradigm.
8. The paradigm which Kantara will help push out of existence is the ‘political-economic Hindu’ position which believed that Hindu dharma has some high philosophy but apart from that we had some outdated superstitious rituals which should be banned now.
9. This old paradigm looked down upon rituals and customs as something low, cheap and given to the ‘primitive state of Hindus’, which signaled atavism, regressivism, ossification of outdated practices, and thought that only texts and philosophy are worth saving.
10. This branch of Hindus also believed that the primary act of Hindu society should be to copy Protestant lifestyle lock, stock and barrel and just get richer and richer at the cost of Nature and culture.
11. Not all opponents of Kantara are of this variety, I know, but the ultimate target of Kantara is this set of ‘Artha Sarvopari Hindus’, who think rituals are outdated and only philosophy is worth following.
12. They don’t realize that this approach will lead them where Greece is today: with its religion dead, and its philosophy translated through the lens of Judeo-Christianity.
They don’t realize that dharma at its most concrete is a set of rituals punctuated by sadhana.
They don’t realize that dharma at its most concrete is a set of rituals punctuated by sadhana.
13. Kantara brings focus back on ritualistic aspect of Hindu dharma. It normalizes ethereal beings of other realms visiting us like family members. It’s bringing in a paradigm shift, & the new world that it is ushering in will be where Hindus are most comfortable with rituals.
14. This divide that it has created is within Hindus, and that is a good sign. For the primary debate now no longer lies outside the Hindu society and Hindu social consciousness. It is happening within now, to goad Hindus to their original and natural niyati.
15. Let us hope more such paradigm shifts come until we arrive where we belong: the pinnacle of human culture and civilization with the glory of Sanātana dharma and Bhāratavarṣa spreading all throughout the world.
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