Two narrations
will be shared below regarding how Perceptional Blindness caused to perceive
events differently:
·
Ramayana
·
Niyoga
Ramayana
Understanding
of Ramayana in very short:
Lord Rama was exiled. Devi Sita and brother
Lakshman followed. Devi Sita was kidnapped by King Ravana. Lord Rama invaded
King Ravana’s Lanka with the help of vanars’ (monkey) and killed King Ravana.
Later Lord Rama, Devi Sita and Lakshman returned back to Ayodhya.
I underwent a
perceptional shift when my wife narrated below stories pertaining to Devi Sita
(Ramayana):
·
Devi Sita was daughter of King Ravana and Queen Mandodari
·
Hanuman on request from Lord Rama to handover
Ring to Devi Sita
Hanuman was in
despair (since he had never seen Devi Sita) after Lord Rama gave Ring as Identification
Mark. On enquiry by Mother Anjani and later knowledge of his reason for
despair, Mother Anjani proposed, see Queen Mandodari (as Devi Sita had her
features). Hanuman got surprised and Mother Anjani said truth will be revealed
later.
One of the reasons
of Hanuman setting Lanka on fire was to see Queen Mandodari. Subsequently,
sight of Queen, provided Hanuman the features of Devi Sita.
One more
perceptional change happened when in a YouTube (link provided below) it stated
that King Ravana kidnapped Devi Sita, to avoid his daughter undergo 14 years of
Vanavaas (Exile).
Truth is hidden
under layers of perceptional beliefs of men over many centuries. Today we
dabble with interpretations.
Niyoga
Before moving
further, I urge readers to understand below listed beautiful statement which
appeared as a request (source link provided below):
“In modern times surrogate motherhood,
abortion and test tube babies are acceptable. Likewise, at different times in
history, different customs prevailed. For example, there are some stories in
the Old Testament where daughters
approach fathers for sons. It is not correct for us to judge Kruta Yuga Dharma
by Kaliyuga (Modern) Values. Similarly, ideas of right and wrong vary with
geography also. It is not right for people of one area to judge people of
another area by a different set of values. Problems do arise when people living
on one area follow the dharma or value system of a distant place (due to conversions etc). Then people
of the same area and same time have conflicting value systems. Every mature
effort must be made to respectfully understand. Value systems get refined and altered over
time.”
I will not
discuss the concept as it can be read on websites. The concept was known few
years back. Niyoga instilled the thought that idea was modern and a parallel (i.e.
listed conditions) of it I have yet to read anywhere else.
Hence,
modernism is not what is happening / happened lately around present moment but,
as stated by T Adorno “Modernity is a qualitative,
not a chronological, category”. The novelty of idea separates modernism to
ancient.
Niyoga as
concept can instill perceptional bias and chances of it being misunderstood are
very high. Men have to understand that coming together is an alliance for growth
and not for exploitation.
The concept was
also touched in Marathi movie Anahat (Year 2003 – Directed by Amol Palekar).
Links:
Niyoga: Search
for “Niyog is Vedic not Nocturnal” by Brigadier Chitranjan Sawant , VSM
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