Namaste!
(English- Hello!)
(Hindi: नमस्ते - "I acknowledge your presence")
(Interpretation: "The soul in me bows to the soul in you" or "I bow to the higher consciousness in you".)
For the interested and inquisitive, Namaste is not just Hello. It is much more than just that one English word of greeting. It is a salutation, a prayer and a statement of humility all rolled into one simple Sanskrit word. This is one word that has held me in awe, ever since I learnt its interpretation many years ago.
How much more can a human mind evolve? To what higher place can we go? What can surpass such humility, such reverence, respect and understanding? I have tried to imagine the greatness of a civilization that came up with such a thought and I must say that I am ashamed that I thought myself worthy or capable of such a thing. One cannot begin to dream of fathoming the depth of the minds that created such thoughts. I cannot even begin to think about dreaming of such things.
But one thing is for sure, men a long time ago had a very different view of the world. A view that seems to have revolved around mutual respect, compassion and love. Somewhere along the line, sometime during the process of making ourselves "civilized", at some point along this self isolating path of industrial revolutions and technological breakthroughs we seem to have forgotten that we are not islands; that if only we were all to begin to think of each other in the way that this simple word teaches us, the world would be so much more a better place than it is today.
A feel good video (Life Vest Inside - Kindness Boomerang - "One Day") to end my first post.
नमस्ते
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wow.. dis single word awe-inspired me too.. i dunno whether u knoe abt dis.. or whether u ve been ther.. but ther is a temple in rameswaram(in Tamil Nadu in India).. ther instead of d deity, u see ur image(along wid d lighted lamp) in a mirror on d wall.. it signifies tat u hav 2 accept d divinity in urself before( or as much as) u c it in other things.. dat is one of truest and original things tat i ever learned abt religion worship and spirituality.. it blew my mind.. and ur article reminded me of such indian(or shud i say universal??) philosophies.. i njoyed readin u.. lukin fwd 2 more posts..
ReplyDelete:). I did not know about this temple but the concept of it seems so awesome. I would love to visit this place. The thought that we are a drop of pure consciousness struggling to keep our purity is such a radical thought and yet so practical and obvious even. the mind of a child is clean as a black board when it arrives into the world. It has yet to learn of the many evils the world has to teach it and then slowly, that clean slate is written on, wiped clean and written on again making it "worldly"! Thank you for your comment. I hope to continue writing, maybe in the same vein, perhaps in another!
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