Shatrubodh : An insight about the civilizational threats

When Devas and Rakshasas fight, the smartest trick Rakshasas use, is to trap Devas in their own morality. The path connecting the two points in time, looks rosy, heavenly, righteous, even ecstatic, because the kind of kick and high, that you get out of creating a very holy pious and moral self image, is incomparable to any other narcotic substance. Fortunately or unfortunately, our civilization has set for itself, such a high standards of moral behavior, that we can be easily trapped by any enemy, whether it is an insider or an outsider. So much so that even the most wicked of our civilizational enemies, can give us guilt trip with their words when we fight them using their techniques, and we will start to rethink our strategy to fight them, will get self conscious and will walk right into their trap when we are about to slay them and then they will rise up again, filled with confidence and treachery. And we? We backtrack hoping that the Rakshasas have a change of heart. Our own trait ...

I know, you guys are bored. You must be thinking, "All the time this man has to talk about Abrahamic faiths and nothing else." Sadly, they are the greatest disaster of our times, and a threat to our civilization. Had they been more inward looking and less obsessed with externalities, the world would have been a better place to live. As long as this doesn't happen, individuals like me will have to remain busy analysing and dissecting them. There are a few interesting characteristics, common to all the three Abrahamic faiths, i.e. Judaism, Christianity and Islam. We will talk about them one by one in this article, and in detail in future articles. Let us suppose, you are looking for something that is very important to you or say your peace of mind. Let's call it an experience X. What will you do? You'll talk to the people who have been through the experience X, you'll read books about the experience X, you'll read the methods people have applied to go throug...