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Thoughts of a Free Soul |
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It is generally observed that if a person's attitude towards sex is conservative, then he/she is likely to exhibit the same conservative attitude in other issues as well. What is wrong in being conservative ? The answer is : More than 70% conservatives tend to embrace non-scientific non-progressive principles & that is silly.
On the other hand, if a person is to develop a non-conservative attitude towards sex, he/she has to have an open mind free from any prejudices of the bygone days. Such person is less likely to embrace non-scientific principles. Free Love just for the sake of free-love is meaningless. Through Free Love, one must achieve a free mind with which you can make proper decisions.
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Co-habitation & Marriage System |
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Basically, Marriage-system that defends Monogamy or Fidelity is based upon gene theory. Through this nonscientific gene theory, silly terms like "redundant males/females" or "made-in-heaven marriages" are churned out. It converts the whole system into a preprogrammed hierarchy in which certain section of the society gets exploited. Exorbitant credit is created for inefficient but previleged members of the marriage system. That credit is denied to the so called "redundant" persons. In order to counter all this, a strong anti-marriage system that can generate efficient persons is required. That is the basis of "cohabitation". Singles club is also a solution; but "staying together" is a matter of convenience which facilitates effective utilisation of resources like dwelling, automobiles, housewares etc. (Two single beds cost more than a double-bed !) Even your daily routines remain better organised. These routines often get disturbed when you are staying alone. Staying with same sex partner is quite boring than staying with opposite sex.
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Moral Values & Literacy Level |
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The basic Universal law says : No one should take more from the society than what he/she gives back to the society. Achieving balanced state of mind is basic part of attaining higher conscience or योगसिद्धी. That means it is possible to achieve higher conscience by staying on co-habitation path. So long as you do not violate the basic universal law, the so called Moral Values remain relative only and as such they are subject to interpretation. What looks like grossly immoral from "Marriage System" side, will appear a normal routine from "co-habitation" side ! However, BhagavadGeeta believes that this route is somewhat unstable & chances of losing balance are much more --
असंयतत्मना योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मती
वश्यात्मना तु यतता शक्योsवाप्तुमुपायतः
That means, unless you are a person with higher calibre, you cannot achieve balanced state of mind through co-habitation. Even while resorting to promiscuity, you must have a keen sense of प्रवृत्ती & निवृत्ती, कार्य & अकार्य. In other words, you should not lose track of what you are doing & why you are doing it. For that, certain minimum educational standard is necessary but NOT sufficient. (With reference to India, consider graduation as minimum). As you go down the literacy level, you will find that people don't have the ability to distinguish between promiscuity & prostitution. Even many educated persons do not have that ability. So, never ever try to explain these things to such persons. They will get confused & will make a mess of everything. That's why Geeta says --
न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां कर्मसंगिनां
जोषयेत्सर्वकर्माणि विद्वान्युक्तः समाचरन्
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सुहास शिरवळकरांच्या "मूड्स" ह्या कथासंग्रहात एक परिच्छेद आहे -- "आपली भारतीय संस्कृती नेहमी दमन करायला सांगते. शमनावर तिचा भर नाही. हे वाईट आहे. मनातल्या इच्छा पूर्ण उपभोगान्तीच नष्ट होतात आणि माणूस स्वच्छ मोकळा होऊन जातो. त्या इच्छा दडपल्या वा कृतीत आणल्या नाहीत ह्याचा अर्थ त्या 'नाहीत' असा होत नाही. मनाच्या सुप्त पातळीवर त्या वळवळत रहातात. त्या गुपचूप पूर्ण करण्याच्या हेतूने मेंदू मार्ग शोधत रहातो आणि त्यातूनच विकृतीचा जन्म होतो..."
ओशोंचं हे तत्त्वज्ञान काहीसं Half baked आहे. ह्याला पाया म्हणून वापरलेला Sex-starvation चा सिद्धांत हाच मुळात तर्कसुसंगत नाही. हिटलरद्वेष्टे तर हिटलरच्या तापटपणाचा संबंधही ह्या आचरट सिद्धांताला जोडून दाखवतात. बर्ट्रांड रसेलनंही ह्या बिनबुडाच्या सिद्धांताचं विनाकारण समर्थन केलं. त्यामुळेच त्याच्या विचारप्रणालीवर हल्ले करणं कम्युनिस्टांना सोपं गेलं.
एखाद्याकडे प्रवृत्ती आणि निवृत्ती, कार्य आणि अकार्य ह्यातला भेद समजण्याची क्षमता नसेल तर अशा रजोगुणी व्यक्तीसाठी हे Half baked तत्त्वज्ञान धोकादायक ठरू शकतं. मनातील सुप्त इच्छांच्या बाबतीत भगवद् गीता म्हणते --
कर्मेंद्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्
इंद्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते
"पूर्ण उपभोग घेतल्याने मनातील इच्छा नष्ट होतात" ह्या म्हणण्याला कसलाही आधार नाही. इंद्रियांची उपभोग घेण्याची क्षमता वार्धक्यामुळे नष्ट झाली तरच इच्छा नष्ट होऊ शकतात. वि. स. खांडेकरांच्या "ययाती" कादंबरीमधील ययातीचं उदाहरण पुरेसं बोलकं आहे. वयाच्या चाळीशीनंतर कामभावनेतून निर्माण होणा-या इच्छा मंदावत जातात. पण ऐहिक संपत्तीचा उपभोग घेण्याची इच्छा म्हणजेच रहाणीमान चांगलं राखण्याची इच्छा ही थोडावेळ उपभोग घेऊन कशी नष्ट होणार ? एक आठवडाभर एखाद्या बंगल्यात राहिलं की "चांगल्या घरात रहायची माझी इच्छा आता पूर्ण उपभोगामुळे नष्ट झाली" असं एखादा मूर्खच म्हणू शकेल.
महिनाभर मर्सिडीज गाडी भरपूर वापरून घेतल्यावर "आता माझं समाधान झालं. आता मी आयुष्यभर आनंदाने सायकल चालवत राहीन" असं एखादा बेवकूफच स्वतःला समजावू शकेल. मुळात एक महिनाभर तरी गाडी चालवण्याची त्याची लायकी आहे का हा वेगळाच मुद्दा आहे. तुम्ही समाजासाठी असं काय केलंत की ज्यामुळे समाजाने तुम्हांला आठवडाभर बंगला आणि महिनाभर मर्सिडीज उपलब्ध करून द्यावी ? No one will be allowed to take more from the society than what he/she has given back to the society.
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