tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611409145460031631.post844240600251097190..comments2023-04-06T04:27:39.936-04:00Comments on The Unswept Corner: Day 14Caladriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112421306254066971noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611409145460031631.post-40838792659780724372016-01-23T03:30:03.991-05:002016-01-23T03:30:03.991-05:00My bad, I didn't watch the video as you rightl...My bad, I didn't watch the video as you rightly figured out, just read your post and the comment to which I agree. The line threw me off, because I can still possibly expect this in jest from you, but it felt weird that you would endorse this belief. Faith restored. Thank you! The Chirping Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270137883000561102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611409145460031631.post-2182203110372704092016-01-22T18:26:32.918-05:002016-01-22T18:26:32.918-05:00Oh, well. If you saw the video, the opening statem...Oh, well. If you saw the video, the opening statement he makes is "Valour is to a man what beauty is to a woman." And so, in my response, I begin by "whatever valour may be for a man or beauty for a woman..". By omitting the "whatever" and quoting the rest, you ascribe it meaning it didn't carry. <br /><br />If by 'valour is to a man what beauty is to a woman' the implication is that valour only belongs to men and beauty is a woman's most cherished quality, then I totally disagree with it. And if that is the implication, then it must also be the implication that beauty only belongs to women and valour is a man's most cherished quality. I would disagree with that too. So in a nutshell, I disagree with that sentence you quoted, therefore, in more ways than you mention, so I don't know what you mean when you say I can do better than this. It wasn't my statement anyway.Caladriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01112421306254066971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611409145460031631.post-89232609825632159352016-01-22T17:06:11.107-05:002016-01-22T17:06:11.107-05:00I watch Shivani Bramhakumari's videos sometime...I watch Shivani Bramhakumari's videos sometimes, despite deep abhorrence towards "Spiritual Gurus". It started casually like that; somethings just made sense. She doesn't mention a particular God often and most of her discourse seems very practical. But then I follow Hinduism (although reading about the history of Hinduism tells me, there was no such thing as a blanket Hinduism and definitely nothing like Hindutva until late 19th century. The Shaivas and Shaakts pretty much existed as separate religions, for example) culturally and I am mostly agnostic to God.<br /><br />I agree with your comment completely. The only thing I dislike is this - "valour might be for a man or beauty for a woman". Can we please stop associating valor only to men and leaving nothing but "beauty" to be a woman's most cherished/desired quality? I know you can do better than this. The Chirping Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270137883000561102noreply@blogger.com