| Arise Arjuna Hinduism And The
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| AN AMERICAN DISCOVERS THE VEDAS |
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I studied the
history of the popes and began to see that religious institutions were more political
establishments than real spiritual centers. I felt that if there was a God, it was an
impersonal reality, not a personal God with his own whims, judgments and partialities, his
chosen people and his special church such as I was taught. yet though I left the church, I
still felt that there was a spiritual reality in life, which I found in nature,
particularly in the high mountains which I loved. This spiritual reality I felt was an
inner experience quite divorced from churches and creeds.
By the time of high school my own studies were of more interest to me than the classes I
was taking in school. I had an intellectual awakening about the age of sixteen which
caused me to study European literature, particularly symbolic poets, existential
philosophers and psychologists like Freud and Jung. I felt that American culture was very
superficial compared to the European. Yet examining the mystical and poetic sides of the
European mind, I also eventually found them to be lacking. |
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