shailendra
September 1st, 2004, 12:01 AM
I have always wondered about this question ever since I was a kid, and now I would like to pose this question to you all with a hope of a very frank viewpoint (I am just not sure if it has ever been posted before by someone else too), But anyways, here goes:
We all must have, one time or the other, read those stories not only in Hindu mythology but even from western legends about the presence and existence of far more sophisticated societies than we are able to even now achieve in the modern times…
If one looks at western legends; like the lost (and advanced) city of Atlantis, the statues found in the mysterious (still un-explained) area of the Bermuda triangle that date from ancient times and depict forms that look like they are wearing space suits and of people from outer space!
The construction technique of those huge legendary pyramids in Egypt is still unexplained. No one knows how ancient slaves were able to carry those stones to the top like that. The Stonehenge in Britain…and I can go on about the unexplained mysteries that are still around mostly poking a taunting finger at the modern world.
And of course, going back to Hindu mythology itself; Ravana having a ‘Pushpak Viman’ (or a flying Chariot- more like a modern day small plane) and Arjuna and the other mythological heroes fighting with such advanced weapons that remind one of a modern day missiles. The blind Dhrithrashtra was apparently given minute-by-minute updates (thru his minister, of course) of the whole Mahabharata in the safety of his palace, not very different from the easiness of watching a televised Gulf war from our living rooms.
And NOW… suddenly and mysteriously these powers or powerful societies are gone! Vanished in the mists of time…the legends talk about such advanced techniques that mankind is still in the process of discovering.
What are the beliefs that the members have about this?
Do you really believe that the world had to their disposal enormous powers and techniques that were somehow lost with time or for whatever reasons? Or are we just simply romanticizing too much about our ancient forefathers were able to accomplish and of an era long gone?
We all must have, one time or the other, read those stories not only in Hindu mythology but even from western legends about the presence and existence of far more sophisticated societies than we are able to even now achieve in the modern times…
If one looks at western legends; like the lost (and advanced) city of Atlantis, the statues found in the mysterious (still un-explained) area of the Bermuda triangle that date from ancient times and depict forms that look like they are wearing space suits and of people from outer space!
The construction technique of those huge legendary pyramids in Egypt is still unexplained. No one knows how ancient slaves were able to carry those stones to the top like that. The Stonehenge in Britain…and I can go on about the unexplained mysteries that are still around mostly poking a taunting finger at the modern world.
And of course, going back to Hindu mythology itself; Ravana having a ‘Pushpak Viman’ (or a flying Chariot- more like a modern day small plane) and Arjuna and the other mythological heroes fighting with such advanced weapons that remind one of a modern day missiles. The blind Dhrithrashtra was apparently given minute-by-minute updates (thru his minister, of course) of the whole Mahabharata in the safety of his palace, not very different from the easiness of watching a televised Gulf war from our living rooms.
And NOW… suddenly and mysteriously these powers or powerful societies are gone! Vanished in the mists of time…the legends talk about such advanced techniques that mankind is still in the process of discovering.
What are the beliefs that the members have about this?
Do you really believe that the world had to their disposal enormous powers and techniques that were somehow lost with time or for whatever reasons? Or are we just simply romanticizing too much about our ancient forefathers were able to accomplish and of an era long gone?