First of all this is contrary to popular perception a very old-fashioned article,with a few of homilies thrown in .I do not have any path - breaking ball - busting feminist views , nor are these modern or utopian , just a bit of common sense .
Women of our age have forgotten their true status in the society.We are all passing through a difficult time in our civilization, we all want to live in a state with a sense of equality, loving all and excluding none but in this search modern woman is forgetting her power within and forgetting a very important role that she has to play in the society. If women want to bring about a change in the society only she can because she is the architect of our whole society and the architect of human's destiny. It is the biggest misconception that the country's destiny its path is carved out in the midst of men's clubs or power centers where they demarcate, divide. She builds the home, she established the family life, she brings up the children,and makes them good citizens.
Do you know who first taught meditation in action? We all think that the great saints, sages are the one who learnt give us this wisdom , but actually the founders of this are ordinary women whom meditate daily. In ancient India , each woman would daily get up early ,gather and go to the well with empty vessels on their head to bring back water. She would carry that vessel on her head , with arms on the side and sometimes carry bundles of firewood in her hands or other stuff. This requires a lot of focus, concentration , control and also along with this cry , weep sing talk the very distance back to her hut. This cannot be done by great yogis. The vessel will never fall . This particular memory has been etched in our minds by various photographers who have captured them in line with their vessels perched on their head , swinging to the rhythm to an internal mantra. This is meditation in action. You can live in this world like the woman who does her duties without any problem without being carried away from her power of concentration. Ask a man to do this and you will hear him complain and be aghast over how why what where and it's impossible.
Women is shakti.
Without woman, man is never complete.Tagore,the greatest Indian poet said,"O woman you are half in reality but half in dream.That dream which all men have, that dream without which humanity will not survive, that dream which is inexplicable is really woman. A Woman is a living temple, shakti a predominant force which is instrumental in making men great . for e.g. Ramakrishna paramhansa became great because of a woman, Krishna had Radha, Buddha because of many woman who played an important role in shaping him to his magnificence.
It is not a question whether man is higher or woman is . A woman is definitely superior . Put a man through a little discomfort and he will start complaining. A woman comfortable lives with a baby inner womb, carries it for nine months , goes through labor which has no equal . She alone has that capacity to endure , to be patient. Woman are psychologically and medically superior to men. There is a scientific fact that lesser women die of heart attacks ( not because we don't have a heart ) but because we are better shock absorbers. Men generally make terrible patients and want to be babied.
Women have the real strength , carrying on like quiet selfless soldiers . The problem is they are not making creative use of their strength. The world needs their help today. Woman is suffering because of the lack of realization of their own strength. The power of shakti is being dissipated in advertising, clubs television, magazines.The real problem is that we do not exsist for the fun of men and many women have forgotten this .Many of the women are still poking for someone to appreciate them, they are dependent on them to praise to say , oh! you are looking beautiful ,attractive. This is not helpful for our next generation which is rising. Women of today tomorrow need not these artifices, cudgels .
Women are custodians of civilizations. They are the first teachers. Children receive their first lessons from their mother . If a woman does not impart her lessons properly , they grow wild and grow up unstructured. Woman of today is not secure , with doubts of relationship stability, of changing partners whether she is going to continue with the same man or live in the same house , these doubts affect her self image.
The one thing which is unique to India is that invaders have come , gone left their mark but woman have not been touched . From Mughals , to the Britishers India has withstood various attacks and these foreigners influenced the way of life , left deep impacts in our architecture to an extent in the culture but mainstream India has not been affected . Woman remained apart , the core was not touched and this is the reason the culture remains intact. Today the material wealth is gone ; there is poverty , disparity, malnutrition,and over population -but there remains one thing ....civilization . That ancient stream of civilization lives on , breathing fire to this country because of women.
The West also had the same practice but the deterioration of the basic unit , family culture has left an impact where we see the effects in todays world. We create jails , corrective institutions for our criminals but do we ever ask why they became like this?The highest learning is not imparted in schools, colleges , universities but in childhood.An education starts knee high at a mother's lap . The reconstruction of society , to rebuild is all in the hands of women.
She needs not to question whether she is inferior or superior than a man , she just needs to reestablish her family life balancing it in today's modern times with her career. If , we have been given this unique gift to bear children I guess we should instead of squabbling over the who and whys, suck it up and balance family and career life in tandem.
