Puranas,
we consider as archaic and supernatural. But, what if these so-called
archaic 'Puranas' described the facts and technological prosperity of
the ancient past. What if, what we call supernatural was never
supernatural to our ancestors.
"Attack!
Attack! Fire!" said the general. I was stirred. What just
happened? I was sucked back to my world. A moment ago I saw light.
Immense light. Sun falling onto earth. People being evaporated. I
woke up just before… How? I was sure that it was no present age. I
could see forms which were beyond description. A strange familiarity,
I could find in these forms. I saw a mushroom cloud. Mushroom cloud?!
Impossible. I rushed to my historian and metaphysicist friend, Dr.
Christopher. Metaphysics had always been the topic of discussion
between us. I explained the light, the strange forms, the mushroom
cloud and all the strangely familiar things I saw to him. Christopher
was not surprised. He started, "In the early morning of July 16,
1945 the US military and many scientists tested in the state of
Mexico, something which could shake the earth. A weapon. A nuclear
bomb. First of its kind to be tested in the recent past. Viewing
stations were located at a distance of about 10 - 20 miles away from
the bombing site as precautionary measures. The blast was so intense
that the fireball was about 600 feet wide and had an effect 20000
times more than TNT". I sat amazed and dumbfound. "The
mushroom cloud rose to about 7 miles in height". Ah! The
mushroom cloud. Christopher continued with a superior
smile."Reverberations could be heard to about 100 mile away from
the explosion site". I cursed the inventor of such a device
which did no good to the world." This even left the inventor Dr.
J. Robert Oppenheimer shaken and terrified. He, with great pain and
grief expressed that he had become a destroyer of the world",
Christopher said. Haha.. What an irony!
But
I just couldn't relate my dream's time frame to this technology and I
demanded my friend an answer. Christopher asked me to patient and he
continued, "Descriptions of similar deadly occurrences could be
found in the very same text Dr.Oppenheimer quotes to after the
Mexican incident. The Bhagavadgita, a 100000 verse text which
contains the stories about the ancient empire of Rama". Now,
things started making slight sense. But I didn't interrupt. He never
liked that. He says that it spoils the illusion, at which he is
unquestionably good. "This text describes the usage of flying
chariots then and the incredible technological capabilities of that
age. Incredible weapons of mass destruction and fatal consequences
were used in the wars then as the text says. There are evidences
which prove the usage of nuclear weapons in those times. Brahmasthra,
was one, of that kind." I just couldn't resist my excitement. I
had to stop him. Now everything made perfect sense. But such a
technology then, left me aghast. It made more sense when he
said,"This text describes the disastrous effects of this deadly
weapon on human life. It is said that after the explosion, people
started losing their hair and their nails started to fall off."
Christopher
was ready with set of records. He showed the images of the sites
of…"In 1922, an Indian archaeologist discovered the sites of
Mohenjodaro civilisation." Yeah. Mohenjodaro. "When the
ruins were discovered in the 1920s in Mohenjodaro, forty four
skeletons were found lying in the streets with their faces down, many
holding hands. Their faces and body position suggested that they had
suffered a sudden violent death. There were many unanswered questions
hovering over these incidents. Why didn't the animals scavenge the
remains? Why didn't the bones decay?" Why? "Later , the
archaeologists and the scientists found increased level of radiation
all over the site. A British researcher had claimed to have found a
50 yard epicentre of an explosion at Mohenjodaro." Unbelievable.
Dr.
Lambert explained ,"A phenomenon called vitrification was
observed at the epicentre." Me, out of curiosity was compelled
to stop him and ask what 'Vitrification' was. " Vitrification is
the process in which regular type stone melts into magma state and it
hardens again and feels like glass" said Dr. Lambert, "This
phenomenon was observed even at the Mexican test site". We took
a break. I had to recall all the information he gave me. Because I
started to lose track of this complex strange incidents. Enthusiastic
Chris continued, "It is said that three cities made of three
different metals orbited around the earth. Once, these three cities
went for war with each other and it is said that fire came like rain
on earth." I even forgot to bid farewell to my friend when I
returned. I was lost in the ancient past.
I
returned home. I left poor. Not in terms of riches, but because of my
inability to see what I had. These epic scriptures are like an
elephant in a room which we don't notice because it's always there.
We have the resources, but rarely utilise them. The world we call
super-advanced, might not had been super-advanced enough, for our
ancestors. The earth herself has a story to tell which I and we need
to listen and assimilate.
Our
nation has been in the forefront in importing the ideas blindly from
West mainly because of its centuries old indoctrination by colonial
rulers, which has inculcated in us a feeling that anything Western is
good and anything Indian is inferior. Even, I'm a victim of that
diseased mindset. Hence, primarily we need to attain mental freedom
to achieve any other sort of liberty which is possible only if we are
willing to see the elephant inside my room, your room.
