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Four Varnas of Indian Culture

I always wonder about the number 4. This number appears too much in nature. There are 4 types of blood. A, B, AB and O. There are 4 types of people in the world. Asians, Chinese (Japan-China region), Africans and Europeans (Europe, America and Australia region). There are 4 Varnas in India culture. Brahmans , Kshatriya , Vashyas and Shudra . There are 4 Ashrams in Indian culture. Bal ashram, Vidhya Ashram, Grahsth ashram and Sanyas asram . I always believe that there is some relation between all these fours. Initially I thought that the varna system of Indian culture may have some relation with blood groups. Originally, this system was based on the nature of profession. Now it is based on the birth. I still have to do some more research in this area. Since blood group is not mentioned anywhere in the Indian mythology, I thought that the creators of the varna system might have represented the blood group with 4 varnas . The relationship between blood group and behaviour of a

Give up all the knowledge, If you want to get close to GOD

I was fed off reading technical and personality development books. so yesterday I visited my favourite book shop and search for something light-weight. While moving here and there, I found myself standing at the Osho section of book shop. I have never read Osho earlier, So I decided to read osho this time. I grabbed the first book, that was nearest to me. It was in Hindi, but that doesn't matter to me. The book's title was "Shunya Ki Naav" (the boat of vaccum). By the word vaccum (or shunya), I mean that state of mind, where nothing is there. When I read this book, I come to know that Osho was a great phylosopher and thinker. He presented the material in such a logical way, that you cannot argue against it. He was a great teacher. I have only go though half of the pages of this book so far. But it inspired me to such an extent, that I cannot stop myself writing this post. Osho says, aquisition of knowledge is the main barrier in getting close to GOD. If you want to b