--- In evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com, "Rowan Berkeley"
<rowan_berkeley@y...> wrote:
>
> oh, come on, what is the idea of aryanism if not a dogma?
>
The Roman:
hostem cum fugeret, se Fannius ipse peremit.
hic, rogo, non furor est, ne moriare, mori?
"As he was fleeing the enemy, Fannius killed himself. I ask you! Is
this not madness - dying so as not to die?" (Epigrams of Martial,
2.80)
The Japanese:
"The Way of the Samurai is found in death. When it comes to
either/or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not
particularly difficult. Be determined and advance. To say that dying
without reaching one's aim is to die a dog's death is the frivolous
way of sophisticates. When pressed with the choice of life or death,
it is not necessary to gain one's aim.
We all want to live. And in large part we make our logic according to
what we like. But not having attained our aim and continuing to live
is cowardice. This is a thin dangerous line. To die without gaming
one's aim is a dog's death and fanaticism. But there is no shame in
this. This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai. If by setting
one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as
though his body were already dead, he pains freedom in the Way. His
whole life will be without blame, and he will succeed in his
calling." (Hagakure)
The Indian:
"Know naught! Life cannot slay. Life is not slain. ...This Life
within all living things... hides beyond harm... do thy
part. ...Either being killed, thou wilt win Swarga's safety, or alive
and victor - thou wilt reign an earthly king. Therefore, arise,...
nerve thy heart to meet as things alike to thee - pleasure or pain,
profit or ruin, victory or defeat: gird thee to the fight, for so,
thou shalt not sin!" (Krishna; Bhagavad Gita, 2)
What is common to them?
Honour?
1) I am Aryan, so I should want this.
2) Because I wanted this, I am Aryan. (This includes - Because I
wanted to be Aryan, I am Aryan.)
Honour is in the honesty of never moulding your dreams to fit in with
the thought, to do this is Aryan, to do this is un-Aryan...
I am a Warrior, so I should fight - This WAS Arjuna's thinking before
Krishna appeared.
I fight, therefore I am called a Warrior... This IS Arjuna's thinking
after.
Be it even the highest ideal, I think real Honour is in pursuing with
honesty, after our own nature... after that, whatever we may become,
whether we fit into that ideal or not, it does not matter anymore. We
become who we are, what we are.
I don't think Aryanism, or even the idea of it, has ever been
dogmatic.
Regards.