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I would like to concur with the thoughts of these revolutionary professionals who tried to raise this curiosity of Indian psychology. I think our Indian psychology and psychotherapies were far more developed than any of these called highly developed nations. Let us take the example of humanistic psychology, which Abraham Maslow claimed to invent. I would just say that he discovered this kind of theory from our ancient culture and just changed the language and presentation, otherwise the basic philosophy was still the same. Let us see his concept of Needs hierarchy- we knew it very well but terms were different. Let us see his theory of education for T-systems, even then I would say that we always had "Gurukul" system of education where we do not find anything as structured but at the same time a kind of discipline was there and at those days education was fun, where student has got the right to choose the course he was interested in his Guru assessed his aptitude for it and finally had lots of healthy competitions after their "Abhayas" and nobody was forced to read all these subjects with lots of pressure to perform to score in exams. Those days they had quest for knowledge and knowledge was more of practical’s than theoretically based, which gave more value for researchers, rather than muggers, rote learners or scorers in so called "fairly judged exams". Now, these international corporate schools are doing good business with this "activity based learning" and "fun based teaching" concept and deceiving the masses on the name of quality education, but actually it is just a quality money to be received by the school owners for doing nothing and giving the same activity to each of their student without finding out their interests and aptitude for it and finally, these activities are given at home to complete by the parents and finally each student is graded according to the performance of their parents.

Same is true for psychotherapy. I think western psychologist are rediscovering those therapies in which Indians have already acheived great heights, whether it is kind of psychoanalyses-where lots of "Rishis and Munis" in India were expert in such analyses and they did not spend so much of sessions like psychoanalyses describes - they also interpreted your dreams etc. Moreover, they suggested you to go for different kinds of sports and activities when you were in "Vishada" they recommended different kind off yogic activities along with the development of hobbies and keeping yourself busy in something interesting like todays activity scheduling to make the day more productive and also the motivation for the achievement. Also, for proper sleep they prescribed home made remedies like "milk' and "curd" which we all know that it has antidepressant qualities having serotonin into it. So, if we have modern sciences today and I am not against it at any moment even though it may appear from my views above as I am open to all views and when we try to close our views to some kind of restrictions with our dogmatic biases.

Hence, I would request everyone to be open to all kinds of views , sciences and research and look it as beautiful as science and not reducing it to ancient Indian research like most of the western professional are saying it and many Indian Professionals are believing that Indian science could be discarded. Actually, nothing could be discarded but every discipline could be enhanced. And this we could do only if we are open to all kind of views. Being, open to every new kind of research and being flexible to any kind of ideas would help us grow, otherwise what would be the difference between us and them who had already closed doors to Indian Psychology just because they had lot of complexes as their psychology is really in evolution and probably they find it difficult to admit this fact.

Of course, we had now psychology as different subject, discipline and profession as per the western rules and standards and so we could thank the west at the same time to provide insight or "Vipassana" into the issue more seriously.

Good Luck and enjoy your work and other activities and do not close the doors of your mind to any new ideas or thoughts but of course, you need to close the doors of your house before you sleep to have a sound sleep without any fear of inviting thieves etc. to your house. And you know this is the beauty of human mind that nobody can steal it even if you leave it open for the whole night as you dream something whole night and maybe next day your dreams are true! So be open and positive about every piece of idea and knowledge which helps you to grow….

With best wishes in your new pursuits without disregarding the older ones and having sweet dreams of self actualization and taking responsibilities which our Indian Philosophers said as “Aham Brahmasmi” so you are the divine power to grow and let others grow. Just do not block your mental channels!


A lots of applause to you for appealing a real cause for psychology. Why to bring east or west or reduce to Indian or British or American Psychology when psychology itself believes in lots of humanity, individuality and freedom of expression of your feelings and thoughts in a socially acceptable , yet in a very subjective and highly individualistic manner without any kind of forceful decisions or biases. I am proud to be an Indian and never would go against our own roots of psychology laid be several "rishis" or "munis" who were highly philosophical and even have science as described in "Charak Samhita" with home based remedies too but today we cannot compare them with several self styled Godman who misleads the masses for their own selfish motives and call themselves "a great human " and worshipped as "the messengers of God" even in the highly educated groups. I think if we become as dogmatic as western scholars are to reject as "western conspiracy" then we would never be able to grow and have further researches. As we all know that our Indian psychology - a more of philosophy was highly developed than many of the western theories but today we have come a long way from just theories and philosophies , now it is just not a subjective thought which you may call theory or philosophy it has evolved as a science with structured and standars definitions and the philosophy or theory is just a "hypothesis" which demands certain kinds of rules and regulations to follow with international standards following some statistical norms and this would then be no longer a regional psychology- then it would be a real psychology and now more of a scientific expression of thoughts in more individualized and artistic way.

So open up the locks of your mind-absorb whatever you feel is suitable-whether Indian or western and go for the cause of psychology as a discipline rather than just limiting it to Indian or western psychology for psychology as a discipline knows no geographical boundaries, or cultural limitations or language barriers. It is a discipline free of just these limitations and that is where its beauty lie.

And if you really believe in Indian Philosophy, culture and traditions then how could you forget the word “Vasudheiv Kutumbukam”- the whole earth is your home- and remember Wayne W Dyer’s message that “Sky is the limit”

Just see it as a beautiful discipline of “science based on your art of expression of your mind…and not restrict it to region but set it free…for the masses…for the cause of humanity…for the growth of the human society by and large…”

Let us join hands for the cause of humanity ….Have a vision and insight (Vipassana called in ancient India), test it through the rules and regulations of science (and not through region or religion), and fly like a free bird in the air where sky is the limit.

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