News&views Feb 2010 spiritualism-USA American Hermit
News&Views Feb 2010
Spiritualism -USA
An american Vanaprastha ashrami Hermit
(see link of hubpage by 50caliber below)
After
the age of 50, getting a little detached from daily
routine one does as a house holder (Sanskrit word is Grahastha), is a feeling which has been there in India for a long
time. According to an old Indian tradition, life should be sort of
divided into four phases (ashrams, see links below).
www.hindunet.org/four_ashrams/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashrama_%28stage%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanaprastha
Third
phase should generally start at 50 and go on till 75 and is called
Vanaprastha ashram. During this time a person is supposed to live a bit
in solitude and like a hermit. How ever India is not the only place where
people follow this path (now a days of course it is not so common, but still
quite a few are there ). American style adventurism, which has been a
big asset for USA, in almost any aspect of life, technology, science,
simplicity, war, social work etc. has also inspired many to lead a
similar path. By chance I came across this interesting hub by
50caliber. He is indeed living a life of a hermit, a Vanaprastha
ashrami. More from himself.
Being a hermit-50caliber