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I don't go so far as to reject many ideas. Truly. I'm like a sponge: I soak up as much information as I can and try to equally and fairly weigh all points of view and perspectives. I like to try to learn about things without judging them. Even if I disagree with something, I try my best to educate myself upon it so that I can understand why other people believe it.

Even with religion, I'm pretty flexible. I'm a Christian, but I'm open to other belief systems. So, I'm familiar with the idea of Karma, and I believe in it to an extent.

This blog post isn't about religion or the religious ideology/theology behind Karma, though. It isn't meant to offend those Hindus or Buddhists who believe in Karma.

This post is about victim-blaming when it comes to illness. It's about "weaponizing" that Karma due to ignorance about certain medical conditions, or because you simply don't like someone and wish them ill will.

Over the past several years, I've come across health coaches and bloggers who have either explicitly or implicitly stated that people with illness bring it upon themselves.

While I cannot recall their names, there were several "health coaches" and "advocates" on Twitter who were spewing the rhetoric that autoimmune diseases and other conditions (including allergies, migraines, and, oh ... cancer) are all caused by our emotions, one even going so far as to berate the mother of a child with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

It was upsetting to witness.

Don't get me wrong: I know that there is actually a scientific link between depression and pain. In fact, I've written about it here, here, here, and here. There is also a link between RA and PTSD. Anxiety and depression will worsen the physical symptoms of many existing medical problems, or may even have some physical symptoms themselves. As a health writer, I know this.

However, saying, as one of these fine folks did, that "babies are born with illness because of damaged interpersonal relationships among their parents" is nonsense. Saying that an adult has cancer "becauase of unresolved childhood trauma or emotional baggage" is completely unsubstantiated by science. Saying that "women are too emotional and that's why they bring autoimmune problems upon themselves" is not only insulting and sexist, it's patently untrue. Women do have a higher rate of developing autoimmune conditions, but it's likely due to genetics and hormones: not because we are some over-emotional, hysterical, fragile little girls.

I'm not saying that ALL the "what we think we become" rhetoric is nonsense. I do think that a positive mindset can have a positive impact on our health, or at least cannot hurt. I do think that negative emotions can hinder our healing. And at times, I'm a skeptic about healthcare and medicine in general. I'm over-cautious. I have a touch of pharmacophobia and I've had some level of mistrust with several of my doctors, not because I don't trust all doctors, but because I didn't have faith in THOSE doctors or their staff. I'm not keen on putting too many chemicals in or on by body, and I'm not a fan of toxins or being mis-prescribed or over-prescribed too many drugs, or put on medications that are unnecessary or more dangerous than they are helpful. If a drug is to be taken as-needed, I use it only as-needed. For me, meds are last-resort options, not the first line of defense. And I like the alternative stuff. I've never met an acupuncturist or an essential oil or a massage that I didn't like. I've tried reiki. I see chiropractors. I'm down with supplements and herbal tea and yoga. I get it. I like the whole hippie-ish, clean-living, holistic and natural lifestyle. I admire it.

However, I'm also a realist and in intelligent human being that realizes that science is science, and science, though imperfect, is hard to argue. Sometimes - and most times - if you have a medical problem, you need to see a doctor and you need to follow their advice. Do I think that "Big Pharma" is out to make a buck (or a lot of them) off of us? Yes. Of course I do. It would be ignorant to not recognize that fact. Do I think that doctors and the pharma industry ALWAYS have our best interests at heart? No. They don't always, but there are good and bad employees and companies in every industry. Do I inherently always trust our FDA and USDA? No. I don't. But, I take medicine. I see doctors. And for the most part, I trust these doctors. And I trust the science.

Therefore, I'd like to say that I'm pretty balanced in my approach to managing and thinking about my health conditions. And I'm fair and open to new ideas and approaches about how to better cope with illness.

But until a reputable medical journal conducts an easily-replicated study on whether or not broken familial relationships cause cancer or illness in children, color me unimpressed. I don't buy it. I don't buy that me, with my ideal childhood and loving family, and still awesome-aside-from-illness life, am affected by multitudinous medical problems - most lifelong, some relatively debilitating and serious - because of some "bad relationships" or "feeling too many feelings."

Am I emotional? Yes. Do I consider myself to be an empath? Yes. I pretty much absorb negative energy. (*Also not a scientifically-proven notion.) Have I had bad relationships? Yes. Have they made me sick? Well, not in the way that these folks are implying.

This whole thing got taken to a whole other level over the weekend when people said that Kim Kardashian deserved to get psoriasis because she is vain, and that Karma caused her to get it. People on my page point-blank said that she brought it upon herself, that she deserved to have an autoimmune health issue ... becuase of Karma.

When I asked if babies who were born sick were then born that way because of Karma, I got answers ranging from "yes" to "no, only Kim Kardashian," which makes no sense. If you believe in Karma, and believe that Karma causes medical issues either in this lifetime or the next one, then you believe in that for ALL people - not just Kim Kardashian because you don't like her. Don't be a hypocrite about it.

People who do believe in Karma in its purest spiritual sense may actually agree that, yes, Karma causes illness - that bad things done in lives caught up to you in this life, and you fall ill because of that. But this applies to all people (IF you truly believe it,) and not just a celebrity you like to trash. (Or think IS trash.)

If you disagree with the life coaches on Twitter that told a JA mom she was at fault for her child's illness or that the kid deserved to be sick, then you should also disagree with the notion that Kim Kardashian caused her illness or somehow deserves it. Because people are people, and illness is illness.

We either bring it upon ourselves and "deserve" it ... or we don't.

The idea of illness as punishment is offensive. I don't think God or Karma or the Universe gives us illness to punish us.

I'm not easily offended in general, but certain things do offend me. This idea that illness is in our heads or we brought it upon ourselves is one of them. (So is certain language surrounding illness, or the mockery of sick or disabled people. Okay, so pretty much, many of the things that actually do offend me are related to health/illness/disability.)

The notion of just brushing off sickness as something to laugh at, or looking at sickness something that we must cause ourselves, is both hurtful and insulting to someone like myself who is both a patient and a patient advocate.

If Kim Kardashian (who, granted, is not an ideal role model or a talented artistic genius of any sorts,) brought her autoimmune disease upon herself because she is vain, then that means everyone who is sick has character flaws that are so bad that Karma decided to strike them with terrible illnesses. (*Note: I know a lot of vain and shallow people who have perfect health. So, there's that.)

By this logic, is that to say, then, that when I started having health problems as a child, it was because I was a terrible person in a previous life? I guess when good people get cancer, it's because they deserve it. And I guess all of the 100% healthy rapists, pedophiles, murderers, etc. are healthy because they are flawless paragons of the human race.

Because, Karma.

I don't buy it. Because even if you despise Kim Kardashian and her family, do you really think that she's worse than a child molester? A serial killer? A terrorist? Because if types of people can be healthy, and people like me, and you, and tons of other people I know who are WONDERFUL human beings are dealing with health problems, then the "karma causes illness" and "you brought it upon yourself" argument is flawed ... even if you personally are SO not Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

I'm not saying that Karma doesn't exist. I think that we should put good out into the world and that hopefully that good will come back. I don't know whether we have all lived past lives or not. But I have to be on the side of science when it comes to the argument of whether or not Karma is the causative factor of all of my diagnoses, and yours.

Edit: If your only takeaway from this blog post is: "Arthritis Ashley is defending Kim Kardashian," then you need to read my previous post about not misreading someone's messaging or twisting their intentions 😉

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The History of India's Social Class System (the Caste System)

India's caste system is a class system based on birth. These classes, or "Varnas," are Brahmins (priests), Kshatriyas (ruling and military), Vaishyas (merchants and farmers), Shudras (peasants), Dalits (untouchables)... which is almost exactly like Plato's class system in his Republic. (even down to the noble lie).

In other words, India's class system is unique, as no other major culture historically used a fully hereditary class system that was as defined and tied to their faith as the Indians. Most systems, from Athens, to Rome, to Britain, historically based class on wealth and power, with only governmental power, wealth, and slavery [sometimes] being passed down through birth.

The system is disturbing in many ways, but it speaks to a very important fundamental aspect of nature. This is that people are naturally divided into classes, and some types of personalities are naturally suited for certain roles.

While today few would argue that roles and classes should not be mandated by birth or the state, and should be instead defined by individual choice and merit, many would argue that hereditary class systems none-the-less exist in practice in most of our history's cultures.

Below we take a deeper look at India's class system.

The Caste System and Ancient Indian Society.

NOTE: It is interesting that one of the cultures that best withstood the warring factions of history, India, has long organized itself into a structured system like this. Plato eludes to a system like this being sustainable, issues of morality and liberty aside, the system did seem to work in practice.

FACT: Caste is an English word to describe India's traditional hierarchical system. In India, the terms are varna ( color) for caste and jāti ( birth) for a subgroup within a caste. Indians organized themselves into jāti before the Varna system was implemented in the Vedic era (1500-800 BCE).

FACT: You might have noticed the graphic said Aryan. This is the same as Hitler's concept of Aryan race, as he stole it from the Indians. It means those who are of a higher class by birthright.

FACT: The Caste system still exists to some extent in India, and class systems have been persistent despite any culture's efforts. Classes even exist in those Communist societies who claim to have abolished it. In India, caste reforms are similar to affirmative action in the West; lower castes are given extra help, which has drawn a backlash. See Why India is still fighting over caste system.

Part I - Untouchability & Casteism (Castes) Still EXISTS even Today in India- 2016.Must Watch It.

The Castes Explained

Each class is said to have Natural Qualities. They are:

Sattva qualities include wisdom, intelligence, honesty, goodness and other positive qualities.

Rajas include qualities like passion, pride, valor and other passionate qualities.

Tamas qualities include dullness, stupidity, lack of creativity and other negative qualities. People with different doses of these inherent qualities adopted different types of occupation according to caste theory.

The Classes (Varnas) who have natural Qualities:

Brahmins were said to have Sattva qualities. They were priests.

Kshatriyas were inherently Rajas and Sattva, the ruling and military elite. Their role was to protect society by fighting in wartime and governing in peacetime.

Vaishyas were believed to possess Rajas qualities inherently. They were agriculturalists, cattle rearers, and traders.

Shudras were held to possess Tamas qualities inherently. They served the other Varnas and were the original slave-like or peasant-like population.

Dalits were the class of untouchables. They did menial and despised jobs and were thus believed to be "polluted."

TIP: According to the the Rig Veda (the first scripture of Hinduism, containing spiritual and scientific knowledge) the castes come from the body of Purusha, a "cosmic being" who sacrificed himself to create the universe. The priest or Brahmin come from his mouth; the warrior Kshatriyas come from his arms; the peasant or Vaishya come from his thighs; the servant or Shudra come from his legs. The Dalits class was added later, probably after the 4th century.

Why Does This Matter?

The above matters for two reasons.

1. It helps us remember that different ancient cultures evolved in different ways, yet we all share traits. We should remember the History of India from the early days to the Mughals, to the English East India Company, to Gandhi, to the modern day.

2. We can look at other cultures and see how these same classes arose in different ways. They seem to be systems that form along with social groupings, which we could see as naturally arising systems. I'm not arguing they are hereditary; just that they appear to form naturally.

European society has historically been divided by:

Churches

Kings, Aristocracy, and Their Army

Merchants and Oligarchs

Peasants

Slaves

Brief Notes on The Greek and Roman Class Systems

Likewise, Athens divided itself into lower (Thetes - laborers), middle (Yoked Men - Merchants), upper class (horse breeders - horse owners), and highest class (Pentacosiomedimni - land owners). They also had two non-citizen classes (resident aliens and slaves).

Not only did Athens (and other societies like Sparta and Rome) divide their societies by class, but Plato's ideal society from his Republic contains a rigid class strikingly similar to the Varnas system used in India.

The key difference between the Varnas and Plato's ideal classes is that Plato didn't have a lowest class on paper and his classes where non hereditary (people could choose a class early in life to fit their tastes). Another key difference from other class systems was that it was more focused on job than status. Also, unlike many societies, Plato's ideal system made men and women equals. However, all this should be waited against the fact that Athens had a slave class and lower class and women weren't equals in practice.

The Class System as an Overarching Metaphor

At first glance, especially with the lowest Dalits class considered, the caste system seems ridged and unfair... But give Plato's Republic a read, and you can see why the general concept is less about a single culture and more about the different types of humans and jobs that need doing in a society.

With the negatives of a class system noted, I would go as far as to say that the class system works well as a metaphor for societies, politics, and even the human soul (in every case being a metaphor for the balance and moderation of different powers)... but this is no different than what Plato says, and perhaps this is the concept behind the Varnas in the first place.

Ultimately, I am of the opinion that major aspects of the left-right political system can be summarized by these four (or five if slavery is included) classes, as each relates back to an aspect of the human condition and general types of people.

Today we my frown on a class system, but looking deeper we might say: Whether social division occurs with capitalism, socialism, Indian culture, Islamic Mughals, Mongols, the Rus', or what have you, a division of labor and related class system seems to be an underlying paradigm in most societies.

TIP: Learn more about Plato's Republic and his class system, or see an explanation of the modern American class system (which is very similar but not purely based on birth).

Reality of Caste System by Hindu Scholar Jay Lakhani.

TIP: See forms of government for definitions. See naturally occurring systems for more systems that seem to arise naturally in cultures.

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it is the creation of Brahmins, they were free to become atheists/embrace other faiths so as to be free from the dictates of the scriptures. They did not do it for whatsoever reasons. Therefore, the other castes were equally at fault because since they believed the scriptures and followed them on their own accord.

The only education available at that time, was the spiritual teaching of religion as per the vedas and smrithis and puranas'. These had specifically allotted different functions to different castes and in the process, learning of scriptures were denied to some class of people (castes) as per the injunctions of the sacred books. But once the western education came into picture people are now free to learn any branch of education as it does involve karma theory or purity or lofty ideals preached by the Hindu scriptures.

Now blaming Brahmins for everything of the past and the resultant present ,is incorrect and faulty in logic. Actually, Brahmins are suffering in India owing to discrimination arising out of above factors and propaganda by other castes. Brahmins can be located separately if it can make the other castes happy as also the brahmins.

Nobody is superior or inferior in this world. A person becomes superior or inferior by his own acts and deeds.

It is a fact that the Brahmins exploited non Brahmins for many centuries. Let Brahmins remember their ancestors' exploitation of the non Brahmins and educate themselves and others not to indulge in such things.

If they say they are superior to all the people and start to exploit others again, it is sure that the Brahmins would become the real Dalits in India and would face the same exploitation as faced by the non Brahmins in the past.

Brahmins have not come from Heaven. We all are born in this earth only.

I am really concerned about the poor Brahmins

. Why should the poor Brahmins should be condemned/punished for their ancestors' mistakes? To accommodate injustice to poor Brahmins, there should be reservations to poor Brahmins or the reservation system should be based on the economical condition of the person/family.

We are here in this world to live together in harmony. Nobody is going to take his wealth and caste after his death. Do not blame any castes, religion, class of people. We are just human beings.

friends are Kshatriya and all your life, you have heard only about using swords, spears, bows and arrows, courage, eating healthy, war strategies and all those things related to security. Your mind is bound to be molded to a Kshatriya dharma. People from all four castes were working for a king within a kingdom.

Bramhins were seekers who had mastered subconscious ways and understood universal concepts. Besides seeking truth, they performed key functions of the society such as weddings. Also, they were responsible for educating people from other castes. However, to make it easy for people from other castes to understand they how they functioned, they created a universal concept into a humanoid God with distinct characteristics. E.g., Bramha is the creator of universe. "GOD" stands for Generator (Bramha), Operator (Vishnu) and Destroyer (Mahesh). So in scientific terms, Bramha is the Big bang, Mahesh is the Big shrink, and the journey of universe in between is Vishnu. Since Bramhins were using their subconscious mindd to explore and express, they were very creative, which resulted in creating all texts (e.g. vedas) as Sanskrit poems. It is their powerful imagination that led to creating such meaningful humanoid GODs. There is no one "God" in Hinduism. All 33 million "gods" are actually scientific concepts encapsulated for common people to comprehend in their everyday language. --LeoJr.

of brahmins by showing that all are children of God, none created superior or inferior.

It is our deeds that will determine our path to attain the divine world. I don't wish any harm on anyone (brahmins or not) but I will not stand by people who proclaim superiority by birth!

@anon289198: You stated "most of the Rishis were Brahmins" Did Rishis have castes? Aren't the saints free of castes!

I do know the real meaning of Rishi! A 'Rishi' is free from any caste. Did you know that? Don't just blindly, ignorantly state all Rishis are Brahmins.

Please do some research and you will find what and who is a Rishi.

So many posts here show their ignorance, false pride and superior attitude of being born in a Brahmin family. I hope and pray that India totally abolishes, walks past this caste/varna system, removes the reservation/quota system, which is unfair to the forward caste community.(I hope one day there are no caste divisions at all!)

I am from a forward caste (so called) family, but I work with an organization that promotes the welfare of all Indian citizens. We need a courageous, visionary leader to remove all caste/religious based laws in our system.

) did make some of the mistakes in avoiding the spread of contagious diseases that leads to untouchables as we don't know the medicines to cure such diseases. At that time, they just thought about stopping the spreading of disease (prevention is better than curing). But some of the people who were brahmins who didn't know the main reason to avoid these people, followed it as a superstition. That is, the main mistake we made. Other than this, there is no reason to blame us. Somebody may say that only brahmins have the right to study vedas, but it's wrong. Brahmins don't eat flesh and other non-vegetables, so their tongues have the capability to twist for mantras. For that reason only are brahmins capable of chanting. Other people who don't eat meat can also study the vedas. Even in the old days, the brahmins also ate meat which was taken from the dead animals, but not taken from the animals which were alive.

root of the vedas, what you will find is that casteism is wrongly understood. There is a line which says, "by birth everyone is sudra, by work he can be kshatriya and baisya and by acquiring the complete knowledge of this material world, purpose of life and god he is brahmana".

You all should be broadminded. You say that brahmins show you the face of inequality, but you and I all know you or the government do the same in reverse.

Some people ridicule the beliefs and the harmless way of living of brahmins. The government is using the reservation system (one of the most unfair systems) as a vote bank and they will never change it easily and majority of the non-brahmin also wouldn't let it happen. So who will be selfish then? Do you think this is fair or equality or humanity?

By the way, I don't believe in any caste or religion. I believe in humanity. I see black people, white people, Chinese, biharis, etc., etc., equally but the condition is they should have human hearts and they shouldn't be racist. Be human first. Peace.

I always see people saying brahmins are bad and they humiliated sudras and all that. First of all, we don't know what a brahman is. A Brahman is one who follows three rules in his life:

1. Respects all women like his mother.

2. Looks at others' money/materials like waste.

3. Looks at every life like his. If a person follows these rules, he is worth worshiping and does not need any caste certificate.

I see some people saying that brahmins ruined sudras for centuries, but at that time what were the assets besides land? They are of no use today and for your information, these brahmins have been ruined for last 60 years in the name of reservation and

actually, these brahmins never saw those sudras who were humiliated centuries ago.

Now the same thing is being repeated in the opposite direction. If we are to be impartial, this is the time to bring the economic categorisation and supporting system based accordingly.

people of the indian society, they do all other productive works. They do the plowing, transplanting, weeding and growing all kinds of food from season to season, feeding the humanity. They carpenters, masons, goldsmiths and all other technical people are considered low because they are contributing to the society to survive. They learn all their knowledge from one another from day to day practical knowledge and experience without going to gurukulam of the wise brahmins.

Then above these people, the vaishyas, the traders, business people who are very necessary to buy and sell products and produces to the wider sections of society and thereby making their living. These are the three basic communities contributing to living a life.

The kshatriyas, the kings and the Brahmin priests claim to protect from enemy nations and wild animals on the one hand and from the wrath of god and devils on the other hand. You literally do not need these two sections that are born to loot and cheat the rest of the community. You can think of the politicians, lawmakers and the learned pundits and what have they do all these years for other sections of humanity. Who is high and who is low? Let their actions speak for themselves. Action and not rhetoric make life meaningful. Make your life meaningful in relation to helping and serving fellow human beings and not in cheating, manipulating and threatening and exploiting the fellow human beings. Do not try to argue and justify. Go deep into self introspection. And you would accept the truth in silence. M.Prabakaran.

. You should know that this is not the only community/caste in India which enjoyed such power and influence over the society; it is a common phenomenon in all ancient societies, and you should also know that not much has changed even now, since even now a minority group (call it a party, coterie, lobby, junta or whatever), rule and they also have become a close-knit group enjoying unparalleled privileges.

We have to go deep into the processes of social development and the roles of ruling cliques and their allied groups who are supportive of such systems. With such historicity and antiquity, naturally, the brahmins have passed through ups and downs during their many millennia-old existence, and this is not the first time that it is facing the crisis and to its credit, it coped, nay, overcame the gigantic hurdles successfully. Do you know how? By adjusting to the circumstances which no other community can boast of.

Having said that, it must be admitted that so long as it adhered to a strict, disciplined way of vedic lifestyle, leading a pious life, with a love for learning, it was strong and vibrant. But the moment, they accepted the donations of land, they have started leading an easy life, are addicted to vices, and developing a distaste for learning, so they have fallen from grace. It is naive to say that the brahmin community is silly. There may be cases. Such a big and influential community would have assorted kinds of people in its fold.

This caste boasts of a galaxy of great men that hardly any other group of people can parallel except the jews. On the one hand, you have: Dronacharya, Parshuram, Yajnavalkya,chandrashekhar venkatraman, Rabindranath Tagore, Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Raja Rammohan Roy and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, to name only a few as an illustration. But on the other hand, we have pujaris, pandas and purohits who are greedy, mean, cunning and have the tendency to cheat people in the name religion and these are precisely the people who have brought an ill reputation to the caste as whole. But they are only a small part of the caste.

However, the man on the street, recognises the caste on through these people. But to say that they are beggars is only an insinuation, though there is an element of truth in it, because the brahmins by and large, are averse to physical labor and are timid. But the time has come where the brahmins should realize that it is their moral degradation, aversion to physical labor, and a lack of proper effort to make their livelihoods through hard physical labor that are strong reasons for their downfall. A strong revival is needed.

realize that the cost of such political ground could be more expensive in the long run. Sanskrit, Tamil, Hindi, English, any language can be made pure.

But remember, the purest language is silence. Never is anything pure by exclusion. Your pain is not pure because your legs don't weep for your legs, but your eyes do. One can argue, Indian, Tamil, British, one emperor's ambition does not make a nation's creed. Gandhi, or Nehru,or Kamaraj, Rajaji, or any one leader does not make this Nation, it is each one of us, together make a nation. Just make sure you keep your personal faith, view, belief, thought, action is such a way not to harm another human being, lest be it for your survival. This nation be it Hindu, Muslim, christian, Buddhist, Jain or any sub sect, has been resilient due to the amalgamate individuality that it is has offered to one and all citizens of this earth.

All lovers of life are my relatives, all of this world is my home.

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caste is not hereditary, you can declare your caste on your own.

reasoning: caste was based only person's abilities and activities etc. so whatever Brahmins now are also a human beings and others who are not Brahmins also performs the acts of Brahmins and so it is.

just add any one of the surname of Brahmin's to your name and from the day onwards you are a Brahmin's.

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it is the creation of Brahmins, they were free to become atheists/embrace other faiths so as to be free from the dictates of the scriptures. They did not do it for whatsoever reasons. Therefore, the other castes were equally at fault because since they believed the scriptures and followed them on their own accord.