2345 years ago Aristotle told his royal student: “If you destroy the Persians you will destroy one of the two pillars of civilization (and the world will be ours).” Alexander did that, transformed the world, and in turn we call him Great.
Aristotle was right, today we live in a Roman world our language has Latin roots our medicine and science have Latin names even our God is anthropomorphic like the Roman gods. As individuals we live and die for money, as a nation we discreetly conquer other nations and enslave people to amass wealth.
Now let’s look at the pillar that was destroyed and see if we would have been better off. The Persian Empire was founded in 550 BCE by Cyrus the Great, who gave the world its first charter of Human Rights, we see for the first time progress being made for the common good of all humankind. Instead of building temples they built the first highway, 2400 kilometers long, from Susa to Sardis to promote safe movement of people and their needs. They connected the Mediterranean to the Red Sea via the Nile and measured the depth of the waterways all the way to the Indus to chart a safe route for ships. They built Persipolis with paid labor from all over the empire. They paid maternity leave to women and women Generals lead their army.
They conquered tyrant rulers and replaced them with good leaders they freed slaves and even gave them gold to go and rebuilt what they had lost. They respected and afforded the freedom of belief to the conquered nations.
In Babylonia they introduced a system of irrigation that changed the face of the land; floods and famine became a thing of the past, only to be mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh and Noah’s Ark. They even introduced the use of wisdom among their enemies, the Greeks, for we see a short influx of philosophers after the peace treaty of 449 BCE, signed between the Persian and the Greeks. Majority of the philosophers were born in the Persian Empire and moved to Athens around this period.
Herodotus says “The erection of statues, temples, and altars is not an accepted practice among the Persians, and anyone who does such a thing is considered a fool…”
What was the philosophy behind this rational benevolent behavior?
Over 3750 years ago there lived a man in the kingdom of Balkh, on the borders of modern day Afghanistan and Iran who designated 63 degrees longitude as the scientific Meridian of the earth. His thesis was based on the fact that when it is Mid Day (Nim Ruz) at 63 degrees longitude, there is sunshine all over the hemisphere from Japan and Australia to the western tips of Africa. In Afghanistan this location is stilled unwittingly called Nim Ruz. Hello Galileo!
This gentleman was a realist who in an era when gods and goddesses ruled, proclaimed that earthquakes and typhoons were not acts of God, but the course of nature and advised that instead of prayers we should use our wisdom and find ways to live in harmony with such acts of nature. He further declared – “Wisdom creates Happiness and Pain”.
He also advised: Everything that is created is first a thought, so let your thoughts be Good. Good Thoughts are those that are in harmony with nature. Let ONLY your good thoughts be known through Good Words, for that is when creation first comes into being.
He prescribed a formula for progress, derived from nature. Where in wealth is measured by innovations that lead humankind towards perfection. The reward: Immortality; by way of fame and the loss of the “Fear of Death”.Gold, diamonds and dollars are not what you amass; you don’t need to conquer for resources, you share your innovations and make best use of available resources in harmony with nature.
SEVEN steps lead to this Pillar of civilization which Alexander destroyed and have since been lost to myths and superstition. It is incorporated in the Torah and the Bible but not understood. The Wise Men gave the first three principles to baby Jesus, they are the ones that have to be achieved the other four follow.
“Seven Eternal Laws”
1-VOHU-MANA – Good Mind – Use your Good Mind to inquire and learn the
2- ASHA-VAHISTA- Ultimate Truth- the Laws of Nature- Use them to make
3- KASH-ATRA-VAIRYA – Good Rules – Good Laws- Good Products – Which will lead to
4- SEPANTA-ARMAITY – Lawful Desire – Righteousness – which will pave the way towards
5- HURVATATA – Perfection – Mental, Physical and Spiritual – which will lead to
6- AMERETATA – Immortality –a) In Death being remembered for your good work for generations (b) In Life by losing the fear of Death –resulting in oneness with
7- AHURA-MAZDA – The Creator of Wisdom – through Self Realization-
KHOD = Self AH = to come.
The British Columbia Parliament building-Canada has honored him with a window pane which says “Zoroaster” and calls him the father of philosophy. Others erroneously call him a prophet? With advance in knowledge it is time to transform back to these principles; stop the perusal of wealth, discard superstition and blind faith.Let’s not be considered fools.