How Did Writing Begin? || Acharya Prashant

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00:00I was just reading somewhere that there are places that were fertile, rich in water.

00:04So there, when man started writing, some kind of ink came very early.

00:08Therefore, if you are writing using a liquid medium, using your right hand,

00:12then the script has to run from left to right.

00:16Because if it will run from right to left, then this hand might spoil what you have written.

00:21Do you get this?

00:21If you write this way, then this hand doesn't come into play and your words are safe.

00:25But if you write this way, my hand inadvertently touch that and the words might be spoiled.

00:29And then there are places where water was scarce.

00:32So there, calligraphy started in a totally different way.

00:35They started etching things over stone.

00:38Then which hand would typically hold the hammer, the right hand?

00:42So you will move from this side to this.

00:44It's all coming from the universe.

00:46Whether you write from left or from left to right, it's coming from the entirety of things.

00:51It's coming from geography.

00:52It is not coming from your taste.

00:54It is not coming from the God.

00:55But you claim ownership.

00:56You say, you know, I take pride in the way I write.

00:59You say, you know, I take pride in the way I write.

01:02You say, you know, I take pride in the way I write.

01:03You say, you know, I take pride in the way I write.

01:04You say, you know, I take pride in the way I write.

01:05You say, you know, I take pride in the way I write.

01:06You say, you know, I take pride in the way I write.

01:08You say, you know, I take pride in the way I write.

01:10You say, you know, I take pride in the way I write.

01:12You say, you know, I take pride in the way I write.

01:14You say, you know, I take pride in the way I write.

01:16You say, you know, I take pride in the way I write.

01:18You say, you know, I take pride in the way I write.

01:20You say, you know, I take pride in the way I write.