BRAHMIN.

Having previously stated on this blog what I think BRAHMAN, BRAHMA (and also VISHNU and SHIVA) are, I would like to now explain what a BRAHMIN is, or better, what BRAHMIN are.

In the RAMAYANA, the main character is LORD RAMA, and his wife SITA, but there is also RAMA'S loyal servant HANUMAN, who looks like a man-sized ape. This story is set at least 40,000 years ago but through HANUMAN, looks back much further into evolutionary time, to our Primate ancestors.
At the exact point in evolution when a Primate became a Human, the first Humans gained, almost overnight, the ability to see themselves and the world around them subjectively. Like Adam and Eve, they had become self-aware. This was an evolutionary and physiological change in the Primates' brain that resulted in consciousness and the Intellect. It is via the Intellect that a Human can understand his/her Primal origins.
The late Primates then, were group mammals, with social inter-dependencies and functionality based primarily on gender. Taken as a unit, a male/female pair would fulfill 2 each of 4 necessary functions for evolutionary success of the species, success criteria being population numbers. Security-Reproduction(M-F) and Nurture-Strategy(F-M).
A single Primate (M or F) can fulfil this functionality, graphically demonstrated by dividing the body into 4 parts. UpperTorso - heart lungs arms - self-preservation, Pelvis - reproductive organs - reproduction, LowerTorso - stomach - nutrition, Head - PrimalMind - cunning e.g. trial and error for hunting, protection, fighting.
The early Humans then, retained Primate functional priorities, but added planning and pro-active action to the Head department via the newly formed Intellect. Exponential population growth ensued. As groups grew bigger, into 100's and 1000's, specialisation of social functions occurred and so Varna came to be. In priority, high to low; Ksatriya - warriors, Shudra - breeder/workers, Vaisya - farmers, Brahmin - planners/teachers.

The Brahmin developed abstract thought and language and were instrumental in developing Indian civilisation, perhaps the greatest the world has ever seen.
The Brahmin believe that every individual Human is Brahmin, in that every Human has an intellect, through which they may understand the source of their own consciousness, which is none other than BRAHMAN, the supreme being, and that this is the purpose of Human life.