A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ROMA PEOPLE
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For many centuries, people were interested in the behavior of one nation that was unlike all the others. It lived and developed in accordance with other principles, but at the same time, it always managed to adapt to the environment in which it lived.
These people are the Gypsies (or Roma). Where are they going? What are they carrying? What is their goal?
History and legend tell us that the Gypsy people became nomads who brought their teachings and culture to the world. Their aim was not to create ways of becoming powerful. They did not fight with anyone, but simply left unfriendly lands without condemning anyone and without harming the land and environment. The ancient civilization of the Indus Valley adhered to the principle of Ahimsa, which said that no warriors could be part of its population. Frequent barbarian invasions, however, forced the rulers of the valley to maintain armies of foreign mercenaries, and their growth led to the collapse of the state during the 3rd century BC.
After that, the rulers of the former Indus Valley civilization roamed across the vast plateaus of modern-day Iran with their relatives and their subjects. It was then that the Gypsy nationality emerged. By the end of the 18th century BC, the Gypsies had created their own state in the eastern part of Lower Egypt, with their capital being Avaris in the Nile delta. They became known as the 15th Dynasty under the Egyptian word "Hyksos," which means "rulers of foreign lands."
The dynasty consisted of six kings who became known as legendary Gypsy pharaohs. The Hyksos brought many technical innovations to Egypt, including horse breeding, wheeled transport, as well as new musical instruments and musical styles. They also simplified Egyptian writing by creating a new alphabet.
European or Jewish tribes began to appear in Palestine during the 15th and 14th centuries BC. During the 11th and 10th centuries BC, they created the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, which were united for a brief period by King Solomon. At the end of the 8th century BC, Assyrian king Sargon II subjugated Israel. Judea was conquered in 586 BC by Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar.
Since that time, the Jews, like the Gypsies, have scattered all across the world to take part in the creation and development of cultures and states. Gypsies spread the pagan cult of nature until they encountered Jesus of Nazareth. The Jews preached the Jewish religion, according to which they were God's chosen people. This later led to the emergency of other religions such as Christianity, which grew out of Judaism and was spread by some of the Jews. Christianity soon conquered the western world, and everything plunged into black maya, i.e., the illusory appearance of a real world.
Let us now turn the page to a time which changed the essence of the Roma people and determined their further path toward development. You may have guessed that this was the time when the son of God, Jesus, came to the Earth, bringing with him a new and cosmic love of law and creation, as well as the law of developing the soul throughout the sensible world. The Gypsies were bewitched by these stories. They listened to Jesus with great interest and immediately believed in and accepted his teachings as the future for the development of mankind. The Gypsies were prepared to become his disciples and to echo his word, because the knowledge that was given by the teacher had to be passed from mouth to mouth. In the absence of laws, the "Good News" was presented, and this was supposed to prepare humanity for changes that would allow them to live according to the new laws -- create, love your enemy, turn your other cheek, do not hold grudges and do not judge others.
This was a hard task, changing the development of our civilization via the sensible world and relying on love, particularly at a time when the laws of power, deception, betrayal, lack of culture and cruelty ruled throughout the world. The law of the absolute and harmony which came down to the Jewish people from Moses was also the law of creation and destruction. The Jewish people had their own goal -- to bring usury into the world.
People in the Roman Empire believed in different gods at that time. Polytheism also flourished in Byzantium, Persia, Babylon, India, etc. There was a lack of culture in the West, and people still lived in the barbaric world. What new law could be discussed at that time? How could the commandment of loving one's enemy be fulfilled?
The people who had brought Vedic knowledge to the world for many years were prepared to accept the new law of he cosmos, the law of creation and love. They were prepared to convey its essence and understanding to all of the peoples of the world, thus showing the world how the laws worked by setting an example of living in accordance with them.
It was probably at that point that people received a blessing from the teacher to take upon themselves a chance to show the world a new way of developing the human soul through the sensory world, by developing arts and crafts, and by presenting only good and new knowledge to people without receiving anything in return.
Humanity at that time was raised in fear, and there were harsh laws of slavery that were invented by men. The new law which broke up their order was not needed by anyone. Gypsies watched as the first Christians who accepted the new teaching were severely persecuted. The new teaching was destroyed at the root so that no illusion would be left for a person who can dream about changing his destiny -- equality, living for others and being the creator not only of one's own fate, but also that of the creator of the universe, because the teacher provided immortality to our soul.
Gypsies had to create their own plan on fulfilling their destiny, because the fate of our civilization depended on that. The great Council of the Roma (Gypsy) people gathered in the city of Caesarea, not far from Jerusalem at a time when great repressions and persecutions were being waged against the early Christians who were mercilessly destroyed whenever that was possible. The Roma people realized that the task of bringing the "Good News" to the world was not at all easy, and so they had to decide whether to transmit their knowledge about Jesus of Nazareth not by writing stories, but instead by accepting the new laws of creation and love into their own way of life. That was done. "Good News" became "Romanipen," which became the internal constitution for the Roma, as well as "telepathy" related to the "Roma mail." This meant a change in relations among the Gypsies, but also with all of the peoples of the world. The Roma only carried kindness, shared knowledge, never judged anyone, never condemned anyone, were never offended by anyone, and never asked for anything in return. The Gypsies decided to abandon writing so that they would not be accused of spreading Christianity -- something which could mean cruel destruction at that time.
As the Romans began their journey to the East, the early Christians began their journey to the West (where they were trapped). They did what they decided to do. The Gypsies, for their part, accepted the teachings of Christ, but traveled to India. The first Christian churches between the 5th and the 7th century AD were painted by Gypsy artists there. The Roma remained in India until the 10th century AD, when they were conquered by Mahmud Gajo. All but musicians and artisans were slaughtered, and those who remained alive were sold as slaves in Byzantium. Documents show that the Roma lived in the center of the Byzantine Empire and on its outskirts. Either they were ruled by the central government, or they were out of control.
Gypsies always knew how to sell their wares. As to their nomadic ways of live, the movements were very limited. Artisans sought markets to sell their goods, and artists needed audiences for their performances. Byzantine sources mention professions for Gypsies such as fortune telling and animal training. Generally speaking, the Roma were a "convenient" minority against a background of warlike barbarians. They did not take up arms, and they did not seize territories by force. The Gypsies remained in the eastern outskirts of the Byzantine Empire for a long time.
The first migration of the Roma from Byzantium occurred during the 11th century AD. Some went to Spain, others to Finland, and those were countries in which the Romani language did not survive. Those who spoke it sometimes had their tongues yanked out of their mouths as punishment.
A second major migration from Byzantium occurred in the 15th century, when Gypsies appeared throughout Europe. The third was in the 18th century, when Russia defeated the Ottoman Empire.
Some of the Roma were sedentary, others were semi-sedentary, and others remained nomadic. A nomadic camp of Gypsies represents a group that moves through a certain and traditionally established territory and is led by an elected leader, the baro. He is the official representative of the camp in relations with administrative organizations in the countries where the Roma roam. He is also the administrator of a court to resolve internal conflicts.
The positions of women in these camps were humiliating. Women were expected to obey their father and their husband, and they were fully responsible for providing their families with food. Sedentary and semi-sedentary Gypsies take part in the church rituals of the people among whom they live, and they easily switch religions whenever they move. Nomadic Gypsies, for their part, adhere to traditional superstitions and rituals. Many people retained their original occupations (metalwork, woodwork, basket weaving, horse breeding and fortune telling) and arts (music, singing, dance, acrobatics, animal training).
In the early 15th century, Gypsies were welcomed in Western Europe. They presented themselves as pious pilgrims who enjoyed the status of privileged pilgrims in Catholic Europe. Later attitudes toward the Gypsies would change, and they would start to face persecution as vagabonds who engaged in fortune telling and beginning. Often the Roma were outlawed, evicted from territories or killed. Only toward the end of the 18th century, after the third migration of the Roma to the Balkans after the Russian victory against the Ottoman Empire, did attitudes toward the Roma start to become a bit more tolerant in some parts of Europe.
By this time, the teachings of Christ had spread throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia, to some extent, but the teachings had been distorted and different from the truth, because people were living in accordance with the laws of the Old Testament -- create and destroy (eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth). The Gypsies differed from others and were not understood by others because they lived according with the laws of love and creation. They were not offended and never condemned people whom fate brought them to meet. They only presented their culture (dances, songs, legends, fairy tales), shared their secret knowledge, and told them about the lives and progress of other peoples.
The Gypsy people who were not stopped by endless persecution, the Inquisition, the Holocaust and various regimes concluded that their experience in developing the sensible world that relies on arts and crafts would be needed by our civilization when it realities that it is developing along the wrong path and is violating the harmony of the universe.
The 20th century began with technological and ideological changes in the world, but also with wars, revolutions and chaos. The Gypsies were, as always, distant from these processes, continuing their way of life in parallel to the events. History tells us, however, that they still faced persecution and destruction, because they refused to take part in the conflicts of the belligerents and were thus seen as undesirables by both sides.
It is also true that at the beginning of the 20th century, civilization decided to change the way of life of the Gypsies by saddling them and luring them into the system of the material world. Gypsies were distinguished blacksmiths, artisans, horse breeders and musicians, and during the 1930s, governments for the first time focused serious attention on the Roma so as to "ride" them and lure them into a system which otherwise had an almost universal shortage of workers and qualified specialists. These efforts were in vain, because Gypsies could not fit into a cruel system of the established civilization with their own ways and their understanding of life.
During World War II, genocide was waged against the Roma people, and it is known as Samudaripen. According to various sources, more than two million Roma were slaughtered. The life of each person is of great and unique value, but even more important is the fact that all murdered Gypsies went to their graves with knowledge and traditions that they had not had time to convey to others. The scale of this tragedy is impossible to comprehend or evaluate. In just a few years, centuries of the history and culture of an entire people were simply destroyed, in some cases irrevocably. The Gypsies did not have written sources. Their lore was carefully preserved, accumulated and passed on from generation to generation over the course of many centuries and always by the word of mouth.
During the latter half of the 1940s, the world was divided into two camps -- socialists and capitalists. In "old Europe," people preferred to ignore the Roma and their problems. Gypsies who lived in those countries became "French," "Italian," "Spanish," or "Swedish," and by and large, they did not cause problems for "their" adopted states. In socialist countries, by contrast, a different approach was taken. During the post-war years, the Soviet Union adopted more than 100 laws and regulations aimed at regulating the lives of Gypsies. The decree from the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on registration of residents had the greatest effect on the lives of the Roma people. Their most important value is freedom. The decree deprived them of that freedom, and it was impossible to ignore the new rules. People without registration were simply tossed into prison. Similar laws were adopted in other countries of the so-called "socialist camp."
Later, another job was found for the Roma. Trading in scarce goods was a criminal offense in all of these countries. The crime was known as speculation, and those convicted of it could face up to five years in prison with confiscation of property. The people were forced to live and survive under these new conditions, and despite the risks, trading brought in good returns. It was clear that people who were deprived of authority and moral and cultural guidelines were attracted by this occupation, which allowed them to feed their large families and somehow organize their lives. For four decades, Gypsies who engaged in deficit product trading forgot their ancestral professions. Hereditary dynasties of blacksmiths, artisans and horse breeders began to disappear. People began to forget the lives that were in harmony in nature. The Roma began to forget their songs, dances, fairy tales, legends and secret knowledge. We can say that they plunged into an illusory world in which they became accumulators of well-being, began to communicate less and less with each other and, most importantly, forgot their mission.
The goal was achieved. The Gypsy people were forced to change their way of life and join in the common processes of civilization. This only led to a path of self-destruction.
The point is that in the material world, everything has a beginning, and everything has an end. During the 1990s, the Communist system collapsed, and the transition began to structure a new model of life in the world. Gypsies were not prepared to transition to a new system of world governance, because everything there was based on the conditions of a market economy. This meant that there was no shortage of what the Roma people had been doing for the past four decades. There was no education, professions were forgotten, secret knowledge disappeared, Gypsies could not find jobs, and negative stereotypes were created about them -- loafers, lazy people, deceivers and thieves! Nonetheless, the Roma had to live. They had large families, with children beginning for food. The situation of crime among Gypsies deteriorated rapidly, because Roma activists had to create their own instruments of power management in relation to their own community and to the great experience of a material civilization.
Organizations were created with the purpose of uniting Roma people from all around the world, but there were no results. The people did not awaken. Increasing numbers of non-Roma organizations instead created the appearance of helping the Roma to find themselves. Basically, an illusion was created for the Gypsies. They were supposedly given the same opportunities as everyone else in terms of building their own model of life. The truth is that people were assimilated into the world in which they lived, and the purpose was to destroy the destiny of the Gypsies. The Roma had to find another path for development in the world -- the development of the soul.
Relying on their feelings, the Gypsies quickly found their place in the modern word, relying on their inner knowledge and their "Romanipen" law. It was never lost, because it relies on the divine law of love.
Gypsies have now organized family businesses in areas such as agriculture, construction and small-scale manufacturing. They have their own shops, restaurants, discos, hairdressing salons and music studios to promote their culture and to break down stereotypes through poetry, music, art exhibitions and much more.
The most important thing is that the Roma feel that the teacher came to Earth to provide people with the law of creation and love -- the Last Testament which people have been awaiting for 2,000 years and are now prepared to accept with their souls and their minds. The Gypsy people have 2,000 years of experience in living in accordance with the new law of the universe (only to create). This can be not only a clue, but also an example for others -- how normal human behavior and normal interactions among people look. The main goals that must be pursued include living for others while also destroying selfishness, anger, self-interest, envy and self-betrayal. In a word -- to defeat oneself.
It's probably not for nothing that Gypsies live in all corners of our world, as if they were the same as everyone else, but still different. The Roma can take on responsibility to present a new model for human behavior that is based on the new laws. They will not convince others with words; there must be deeds.
The Gypsy people who have already awakened and who possess this secret knowledge are sure that our civilization will also wake up and accept a new model for the development of the human soul through the sensible world. This will soon mean entering a new golden age.
These people are the Gypsies (or Roma). Where are they going? What are they carrying? What is their goal?
History and legend tell us that the Gypsy people became nomads who brought their teachings and culture to the world. Their aim was not to create ways of becoming powerful. They did not fight with anyone, but simply left unfriendly lands without condemning anyone and without harming the land and environment. The ancient civilization of the Indus Valley adhered to the principle of Ahimsa, which said that no warriors could be part of its population. Frequent barbarian invasions, however, forced the rulers of the valley to maintain armies of foreign mercenaries, and their growth led to the collapse of the state during the 3rd century BC.
After that, the rulers of the former Indus Valley civilization roamed across the vast plateaus of modern-day Iran with their relatives and their subjects. It was then that the Gypsy nationality emerged. By the end of the 18th century BC, the Gypsies had created their own state in the eastern part of Lower Egypt, with their capital being Avaris in the Nile delta. They became known as the 15th Dynasty under the Egyptian word "Hyksos," which means "rulers of foreign lands."
The dynasty consisted of six kings who became known as legendary Gypsy pharaohs. The Hyksos brought many technical innovations to Egypt, including horse breeding, wheeled transport, as well as new musical instruments and musical styles. They also simplified Egyptian writing by creating a new alphabet.
European or Jewish tribes began to appear in Palestine during the 15th and 14th centuries BC. During the 11th and 10th centuries BC, they created the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, which were united for a brief period by King Solomon. At the end of the 8th century BC, Assyrian king Sargon II subjugated Israel. Judea was conquered in 586 BC by Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar.
Since that time, the Jews, like the Gypsies, have scattered all across the world to take part in the creation and development of cultures and states. Gypsies spread the pagan cult of nature until they encountered Jesus of Nazareth. The Jews preached the Jewish religion, according to which they were God's chosen people. This later led to the emergency of other religions such as Christianity, which grew out of Judaism and was spread by some of the Jews. Christianity soon conquered the western world, and everything plunged into black maya, i.e., the illusory appearance of a real world.
Let us now turn the page to a time which changed the essence of the Roma people and determined their further path toward development. You may have guessed that this was the time when the son of God, Jesus, came to the Earth, bringing with him a new and cosmic love of law and creation, as well as the law of developing the soul throughout the sensible world. The Gypsies were bewitched by these stories. They listened to Jesus with great interest and immediately believed in and accepted his teachings as the future for the development of mankind. The Gypsies were prepared to become his disciples and to echo his word, because the knowledge that was given by the teacher had to be passed from mouth to mouth. In the absence of laws, the "Good News" was presented, and this was supposed to prepare humanity for changes that would allow them to live according to the new laws -- create, love your enemy, turn your other cheek, do not hold grudges and do not judge others.
This was a hard task, changing the development of our civilization via the sensible world and relying on love, particularly at a time when the laws of power, deception, betrayal, lack of culture and cruelty ruled throughout the world. The law of the absolute and harmony which came down to the Jewish people from Moses was also the law of creation and destruction. The Jewish people had their own goal -- to bring usury into the world.
People in the Roman Empire believed in different gods at that time. Polytheism also flourished in Byzantium, Persia, Babylon, India, etc. There was a lack of culture in the West, and people still lived in the barbaric world. What new law could be discussed at that time? How could the commandment of loving one's enemy be fulfilled?
The people who had brought Vedic knowledge to the world for many years were prepared to accept the new law of he cosmos, the law of creation and love. They were prepared to convey its essence and understanding to all of the peoples of the world, thus showing the world how the laws worked by setting an example of living in accordance with them.
It was probably at that point that people received a blessing from the teacher to take upon themselves a chance to show the world a new way of developing the human soul through the sensory world, by developing arts and crafts, and by presenting only good and new knowledge to people without receiving anything in return.
Humanity at that time was raised in fear, and there were harsh laws of slavery that were invented by men. The new law which broke up their order was not needed by anyone. Gypsies watched as the first Christians who accepted the new teaching were severely persecuted. The new teaching was destroyed at the root so that no illusion would be left for a person who can dream about changing his destiny -- equality, living for others and being the creator not only of one's own fate, but also that of the creator of the universe, because the teacher provided immortality to our soul.
Gypsies had to create their own plan on fulfilling their destiny, because the fate of our civilization depended on that. The great Council of the Roma (Gypsy) people gathered in the city of Caesarea, not far from Jerusalem at a time when great repressions and persecutions were being waged against the early Christians who were mercilessly destroyed whenever that was possible. The Roma people realized that the task of bringing the "Good News" to the world was not at all easy, and so they had to decide whether to transmit their knowledge about Jesus of Nazareth not by writing stories, but instead by accepting the new laws of creation and love into their own way of life. That was done. "Good News" became "Romanipen," which became the internal constitution for the Roma, as well as "telepathy" related to the "Roma mail." This meant a change in relations among the Gypsies, but also with all of the peoples of the world. The Roma only carried kindness, shared knowledge, never judged anyone, never condemned anyone, were never offended by anyone, and never asked for anything in return. The Gypsies decided to abandon writing so that they would not be accused of spreading Christianity -- something which could mean cruel destruction at that time.
As the Romans began their journey to the East, the early Christians began their journey to the West (where they were trapped). They did what they decided to do. The Gypsies, for their part, accepted the teachings of Christ, but traveled to India. The first Christian churches between the 5th and the 7th century AD were painted by Gypsy artists there. The Roma remained in India until the 10th century AD, when they were conquered by Mahmud Gajo. All but musicians and artisans were slaughtered, and those who remained alive were sold as slaves in Byzantium. Documents show that the Roma lived in the center of the Byzantine Empire and on its outskirts. Either they were ruled by the central government, or they were out of control.
Gypsies always knew how to sell their wares. As to their nomadic ways of live, the movements were very limited. Artisans sought markets to sell their goods, and artists needed audiences for their performances. Byzantine sources mention professions for Gypsies such as fortune telling and animal training. Generally speaking, the Roma were a "convenient" minority against a background of warlike barbarians. They did not take up arms, and they did not seize territories by force. The Gypsies remained in the eastern outskirts of the Byzantine Empire for a long time.
The first migration of the Roma from Byzantium occurred during the 11th century AD. Some went to Spain, others to Finland, and those were countries in which the Romani language did not survive. Those who spoke it sometimes had their tongues yanked out of their mouths as punishment.
A second major migration from Byzantium occurred in the 15th century, when Gypsies appeared throughout Europe. The third was in the 18th century, when Russia defeated the Ottoman Empire.
Some of the Roma were sedentary, others were semi-sedentary, and others remained nomadic. A nomadic camp of Gypsies represents a group that moves through a certain and traditionally established territory and is led by an elected leader, the baro. He is the official representative of the camp in relations with administrative organizations in the countries where the Roma roam. He is also the administrator of a court to resolve internal conflicts.
The positions of women in these camps were humiliating. Women were expected to obey their father and their husband, and they were fully responsible for providing their families with food. Sedentary and semi-sedentary Gypsies take part in the church rituals of the people among whom they live, and they easily switch religions whenever they move. Nomadic Gypsies, for their part, adhere to traditional superstitions and rituals. Many people retained their original occupations (metalwork, woodwork, basket weaving, horse breeding and fortune telling) and arts (music, singing, dance, acrobatics, animal training).
In the early 15th century, Gypsies were welcomed in Western Europe. They presented themselves as pious pilgrims who enjoyed the status of privileged pilgrims in Catholic Europe. Later attitudes toward the Gypsies would change, and they would start to face persecution as vagabonds who engaged in fortune telling and beginning. Often the Roma were outlawed, evicted from territories or killed. Only toward the end of the 18th century, after the third migration of the Roma to the Balkans after the Russian victory against the Ottoman Empire, did attitudes toward the Roma start to become a bit more tolerant in some parts of Europe.
By this time, the teachings of Christ had spread throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia, to some extent, but the teachings had been distorted and different from the truth, because people were living in accordance with the laws of the Old Testament -- create and destroy (eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth). The Gypsies differed from others and were not understood by others because they lived according with the laws of love and creation. They were not offended and never condemned people whom fate brought them to meet. They only presented their culture (dances, songs, legends, fairy tales), shared their secret knowledge, and told them about the lives and progress of other peoples.
The Gypsy people who were not stopped by endless persecution, the Inquisition, the Holocaust and various regimes concluded that their experience in developing the sensible world that relies on arts and crafts would be needed by our civilization when it realities that it is developing along the wrong path and is violating the harmony of the universe.
The 20th century began with technological and ideological changes in the world, but also with wars, revolutions and chaos. The Gypsies were, as always, distant from these processes, continuing their way of life in parallel to the events. History tells us, however, that they still faced persecution and destruction, because they refused to take part in the conflicts of the belligerents and were thus seen as undesirables by both sides.
It is also true that at the beginning of the 20th century, civilization decided to change the way of life of the Gypsies by saddling them and luring them into the system of the material world. Gypsies were distinguished blacksmiths, artisans, horse breeders and musicians, and during the 1930s, governments for the first time focused serious attention on the Roma so as to "ride" them and lure them into a system which otherwise had an almost universal shortage of workers and qualified specialists. These efforts were in vain, because Gypsies could not fit into a cruel system of the established civilization with their own ways and their understanding of life.
During World War II, genocide was waged against the Roma people, and it is known as Samudaripen. According to various sources, more than two million Roma were slaughtered. The life of each person is of great and unique value, but even more important is the fact that all murdered Gypsies went to their graves with knowledge and traditions that they had not had time to convey to others. The scale of this tragedy is impossible to comprehend or evaluate. In just a few years, centuries of the history and culture of an entire people were simply destroyed, in some cases irrevocably. The Gypsies did not have written sources. Their lore was carefully preserved, accumulated and passed on from generation to generation over the course of many centuries and always by the word of mouth.
During the latter half of the 1940s, the world was divided into two camps -- socialists and capitalists. In "old Europe," people preferred to ignore the Roma and their problems. Gypsies who lived in those countries became "French," "Italian," "Spanish," or "Swedish," and by and large, they did not cause problems for "their" adopted states. In socialist countries, by contrast, a different approach was taken. During the post-war years, the Soviet Union adopted more than 100 laws and regulations aimed at regulating the lives of Gypsies. The decree from the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on registration of residents had the greatest effect on the lives of the Roma people. Their most important value is freedom. The decree deprived them of that freedom, and it was impossible to ignore the new rules. People without registration were simply tossed into prison. Similar laws were adopted in other countries of the so-called "socialist camp."
Later, another job was found for the Roma. Trading in scarce goods was a criminal offense in all of these countries. The crime was known as speculation, and those convicted of it could face up to five years in prison with confiscation of property. The people were forced to live and survive under these new conditions, and despite the risks, trading brought in good returns. It was clear that people who were deprived of authority and moral and cultural guidelines were attracted by this occupation, which allowed them to feed their large families and somehow organize their lives. For four decades, Gypsies who engaged in deficit product trading forgot their ancestral professions. Hereditary dynasties of blacksmiths, artisans and horse breeders began to disappear. People began to forget the lives that were in harmony in nature. The Roma began to forget their songs, dances, fairy tales, legends and secret knowledge. We can say that they plunged into an illusory world in which they became accumulators of well-being, began to communicate less and less with each other and, most importantly, forgot their mission.
The goal was achieved. The Gypsy people were forced to change their way of life and join in the common processes of civilization. This only led to a path of self-destruction.
The point is that in the material world, everything has a beginning, and everything has an end. During the 1990s, the Communist system collapsed, and the transition began to structure a new model of life in the world. Gypsies were not prepared to transition to a new system of world governance, because everything there was based on the conditions of a market economy. This meant that there was no shortage of what the Roma people had been doing for the past four decades. There was no education, professions were forgotten, secret knowledge disappeared, Gypsies could not find jobs, and negative stereotypes were created about them -- loafers, lazy people, deceivers and thieves! Nonetheless, the Roma had to live. They had large families, with children beginning for food. The situation of crime among Gypsies deteriorated rapidly, because Roma activists had to create their own instruments of power management in relation to their own community and to the great experience of a material civilization.
Organizations were created with the purpose of uniting Roma people from all around the world, but there were no results. The people did not awaken. Increasing numbers of non-Roma organizations instead created the appearance of helping the Roma to find themselves. Basically, an illusion was created for the Gypsies. They were supposedly given the same opportunities as everyone else in terms of building their own model of life. The truth is that people were assimilated into the world in which they lived, and the purpose was to destroy the destiny of the Gypsies. The Roma had to find another path for development in the world -- the development of the soul.
Relying on their feelings, the Gypsies quickly found their place in the modern word, relying on their inner knowledge and their "Romanipen" law. It was never lost, because it relies on the divine law of love.
Gypsies have now organized family businesses in areas such as agriculture, construction and small-scale manufacturing. They have their own shops, restaurants, discos, hairdressing salons and music studios to promote their culture and to break down stereotypes through poetry, music, art exhibitions and much more.
The most important thing is that the Roma feel that the teacher came to Earth to provide people with the law of creation and love -- the Last Testament which people have been awaiting for 2,000 years and are now prepared to accept with their souls and their minds. The Gypsy people have 2,000 years of experience in living in accordance with the new law of the universe (only to create). This can be not only a clue, but also an example for others -- how normal human behavior and normal interactions among people look. The main goals that must be pursued include living for others while also destroying selfishness, anger, self-interest, envy and self-betrayal. In a word -- to defeat oneself.
It's probably not for nothing that Gypsies live in all corners of our world, as if they were the same as everyone else, but still different. The Roma can take on responsibility to present a new model for human behavior that is based on the new laws. They will not convince others with words; there must be deeds.
The Gypsy people who have already awakened and who possess this secret knowledge are sure that our civilization will also wake up and accept a new model for the development of the human soul through the sensible world. This will soon mean entering a new golden age.