After thinking about it for a while, I've come to the conclusion that Mormonism is probably the closest thing the modern West has to the old Arya Vedic householder ideal.
The Vedic ideal wasn't about hiding from the world. It was about building raising a strong family, preserving your lineage, maintaining the sacred fire, and creating an ordered society.
Mormons are one of the few Western groups that still take those things seriously.
- They emphasize eternal progression instead of seeing humans as permanently powerless.
- Family is central. Marriage and children are treated as the foundation of both society and the afterlife.
- They built tight-knit, high-trust communities that support their own instead of relying entirely on the outside subversive culture.
- Value discipline no alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicants, with a strong focus on keeping the body healthy.
- They mostly focus on building families, communities, and the future.
They literally rejected the weak, modernizing world and marched into a brutal desert wasteland, conquered it, and built a massive, wealthy, high-trust empire from scratch.
Obviously they're a completely different religion from the Vedic tradition, and their theology is very different. But when it comes to valuing family, discipline, community, and building something that lasts, they're one of the closest examples the modern West has.
