Signification of Indra

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For Juliana and all:

 

The Rig Veda and other vedic literature talk about Indra, a king of

the gods, who slew a gigantic monster during the wars between the

devas and the rakshasas. David Frawley interprets the signification

of the Rig Veda verses relating to Indra as an allegory of the human

potential to strive for victory against ignorance. Indra is the

archetype of the innate nature in humans to search for the truth or

the absolute. Indra becomes the symbol for recognizing the illusions

in order to defeat ignorance.

 

It is also possible to interpret Indra as the juncture between the

absolute and the relative within the human consciousness. Using this

interpretation, Indra becomes the archetype of the human senses at

the finest level. As such, it is possible to cognize the absolute at

the junction point between the finest thought (..leading to no

thought) and the absolute realm. From this context, it can be argued

that it is possible for humans to be infused with the divine essence

while living here on earth.

 

As an aside, it is precisely for these reasons above, that I am

questioning some of these high technology authors who write that it

is possible for machines to be merged with the human systems in the

future. One author calls this point as a "singularity", in which

apparent human weaknesses are improved by the strenght of computer

technology.

 

>From the vedic perspective and other religious traditions of the

world, this development becomes a devolution rather than the

evolution of mankind. This "singularity" becomes the event point for

the loss of humanity as we know it.

 

Regards,

 

John R.