MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES AND SUPER SAINT - SADGURU SAI NATH

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But the mind is distracted by maya (Mareech, the deer). The body, too

takes leave of its consciousness and becomes a pawn in the hands of ego.

Symbolically this signifies the episode where Laxman is led astray by

Mareech while Sita is abducted by Ravana (Ego). Further, the story of the

Ramayana portrays the episodes interlinked with each other and which depict

how consciousness wins over ego1 or in the metaphorical sense how Rama wins

over Ravana. To kill the ego or Ravana, Rama has to take control of

he mind through pran vayu (Pavan Putra Hanuman).

 

The consciousness later has to be strengthened by intellect, which is

Sugreeva. Intellect is refereed to as Budhi, which one can find in the

strategies of Sugreeva. But to be one up over the intellect, lust needs to

be curbed. This lust is personified by Bali in the epic. Lust or greed can

only be conquered by killing it from behind, which Rama does. The final

conquest of the senses occurs when thoughts are in absolute symphony.

 

Thoughts, which often go haywire, are the Vanars of the Vanar Sena, which

assist the consciousness or Rama in his battle with By the virtue of this

harmony, our consciousness is able to kill in succession tamas (or

Kumbhkaran), rajas (Meghnath) and finally

the ego (Ravana). When ahankar or ego is killed, satva prevailsVibhishana

personified satva in Ramayana. (Tamas means sluggishness, rajas means

aggressiveness and satva means purity of mind).

 

Eventually Rama returns to Ayodhaya, and an inevitable satvic atmosphere is

restored. The Ramayana is mysteries of mystery and is not just an epic. It

has much more to give, which is incorporated and observed and leads to a

life of bliss and purity.

 

(To be contd....)

 

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