RE:Guru chandala yoga & Human evolution !-part i

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Dear shri RK. Thanks for the mail. I look forward for your comments. Kishore patanik On 7/1/06, arkaydash <

arkaydash wrote:

 

 

 

 

Dear Shree Patnaik,

 

Liked part two too, generally. Particularly the last para on ritual.

Well-said.

 

I can go along with 'orderliness' as one of the indications of 11th,

but not 'discipline'. This hse requires researching.

 

RK

 

, " kishore mohan "

<kishorepatnaik09 wrote:

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> The third Avatar in the series is that of Varaha or a Wild Boar

> which actually lives on land but is always in touch with water.

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> Varaha has many references in the Vedas including the Rgveda,

> especially as a white Boar (after whom, the present Kalpa is named)

> and Yajurveda/ Taittriya samhita and in various puranas. We have

> the celebrated Varaha purana as well as the Varha Upanishad(in

> Krishna Yajur Veda) However much I like to do, I am not going into

> these references now.

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> The Cosmic waters, the expanse of ether , is everywhere in the

> universe. They represent the energy, the sustaining power for the

> Universe at large as well as its elements. The Bhagavad gita sings

> the greatness of the cosmic waters by explaining the ancient wisdom

> of Sankhya, as elucidated by Sage Kapila. Lord Narayana represents

> this cosmic waters-the word Nara stands for waters.

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> When Hiryanaksha- the Demon with a Golden Vision, a scientist par

> excellence of all times – has found a way to dement the world,

> perhaps just like the scientists of today who are tinkering with

the

> environment in a big way for the sake of achieving the selfish ends

> of a few Industrialists, the Earth had a sad plight of plunging

into

> the depths of these cosmic waters. Then, Lord had taken the Avatar

> of a Boar to rescue the Earth.

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> Varaha stands for the expansion of the Life onto the earth in a

> complete way, without losing their watery roots. In Human

> evolution, He goes one step further from the Kurma avatar who

was

> attached more to water than to earth. That the Avatar

> has rescued the Earth shows the responsibility one has, that

> proliferation is possible only if one preserves the Nature and not

> other wise.

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> Varaha at a psychic level stands for the Intellectual development

> of Ideas. It is not sufficient to have Ideas, they need to be

> intellectual and sustaining too. In other words, we can not let

> Ideas take their own course , whether as a perverted

Intellegence

> represented by Hiranyaksa or as the abandoned weak loser

> represented by the Sinking Earth. The Self ,

> indeed, has a responsibility to regain a semblance of Order into

> the otherwise unruliness and irresponsibility of the perverted

> Intelligence, as represented by the Hirnya ksah – the seer of

golden

> vision. Very interestingly, the Sun God, who rules over the

> Orderliness of the Universe also rules over the Intellect and in

> our ancient scriptures, the intellect is represented in a worldly

> way by eyes – " chandra ma manaso jatah chakso suryo ajayatah " :

> the mind is ruled by Moon and Intellect, (literally Eyes or

vision),

> by Sun.

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> Hence, if the Kalpa of today is called by the name of Varaha, it is

> not without reason. It upholds and represents the values the Varaha

> has stood for- the discipline and the orderliness that is required

> in one's life and today's world !!

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> In Astrology, 11th House stands for Discipline and Orderliness.

Rahu

> stands for the temptations and greediness that leads to

indiscipline

> in one;s life and Parasara rightly points out that Rahu is

> controlled by the Varaha Avatar. Sun represents the Orderliness of

> life and the spiritual Grahana shows that Rahu, the disorderliness,

> eats away the Sun. Scorpio, which represents the baser feelings

and

> animal instincts, also stands for Varaha. It also represents

> proliferation, being a watery sign.

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> This disorderliness is found during the quest of the jiva for

> immortality. Believe in God and turn towards the life of

> Orderliness and that of Dharma, you will shine like a Sun. If you

> are so very materialistic and ready to deceive, against dharma,

> (like Rahu has done) or use your perverted intelligence to achieve

> your own selfish gains, (as represented by the Illusionary Mohini)

> your life will be nothing but a long saga of Grahana or that of

> eclipse.

> At spiritual level, the Varaha indicates Rituals. Rituals infuses

> one with the basic discipline required to follow the Path of

Dharma

> and Godliness. Thus, rituals form the most important part of any

> Sect that One may attend, since they represent the Arudha of

> principles and the norms.

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