RAMAYAN means RAM=ATMAN (Soul) & AYAN=CYCLE (Journey)..."JOURNEY OF THE SOUL" ;-) There are several characters in this Mythology and they symbolise, as under: RAM=Atma Shakti / The Power of Soul BHARAT=Deh Shakti / The Power of Body LAKSHMAN=Manah Shakti / The Power of Will SHATRUGHNA=Karma Shakti / The Power of Action DASHRATH=Mind (Dash means Ten; Rath means Chariot...Mind is like a Chariot with Ten Horses) BTW, these 10 Horses are our external & internal senses...Eyes, Nose, Ears, Tongue & Skin...i.e., 5 Karmendriyas and 5 Gyanendriyas. KAUSHALYA=Satva Guna KAIKEYI=Tamo Guna SUMITRA=Rajo Guna Simple fact, Dashrath (the mind) under the influence of Kaikeyi (tamo guna) disregards his duties towards Ram (the atma/soul) and offers undue favours to Bharat (the body)...something we all are doing 'all the time' :-) Poor Ram has been sent in exile along with his wife SITA (who ofcourse is The Kundalini Shakti :) Also, he faces his worst plight when Sita is abducted by Ravana (the ego). The Ego (Ravana) is supported by various warriors who are extremely powerful. One among them is Ravana's son...Megnath (literally means, The Lord of Clouds). Its not difficult to understand that our ever agitating Mind is clouded with various "Thoughts"...thats never ever allow ourself to let rest into the deeper solitude of Inner Self. Megnath (The Lord of Clouds/Thoughts) who is the son of Ravana (the Ego) is too powerful to overcome. BUT !!!
BUT !!! Noone has ever been able to Stop the Power of the Soul (Ram). Ram seeks help from LAKSHMAN (Laksh means Goal; Man means Mind...Focussed or Concentrated Mind) & THE HANUMAN (who is Son of The Wind God)...its thru the Wind that Life Force (Pran Shakti) flows within Us. The whole Monkey Army is nothing but, various forces of the Life Force transmitting Air (Pran Vayu). Thus, with the help from HANUMAN (Pran Shakti) and LAKSHMAN (Concentrated Mind), RAM (Atma) defeats RAVANA (Ego) in order to come in union with SITA (Kundalini Shakti)......What a Beautiful Story !!! Isn't Ramayana after all, "JOURNEY OF THE SOUL"
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RAMAYAN means RAM=ATMAN (Soul) & AYAN=CYCLE (Journey)..."JOURNEY OF THE SOUL" ;-)
There are several characters in this Mythology and they symbolise, as under:
RAM=Atma Shakti / The Power of Soul
BHARAT=Deh Shakti / The Power of Body
LAKSHMAN=Manah Shakti / The Power of Will
SHATRUGHNA=Karma Shakti / The Power of Action
DASHRATH=Mind (Dash means Ten; Rath means Chariot...Mind is like a Chariot with Ten Horses)
BTW, these 10 Horses are our external & internal senses...Eyes, Nose, Ears, Tongue & Skin...i.e., 5 Karmendriyas and 5 Gyanendriyas.
KAUSHALYA=Satva Guna
KAIKEYI=Tamo Guna
SUMITRA=Rajo Guna
Simple fact, Dashrath (the mind) under the influence of Kaikeyi (tamo guna) disregards his duties towards Ram (the atma/soul) and offers undue favours to Bharat (the body)...something we all are doing 'all the time' :-)
Poor Ram has been sent in exile along with his wife SITA (who ofcourse is The Kundalini Shakti :)
Also, he faces his worst plight when Sita is abducted by Ravana (the ego). The Ego (Ravana) is supported by various warriors who are extremely powerful. One among them is Ravana's son...Megnath (literally means, The Lord of Clouds). Its not difficult to understand that our ever agitating Mind is clouded with various "Thoughts"...thats never ever allow ourself to let rest into the deeper solitude of Inner Self. Megnath (The Lord of Clouds/Thoughts) who is the son of Ravana (the Ego) is too powerful to overcome. BUT !!!
BUT !!! Noone has ever been able to Stop the Power of the Soul (Ram). Ram seeks help from LAKSHMAN (Laksh means Goal; Man means Mind...Focussed or Concentrated Mind)
&
THE HANUMAN (who is Son of The Wind God)...its thru the Wind that Life Force (Pran Shakti) flows within Us. The whole Monkey Army is nothing but, various forces of the Life Force transmitting Air (Pran Vayu).
Thus, with the help from HANUMAN (Pran Shakti) and LAKSHMAN (Concentrated Mind), RAM (Atma) defeats RAVANA (Ego) in order to come in union with SITA (Kundalini Shakti)......What a Beautiful Story !!! Isn't Ramayana after all, "JOURNEY OF THE SOUL"
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