1.5 Cosmogenic return to one
The exemplary Hindu myth of the cosmogonic return to the one can be understood by the mythical tale of Shiva whereby a grand destruction of the cosmos is inevitable for new one to emerge. Also everything born on earth undergoes the same process of destruction to be reborn as another manifestation of life. However there is an irony; in spite of being dissolved in the celestial spirit of cosmic destruction, one’s karma continues till divine grace mediates. In a group re-creation exhibits the interrelation or connection to life and with each other. All beings connect on a same level and the myths establish a connection to everyone. For instance: gods, demons ,birds, animals and all forms of life in the mythic past were capable to speak to one another, rival with each other, and still breed with each other. Hindu mythology has survived the modern changing times and has established itself in the Hindu traditions. The myths of apsaras, rakshasa, devas etc. ae abundant, animals changing into another form or having progeny through another animal form is evident in Hindu mythology.
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It conveys of constant love-play (Lila) eternally for hundreds or thousands of years. The love-play appears to be a recreation of the cosmogenic trice of non-differentiated beings before they became beings or non-beings or separated into other beings (males and females).An embrace of the lovemaking was there but no off springs were there. It was without passion or desire. This divine composition became a representation for the tantric performances in which the participants were accepted as the celestial androgynies. In some myths it was stated that just as a divine couple seek to be one or became one, subsequently the entire differentiated cosmos searches for oneness in the Absolute. (Williams,
The exemplary Hindu myth of the cosmogonic return to the one can be understood by the mythical tale of Shiva whereby a grand destruction of the cosmos is inevitable for new one to emerge. Also everything born on earth undergoes the same process of destruction to be reborn as another manifestation of life. However there is an irony; in spite of being dissolved in the celestial spirit of cosmic destruction, one’s karma continues till divine grace mediates. In a group re-creation exhibits the interrelation or connection to life and with each other. All beings connect on a same level and the myths establish a connection to everyone. For instance: gods, demons ,birds, animals and all forms of life in the mythic past were capable to speak to one another, rival with each other, and still breed with each other. Hindu mythology has survived the modern changing times and has established itself in the Hindu traditions. The myths of apsaras, rakshasa, devas etc. ae abundant, animals changing into another form or having progeny through another animal form is evident in Hindu mythology.
All these myths were not perceived as confusion but linked …show more content…
It conveys of constant love-play (Lila) eternally for hundreds or thousands of years. The love-play appears to be a recreation of the cosmogenic trice of non-differentiated beings before they became beings or non-beings or separated into other beings (males and females).An embrace of the lovemaking was there but no off springs were there. It was without passion or desire. This divine composition became a representation for the tantric performances in which the participants were accepted as the celestial androgynies. In some myths it was stated that just as a divine couple seek to be one or became one, subsequently the entire differentiated cosmos searches for oneness in the Absolute. (Williams,