Ithihasas and Puranas
Why is there then Puranic elements in Ithihasas too?
We have been discussing the unique
"Theme" that is the common theme of
Vedic Culture.
We
operate at the body level and mind level most of the time and rarely we
transcend to the Awareness state. This awareness is a reflection of the
pure Consciousness. This whole creation comes from this Single
Consciousness. We also saw that how Rishi's intelligently understood
that the Human body's physical nature is similar to the physical
characteristics of the Universe and the Mind of the human is
similar to the behavior of the events of the universe.
The formation of the material universe is
similar to the human mind, intellect and Awareness. These has been
symbolized as human characters in Puranas. But there are real humans who
had lived centuries ago in their highest awareness state. These
Individuals are honored as divine beings because they had transcended
their Ego and to the Awareness state and realized pure Consciousness.
Hence they are called Avatars. Their life is historical and known as
Itihasas. There are two Ithihasas based on two great men, Rama and
Krishna and their epics are Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Since all
creation come from the Awareness, which is the Energy source, the
Puranic human characters are divine. Those creations that in direct
contrast from Awareness are demonic. More information is see in the
Purana
section. Therefore the historical people who has exhibited such traits are often
related to the Symbolic Puranic characters , because both have the
highest Awareness-Consciousness.
To understand this better, we have to see how
creation has occurred. It is very interesting to see how our Ancient
Rishi's have calculated amazing mathematical numbers on the age of
universe.
