(Continued...)
When the scriptures or shAstras talk about deep philosophical
principles which have themselves a divine character, they present certain
descriptions allegorically. We should not misunderstand these allegories. In
fact the word ‘allegory’ itself is not the right word here. When esoteric
principles are deliberately personified, that is ‘allegory’. The profound ideas
of the purANas or the shAstras are not just mental creations of the author. It
is parAShakti Herself who opens out those principles in those forms to great rishis or persons who have reached
the siddhi in the mantras.
If this world is taken to be real, then more real
are the principles and stories that help us throw off our shackles and reach
our True State.
(Continued...)
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