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Started by glendagladwitch, November 15, 2010, 08:55:43 AM
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QuoteIn one creation story, God splits off a portion of itself, names it Maya, and asks to play a game. 'What kind of game?' asks Maya. 'I don't know, that's what you're here for.' replies God. Maya thinks, and finally says 'Okay, but I need three things; A universe made of time-space, a small wet planet, and a machette.'So God makes these things, and says 'Now what?''Close your eyes.'As God does, Maya brings down the machette, splitting God in two. Then slashes again, and again, chopping God into a billion bloody chunks in less than a moment. She picks up the parts and starts dropping them into the Universe, and as she does they transform into birds, people, oak trees, blades of grass... every possible form of life. And she says 'Okay, here's the game; your goal is to remember who you are and figure out how to put yourself back together.'Go.'
Quote...story hits on several of the major 'teachings' of Hinduism:That we are all the same god but that we just haven't realized our potential.That we must go through the cycle of reincarnation till we understand ourselves.That the universe is God playing hide and seek with himself.