The Veiling Brilliance: The Meaning of Myth

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Medhas said:

 

A myth is not fiction [....] A myth tells of things that

never happened but always ARE. Some truths are

elusive and difficult to talk about in ordinary ways. By

their very subtlety they get tangled in the thicket of

words. More readily they are revealed by the language

of symbols, which speaks directly to the deeper levels of

our understanding. We experience those subtle truths in

a way that awakens and inspires us to new possibilities.

 

Take for example, the battlegrounds [depicted in the

Devimahatmya.] [....] The battleground exists within

your own heart and mind. [....] The asuras are every

selfish, evil, harmful, or unhappy impulse that arises

within you and plagues your existence. The clashes on

the battleground are the internal struggles that you and

everybody else face every day.

 

 

_The Veiling Brilliance_, by Devadatta Kali

Page 35

 

I recently finished reading _The Veiling Brilliance_,

Devadatta Kali's sweet and heartfelt novelization of the

Devimahatmya. As I think you can guess, I liked the book!

I plan to post a handful of short selections over the next

few days.

 

If you'd like to read an interview with Devadatta Kali,

see message #28019:

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