The ancients were ‘heart oriented’ people
and all their scientific sayings too were expressed in the language of the
heart, in the poetic form.
All the ancient stories, symbols etc., in
fact have deeper meanings. Another advantage of this poetic language is that –
a single expression has many meanings at the same and it is not possible in the
language of the heart, the language of the modern scientists. For
example;
E = mC2 - has
only one well defined meaning.
But, a single ancient saying has many
meanings and this meaning depends on the maturity of the person hearing/
reading it. Each person understands the ancient saying [the language of the
heart] in his/her own way – depending on their maturity level. In other words
the ancient scriptures are like mirrors that reflect the onlooker, i.e.,
depending on the maturity of the reader/listener it is understood differently.
If different persons look at a piece of a
cloud – each one sees it differently. For example, one in love sees his beloved
in the cloud, a kid sees its mother and another kid sees a toy in it, a
religious person might see an angle there, a witch might see a ‘ghost’ and the
like. Depending on their mentality or situation it is understood differently.
Same is the case with the ‘sastras’
[ancient scriptures]. They reveal different things to different people and of
course all the meanings will be helpful to the individuals concerned.
But, the modern scientific equations have
only two choices. Whether they are understood in full or not understood at all
as they have only one meaning. In contrary to this the ancient sayings – have a
spectrum of meanings and are applicable to everyone exposed to them as they
have a broader perspective.
The Sun having 7 – horses is nothing but,
it is the symbolic representation of the seven colors of the “Sun”. The modern
concept of “frequencies” of the light rays was inconceivable to the ancient
individuals but, the horses easily understandable to them.
The Sun is moving and before the ‘star’ Sun
is moving – the rays of the Sun are moving in advance. For example if Sun is
coming toward me – before him his rays are moving. Symbolically, before a
person moves [on chariot] his riding horses are moving in advance. So, the
ancients say that the – Sun is moving on his 7 – horses. These 7 – horses
correspond to the 7 – rays in the visible region of the light, the VIBGYOR.
The ancient Hindu books also mention that
the – Sun has many other horses that are not visible to the necked eye and this
is nothing but, they are referring to the infra-red and ultra-violet rays of
the SUN. The different frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum were simply
referred to as different horses.
The horses are not the real physical horses
and it has some deeper meaning and these symbolic representations are not
mindless. In fact they have deeper meanings as are the other symbols and
stories and etc., in the ancient jargon.
If I say that my love is a ‘rose’ - does it
mean that she is a ‘rose’…?
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