We are living in end times of Tripurasuras. These vampires entered Earth realm around 400AD as foretold in Bhavishya purana. We all know what is the state of earth now - Divided, polluted, humans literally showing vampiric mindset i.e, to steal someone work and claim its their work. for all reasons Vampires love viruses. This is how they spread, jack into a host and feed their energies.
It was during the Coronavirus period the counter operation to take down the Tripurasuras worldwide infrastructure has started. All per plans already mentioned in Siva Purana - especially the arrival of Masked man. 2 of the 3 cities has been fully taken over Devas via infiltration. The establishment of total control of the 3rd city continues.
The final blow with Lord Siva on current Ratha Yatra finally releasing the Narayan Astra(Rods of God) from his Pinakini is what pending.
I think the biggest theme is this: All that harms comes from within.
While the asuras were virtuous in religion and behavior, nothing outside them could cause them harm. The asuras hadn't done anything wrong (yet) but Indra and his retinue feared them because they were a known threat to the Devas power and supremacy over the three worlds.
You notice that every time the Devas fall, time and time again, it's after Asuras do incredible penance and are granted a boon? That just means the Asuras (impure beings) decide to focus their minds. Once one focuses one's mind with great intensity, they can accomplish anything (get a boon). The Devas always get complacent, and instead of continuing in practice/tapasya, they hang out with the Gandharvas and Apsaras and party.
So, the Devas get usurped over and over by Asuras who spend years focusing their minds with intent, rather than partying. Once one has a fully focused mind, one is very difficult to destroy. If you have mastered your mind and are virtuous, you are indestructible. That's why Vishnu sent a prophet of a false religion to undermine their virtue, because they could not be harmed until they were corrupted from within. And why did Vishnu do this, when the Asuras were behaving morally?
While the Asuras weren't behaving in a blatantly immoral way at the time the Devas asked the Mahadevas for help, the Asuras foundational intent was selfish. While the Devas too are flawed, and often motivated by fear or insecurity, the Asuras core motivation was greed. They followed all the rules, sure, but they weren't doing it for the benefit of any of the other beings. This is in contrast with the Devas, who always act in the interest of humans who offer yagnas and in defense of dharma when instructed to by Mahadevas. So, after all the energetic/karmic changes had run their course, the Asuras had to fall, again, the Devas had to rise, again, and the whole thing goes on and on as dharma and adharma within living populations rises and falls in intensity.
Your interpretation makes a lot of sense to me. In essence, the Asuras and Devas represent the dharma and adharma that exist here on earth as well as in ourselves. The story highlights the importance of the "why?" of our actions, perhaps?
The fact that both Devas and Asuras are flawed, but in different ways, is helpful too. The Devas' actions can be explained by their foundational goal of preservation of human-kind. At the same time they indeed become complacent, as we all are apt to do. The Asuras, in contrast, are driven by success in this world alone. In that way they are flawed; however they have the power within them to reach great heights. I wonder, are the Asuras representative of the part of us that looks for answers from God? What I mean is, is this the aspect of prayer and offering that often has a material focus? We pray for wealth, health, and protection. In some ways is this story saying that there's more to focus on?
I really like the way you put that--that "the story highlights the importance of the "why" of our actions". I think that's a great and very accurate way to sum it up.
Regarding your closing questions. I feel both the Asuras and Devas represent some of our higher, but not highest potentials. I think the both the Asuras and Devas represent our ability to bring about incredibly favorable circumstances and power. The Asuras, however, fail to rise even higher because their core motivation is greed and dominance, and the Devas fail to rise even higher because they become lazy and complacent.
We as bhaktis, practitioners, devotees or whatever term we use, are reminded that to rise to the highest levels, on par with a Mahadeva, perfected being, or whatever term we use, we must have pure, unselfish motivations as well as continued diligence in our practice.
With both pure, unselfish motivations (unlike an Asura) and continued diligence (unlike a Deva), we can achieve a very high place/status/circumstances through our mind training practices. Without either of these we will get stuck at a certain (sometimes extremely high) height but then no improvement in sight, because we mistakenly believe we have achieved the highest, due to our delusion of greed or our affliction of laziness. One needs both pure motivation and diligence to grow to the highest heights spiritually.
We are living in end times of Tripurasuras. These vampires entered Earth realm around 400AD as foretold in Bhavishya purana. We all know what is the state of earth now - Divided, polluted, humans literally showing vampiric mindset i.e, to steal someone work and claim its their work. for all reasons Vampires love viruses. This is how they spread, jack into a host and feed their energies.
It was during the Coronavirus period the counter operation to take down the Tripurasuras worldwide infrastructure has started. All per plans already mentioned in Siva Purana - especially the arrival of Masked man. 2 of the 3 cities has been fully taken over Devas via infiltration. The establishment of total control of the 3rd city continues.
The final blow with Lord Siva on current Ratha Yatra finally releasing the Narayan Astra(Rods of God) from his Pinakini is what pending.
Thanks for taking time to read.
Ghanesh
Singapore
I think most of us feel that we’re living in the worst times but isn’t that how everyone in the past felt too?
I think the biggest theme is this: All that harms comes from within.
While the asuras were virtuous in religion and behavior, nothing outside them could cause them harm. The asuras hadn't done anything wrong (yet) but Indra and his retinue feared them because they were a known threat to the Devas power and supremacy over the three worlds.
You notice that every time the Devas fall, time and time again, it's after Asuras do incredible penance and are granted a boon? That just means the Asuras (impure beings) decide to focus their minds. Once one focuses one's mind with great intensity, they can accomplish anything (get a boon). The Devas always get complacent, and instead of continuing in practice/tapasya, they hang out with the Gandharvas and Apsaras and party.
So, the Devas get usurped over and over by Asuras who spend years focusing their minds with intent, rather than partying. Once one has a fully focused mind, one is very difficult to destroy. If you have mastered your mind and are virtuous, you are indestructible. That's why Vishnu sent a prophet of a false religion to undermine their virtue, because they could not be harmed until they were corrupted from within. And why did Vishnu do this, when the Asuras were behaving morally?
While the Asuras weren't behaving in a blatantly immoral way at the time the Devas asked the Mahadevas for help, the Asuras foundational intent was selfish. While the Devas too are flawed, and often motivated by fear or insecurity, the Asuras core motivation was greed. They followed all the rules, sure, but they weren't doing it for the benefit of any of the other beings. This is in contrast with the Devas, who always act in the interest of humans who offer yagnas and in defense of dharma when instructed to by Mahadevas. So, after all the energetic/karmic changes had run their course, the Asuras had to fall, again, the Devas had to rise, again, and the whole thing goes on and on as dharma and adharma within living populations rises and falls in intensity.
Your interpretation makes a lot of sense to me. In essence, the Asuras and Devas represent the dharma and adharma that exist here on earth as well as in ourselves. The story highlights the importance of the "why?" of our actions, perhaps?
The fact that both Devas and Asuras are flawed, but in different ways, is helpful too. The Devas' actions can be explained by their foundational goal of preservation of human-kind. At the same time they indeed become complacent, as we all are apt to do. The Asuras, in contrast, are driven by success in this world alone. In that way they are flawed; however they have the power within them to reach great heights. I wonder, are the Asuras representative of the part of us that looks for answers from God? What I mean is, is this the aspect of prayer and offering that often has a material focus? We pray for wealth, health, and protection. In some ways is this story saying that there's more to focus on?
I really like the way you put that--that "the story highlights the importance of the "why" of our actions". I think that's a great and very accurate way to sum it up.
Regarding your closing questions. I feel both the Asuras and Devas represent some of our higher, but not highest potentials. I think the both the Asuras and Devas represent our ability to bring about incredibly favorable circumstances and power. The Asuras, however, fail to rise even higher because their core motivation is greed and dominance, and the Devas fail to rise even higher because they become lazy and complacent.
We as bhaktis, practitioners, devotees or whatever term we use, are reminded that to rise to the highest levels, on par with a Mahadeva, perfected being, or whatever term we use, we must have pure, unselfish motivations as well as continued diligence in our practice.
With both pure, unselfish motivations (unlike an Asura) and continued diligence (unlike a Deva), we can achieve a very high place/status/circumstances through our mind training practices. Without either of these we will get stuck at a certain (sometimes extremely high) height but then no improvement in sight, because we mistakenly believe we have achieved the highest, due to our delusion of greed or our affliction of laziness. One needs both pure motivation and diligence to grow to the highest heights spiritually.