Dear Balarishi,
In last week`s discussion you had said there are few more
spiritual attributes of snakes. Can you elaborate on it?
Astrology is one key area where the life map of each and
every individual comes to light. Among the doshas in a person`s birth
chart, naaga dosha or raagu dosha are predominant. The planets Raaghu and Kethu
are said to be in serpent forms. There are certain remedies to get
rid of these doshas, in accordance with the karmic structure of people. This
shows that the connection with serpents is something which continues from very
many earlier births.
Kundalini energy is symbolised as a snake. In one way
there is a snake into each one of us in an energy form. So snakes are connected
with human in so many ways.
Apart from all these, if you see the materialistic life
and spiritual life of a person one of the main barrier in these areas is fear. Yoga
sutra lists out five afflictions (klesas) which are hindrances for human
growth and fear is the major challenge among those klesas. Snake is an example
of fearless nature. In whichever form there is fear you got to face it and
eradicate its roots. Even if a big mass of people have gathered and a single
snake is spotted in the crowd, the crowd starts to run away but the snake is
fearless. There is a saying in tamil which says even a military force is
threatened by the presence of a snake. Fearless nature is one of the key needs for
spiritual growth and snakes represent that quality.
Today, killing certain animals are considered as
criminal offence and rigid laws are made to prevent this. Snake is deeply
connected with our tradition, spirituality and ecology. Out of insecurity and being unaware
human beings might do away very rare species of snakes. So killing snakes
should also be declared as a criminal offence. This will be of more help rather
than just being curious through know about snakes.
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