The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 19 : The Deva Kingdom - 2

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🌴 The Deva Kingdom - 2 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌴 Devas and Asuras 🌴

In the Eastern scriptures it is said that the forces of Light, the Devas, and the forces of darkness, the Asuras, were born of the same father, Kasyapa. 

He had two wives: Aditi, who gave birth to the children of Light, and Diti, the mother of the children of darkness, the Asuras or demons. 

While the Devas are balanced and carry the light of wisdom and knowledge in their being, the Asuras are aggressive and embody the ignorance. 

The creation is due to the apparent opposition between Devas and Asuras, each playing their role in the divine drama. 

Ignorance belongs to the essence of creation and cannot be eradicated. So there is a constant fight between the divine and the diabolic forces. 

Both also act through the humans who are guided by the Light or the darkness. Angels and devils are in us and a part of us. 

Depending on how we live, one or the other prevails. The yogis and the Masters of Wisdom are equidistant from both; they try to neutralize the extremes.

The Asuras manifest power through the lower nature for selfish purposes. They are stronger than the Devas and are not satisfied with what they have. 

They spread their influence and disrupt the balance of forces. In modern societies, the ignorance about the divine law has been spreading despite an increase of knowledge in today's age of Kali. 

But whenever the forces of darkness gain the upper hand and the balance is threatened, the divine Light appears through an avatar who puts the aggressive ones again in their places.

Sources: K.P. Kumar: Saraswathi – The Word / notes from seminars. E. Krishnamacharya: Overseas Messages 2.

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