PHILOSOPHY of HINDUISM
In Hinduism (visishtadvaita and advaita philosophy, the concepts of soul and God not being entirely separate entities), God is like yarn, which, when woven into cloth, creates the Maya that is the universe. It is analogous to the idea that Energy (God) becomes the fabric of Matter. The energy does not disappear, nor does it really change form, but it is there the whole time.
There are two characteristics of God: 1) Purusha, which is man and the drama of the world, or the cloth. It consists of the soul (Jiva) plus inert matter (Jada). It is what is SEEN, the Maya, the female aspect called Shakti. 2) Prakriti, the invisible, or the yarn. It is the unmanifest nature of God. It is the SEER, the male aspect called Siva.
Union of these two characteristics, the union of the male and female aspects, SivaSakthi, union of Prakrithi and Purusha creates the movable and immovable world. It is also called the Jiva-Brahma union, mukthi, or moksha.
Hindu literature expounds the philosophy that all is really One (Adhvaitha) through its symbolic mythological epics, the Mahabharatha (the great battle epic, which includes the Bhagavad Gita), the Ramayana (story of Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu), and the Bhagavatham (story of Krishna, a later incarnation of Vishnu).
In the Mahabharata, the thousand Kauravas are the evil qualities (which exist in great numbers), the Pandavas are the five good qualities of Sathya (truth), Dharma (duty), Santhi (peace), Prema (love), and Ahimsa (detachment). The dispute is for kingship of the heart. Dritarashtra is Ajnani, the unwise personality, while Pandu is Sujnani, the wise. The millions of soldiers and charioteers represent the countless feelings, thoughts and impressions of the mind and body. The regiments a ...