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Rig veda - Ploughs, Yokes and Fountains
Identifier
004777
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Loads of symbolism here, all of it about kundalini experiences
A description of the experience
The Rig Veda
Make your thoughts harmonious; stretch them on the loom; make a ship whose oars will carry us across; make the weapons ready and set them in place; drive the sacrifice forward my friends
Harness the plough and stretch the yoke on it; sow the seed in the prepared womb. And if the hearing of our song is weighty enough, then the ripe crop will come nearer to the scythes
The inspired poets who know how to harness the plough and stretch the yokes on either side to win favour among the gods
Make the buckets ready and fasten the straps well. We want to draw water from the fountain that is easy to draw water from, flowing freely, inexhaustible
I draw water from the fountain whose buckets are in place with good straps, easy to draw water from freely flowing and inexhaustible