musings 103

There was a statement by a friend that the vedic hymns and invoking certain hymns indicate that such hymns are addressed to the "Super-conscious"

The idea is nice.. But to assert that such understanding alone is the right one, is just a matter of personal choice and interpretations.. The individual has the right to perceive any idea in his own way.. But to generalize it for all is not right.

there is no mention of super-conscious or whatever you call it in Vedas or related texts.. Later interpreters assign so many meanings to slokas and mantras according to their perception.. The slokam as such does not mention about any super-conscious.. You appear to have received this idea or understanding from some philosopher or guru whom you consider great.. Nothing wrong in it..

But your understanding need not be the only meaning.. 

Sanskrit is the medium used here, and the language has a meaning for every word and every syllable.. So the statement or Mantram has a plain meaning.. Thistathu .. means may stand.. Prajanana menas the one which leads to sort of creation.. When you do an anganyasam that is touching the parts of the body and invoking the presence of the divine in your limbs, you have to understand such limbs as  parts of your body which are responsible for such action.. It is as simple as that..

You can have philosophic, esoteric, spiritual, symbolic, and many interpretations.. If you subscribe to any particular interpretation that is good enough for you..

But if you say the mantram is addressed only to super-conscious etc then that is not correct..

Someone might have interpreted it like that too.. And that may be true in the context of that interpretation... That is all..

Human beings have many levels of perceptions..

And the perceptions might lead to interpretations which might vary according to the extent  of cognizance and states of mind of the subjects.

What a child perceives, what an adolescent perceives, what an adult perceives what an old man perceives, what a saint perceives, what a devilish person perceives.. All are right for that individual.. and we cannot challenge any perception as long as such perception does not cause physical or mental distress to others.

We have to see ideas and interpret them according to the plain normal grammatical and linguistic rules of the language in which the idea is presented..

Interpretations without too much of assertion  are okay.

It is even right to say that I understand it in a particular way.

But if the assertion leads to the next step.. of saying and believing that what I understand is the only right one,, that would lead to conflict and can lead to unhappiness for all around..