RUDRA- WIELDER OF THUNDERBOLTS IN THE SKY!
Perhaps that is why He allowed stories about Himself to be floated and rumoured among the city people. It did not trouble Him at all that tales about ‘The Terrible Rudra’ abounded. This was quite in character with society: If you were not present in its midst, you became the subject of talk. If you were not present to affirm or deny what was being said, anything could be said about you! Society relished rumours, and Rudra was a favourite in fuelling their imagination.One rumour in particular, had been blown quite thunderously out of proportion: ‘Rudra left Brahma’s palace and joined the forest creatures, because He discovered one day that He was some kind of secret demonic creature.He felt more comfortable with His own kind who lived beyond city limits. He abounds, where other mortals fear to tread. He, is not human! He has unspeakable magic powers, which he uses to control all the denizens of the forests from atop a mountain. He, is the wielder of thunderbolts in an angry sky.’
Rudra actually chuckled at the thought of people imagining Him like that. He knew all these were false beliefs, deliberately floated by society for their own motives.The same society that often ostracized snakes, saying “Snakes bite each other for their own survival” Nothing could have been further from the truth.
In fact , it was society that harmed each other all the time, for their own survival. But sometimes, false beliefs served well to avoid the real damage. If, for example, the ‘big bad man on top of the mountain’ was actually a good man; a man with strong convictions for the welfare of all, such a man could actually catapult Himself into the ultimate samaritan who maintained the balance of harmony. That people were in an awe, albeit a negative one, could actually be an opportunity to practise a positive influence. Rudra was the epitome of such a practice.
Rudra actually chuckled at the thought of people imagining Him like that. He knew all these were false beliefs, deliberately floated by society for their own motives.The same society that often ostracized snakes, saying “Snakes bite each other for their own survival” Nothing could have been further from the truth.
In fact , it was society that harmed each other all the time, for their own survival. But sometimes, false beliefs served well to avoid the real damage. If, for example, the ‘big bad man on top of the mountain’ was actually a good man; a man with strong convictions for the welfare of all, such a man could actually catapult Himself into the ultimate samaritan who maintained the balance of harmony. That people were in an awe, albeit a negative one, could actually be an opportunity to practise a positive influence. Rudra was the epitome of such a practice.
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