Reading Notes: Seven Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art (film) Part B

Part B: Narayan's Secret: What dies is always reborn. 

-The world exists when he is awake
-The world ceases to exist when he sleeps


Elements that I like: 
-Similarities and differenced between Greek mythology and Hinduism
-Rebirth- very different than other religions
-Sesha, the remainder. Narayan sleeps on time, which is what time stands still.
-"Without the observer, there is no observation" So when Narayan is asleep, he is not observing, which means the observation can not be seen
-Did we create the world or did the world create us?
-Narayan awake is Vishnu --> the mind then starts to organize the world
-Things are born when we become aware of them
-Ocean being used as an indicator of that is to come

I was really drawn to this image of the 'soul'. The film describes the soul of having no definitive form,
 but instead, formless and infinite. Image is from the film (link below)

I like the idea of writing a story about nature and the ocean. Soul, the oceanographer, could draw conclusions about impending weather based on the pattern and current of the waves. From this, he could come up with what he believe the waves to be telling him.


Bibliography: Seven Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art by Devdutt Pattanaik
Watch on Youtube here