The Vedic literature is the book of life. It gives all these information in a well structured manner. Spiritual masters in every age help mankind to understand the purpose of life and through that they help mankind in progressing through their evolutionary journey. The master's life become guiding lights in the darkness of our ignorance.

     Since it is very difficult to understand the purpose of life , all the vedic information is given in a symbolic form. Exactly like the first school book is in the form of symbols, so is vedic literature. A student learns alphabet through symbols. "A" for  apple, "B" for ball, "C" for cat etc. The knowledge is given in the form of symbols.

Indra - chief of the Devas (Gods)

      Since the human mind is always revolved around the world of senses (Indriyas), God Indra is talked and praised first. His kingdom of heaven (Swarga) is talked about. The rituals of obtaining wealth and prosperity etc is later given. Then comes the element of sacrifice which most of them wrongly interpret it as sacrifice of animals. Since we have evolved from animals, we still carry the trace desires of it. We have to sacrifice those animal nature and evolve to pure man. Unfortunately this information is taken as literally and animal sacrifice was performed.

       Kali drinking blood after chopping the demon mahishan's head and drinking his blood, thank God, is not literally followed. Otherwise we would be cannibals drinking human blood. Here the buffalo head Mahishan represent Ego. Buffalo is a black colored  animal that is lazy and swims in dirty stagnant water. Lack represent darkness or total absorption of color which symbolizes the attitude of Ego. Ego is totally absorbed only in its welfare and not concerned of anything. Ego like buffalo is lazy and dwells in the  stagnant darkness of ignorance.

         Blood represents energy and so Kali drinking blood indicates that we have to chop off of our Ego and drink the energy of the Ego which means directing that energy in our Journey to the Source. This is how the whole of Vedic literature including the puranas are wrongly mis-understood.

       In the next few pages  we would try to give the best interpretation of Vedic literature.