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Saraswati, the Goddess of Knowledge and the Arts. To me, she is the essence of these concepts to which my life has been devoted. As such, much of my life has been a devotional exercise to Her. I often meditate on her and this helps me to focus on what I do, why I do it, and what essential wisdom there is to be found in doing so. In this sense, she as a concept is real to me, even if I do not believe in her as a supernatural entity or separate force. It is the same way in which, say, death is real but not a supernatural force or literal guy dressed in a hood with a scythe.
Avalakiteshvara's (the Hearer of Sorrows) teaching to Buddhist monk Sariputra on the essence/heart of perfect wisdom. It teaches a basic sense of the agnostic condition of people, and the illogical condition of the universe.
Not sure if it qualifies as "deity" but stories surrounding Coyote in some Indigenous American traditions are really good examples of "primitive" psychological analysis.
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Not sure if it qualifies as "deity" but stories surrounding Coyote in some Indigenous American traditions are really good examples of "primitive" psychological analysis.
I'm cool with. I like the idea of keep an "openness" on this thread.
I like the stories of indigenous people from around the world. Some of my favourites are the tales of the Bushmen of southern Africa about /Kaggen their trickster god who often takes other forms, like a mantis or eland. Genetic testing indicates the Bushmen may be the oldest peoples in the world. To me, that makes their stories particularly interesting.
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