Upanishads Creation Story

What is uncomfortable or bizarre to us in the beginning eventually becomes part of the greater self that we are only beginning to understand. We “gain more from this wisdom than we give in the search; we become more than we could have been before. In humiliation, she changed form into a cow. By continually changing her form and by him persistently pursing her, the “self keeps becoming one again, and each time comes apart once more,” which therefore, creates our world of diversity (Clooney 8). from nothing in six days, where as in the Hindu myth, man created the universe. By learning from this religious tradition, we can thus better ourselves and our understanding of other cultures to become better, well-rounded individuals. The central theme of the Hindu Creation Story is that there is only one true self and as we learn from Hindu wisdom, “we shall re-create our religious selves” in the process. Though mortal, he created the immortals, and therefore this is a surpassing creation” (Clooney 2). We are nurtured by that wisdom and it becomes a part of us (Clooney 5). She then changed form again into a mare and man transformed into a bull, resulting in the same unification and progeny. ” and eventually we “find ourselves thinking and imagining God in terms we had not known previously… we have consumed both the old and the new, and they have become a part of us” (Clooney 15). Male is also very dependent on female, despite the fact that she is shameful of their unification, because he needs her not only for reproduction, but to fill the void in himself that is causing him loneliness. By learning about other religions in a spiritual way, we enter into a living connection with that other tradition.