The first encyclopedia of human kind, the Zend Avesta of Zarathustra, predates ancient Egypt, China or India. And the Zend Avesta is itself, a recounting of previous ancient traditions. The early heliolithic teachings were pictures or pictographs - physiograms and ideograms often representing a greater intensity of their reality than can be found in expressions of todays reality through the written word. Zarathustra used pictographs to explain what words could not - the Creation of the Universe. He used the word "ASHA" which means "the cosmic order" as a representation of the creation of the Universe and all of its component parts. We are talking 8 to 10 thousand years ago. Amazing.
The ancient Sumerians, followers of Zarathustra, used this greeting, "Ashem Vohu" when meeting each other. Ashem Vohu means "the Cosmic Order is the best of all things."
They understood that with this greeting they were reinforcing their belief with each other that the universe is not a capricious universe, rather it is a universe where everything is in balance, harmony, and that to the extent that each of them/us cooperate with it only strengthens the balance and harmony. In other words, humanity/us are an intrinsic part of Asha - the Cosmic Order.
For today, ask yourself if you are in harmony with Asha? Are your thoughts, feelings, and actions filled with peace and harmony? And if not take a moment to STOP! And breathe to find within yourself a moment of peace and harmony. Check in with your body and see what it going on in there.
Any idea where Professor Bordeaux-Szelely found the ideographs included with his translation from the Zend Avesta?
ReplyDeleteI too like his writings but his documentation is rather sketchy. Of course, that's not surprising for teachers in this line.