Churning of the ocean

[puzzled]

listened to katha about this a while back, but can't find the video now. 

I believe the story of the churning of the ocean is mentioned in bani as well. The Devte decided to churn the ocean to get amrit, the nectar of immortality, which was right at the bottom of the ocean. But it was a difficult task and they had to ask the demons to help them. Using a giant snake, a mountain and a turtle(Vishnu) they started churning the ocean. The demons complained that why should they hold the tail end of the snake? so they swapped and the devte held the tail end while the demons held the head, the exhaustion resulted in the snake releasing poison and toxic air towards the demons.  They churned and churned, to the point of exhaustion, Vishnu then decided to give them strength. All sorts of treasures came out, beautiful creatures, devis etc but they kept on churning because it was the amrit that they wanted. After much effort they finally reached the amrit and tasted it.  

The story symbolises a lot of things. The devte represent the good in us, the demons the bad in us. The struggle represents our struggle on the path of spirituality and meditation, the churning represents our mind and removing the filth. After a very long struggle the first treasures started appearing, but these treasures were just some of the gifts that come with meditation, not the goal. After much more struggle they finally reached the Amrit, the nectar of immortality. When doing simran, it takes a lot of patience, you often struggle. And then you start experiencing the gifts, but these gifts are not the aim, after more simran/churning you finally experience the amrit. 

Correct me if I've said anything wrong 

 

[MisterrSingh]

On 3/12/2021 at 6:52 PM, puzzled said:

The story symbolises a lot of things. The devte represent the good in us, the demons the bad in us. The struggle represents our struggle on the path of spirituality and meditation, the churning represents our mind and removing the filth. After a very long struggle the first treasures started appearing, but these treasures were just some of the gifts that come with meditation, not the goal. After much more struggle they finally reached the Amrit, the nectar of immortality. When doing simran, it takes a lot of patience, you often struggle. And then you start experiencing the gifts, but these gifts are not the aim, after more simran/churning you finally experience the amrit. 

You God-forsaken missionary!!! They literally churned it! And the world is on a turtle's back. It's a55 is where India is situated.

[GurjantGnostic]

The <banned word filter activated> is more like the south. Kind of fitting.