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Non-linear Flow
Non-linear Flow

& Changes
& Changes

Flow as realized by the Arya Sages is synchronous with the Indus Valley Seals (5500 – 2000 BCE)

Rig Veda (1. 164) and the whole of Yadjur Veda mention the To the conventional 4 seasons, the Indian Rishis
constructs of flow (Kriya) as cyclic changes. They occur at the drew inspiration from the additional two, which is
cosmic level, and are expressed as evolution at the individual Monsoon (rainy season) and Pre-Autumnal
level. The parable of the flow of seasons; an iteration of cycles of festivity (Saradiya), very much in the Indian
summer and winter, or spring and autumn are various allegories ecosystem of climate and culture.
or metaphors. Chinese philosopher Confucius and Lao-Tzu have The cycle of the six seasons is the epitome of the
also used these parables. wheel of life in the Vedas, and stands for the

In the quadrangular system of changes, the Indian Arya Rishi- steadfast parable of a Eka-sringa (Unicorn)
mind expanded the idea. Within the fold of the Indian Climate Rhinoceros in Buddhism, evident again and again
and the Indian ecosystem, they observed the flow in 6 stages, the in the Indus Valley seals. The invading Aryans, if
parable of called ‘Sada Ritu Chakra’ as an underlying dynamism any, had no idea of these subtle constructs. It
over time. fulfills the disapproval of the invasion myth.

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