{"id":34248,"date":"2019-03-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wearewater.org\/insights\/water-symbol-and-metaphor\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T18:09:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T16:09:05","slug":"water-symbol-and-metaphor","status":"publish","type":"waw_insight","link":"https:\/\/www.wearewater.org\/br\/insights\/water-symbol-and-metaphor\/","title":{"rendered":"Water, symbol and metaphor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"whads-insighttext-gblock\"><div class=\"whads-insighttext-gblock__heading__col\"><\/div><div class=\"whads-insighttext-gblock__text__col\"><p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In Asia, where the most ancient religions find their roots, the value of water as a symbol of life and purification is reflected in all worships. In the short film, the Buddhist monk <strong>Karunannada Bhikkhu<\/strong>, the Hindu priest <strong>Sri Sujon Chakraboti<\/strong>, the Christian friar <strong>Lintu Francis da Costa<\/strong> and the Muslim imam <strong>Mohiuddin Rasel <\/strong>describe the profound presence of water in the different philosophies and rituals of their religions.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Water does not know or identify with any race, culture, ethnicity or religion; it is in the systems of thought of all civilizations. \u00a0A principle common to all of them is the contemplation of water as an element intrinsically linked to life and of union to the world. For Buddhism, <em>\u201cbeing like water\u201d<\/em> is an integrating metaphor with nature that spread throughout the East more than 2,500 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">For Hinduism, according to the Vedic tradition, water is the essential substance from which all forms are born. In the Upanishads, narrations that appeared around the sixth century B.C., there are constant references to water as a metaphor of purity and authentic wisdom: <\/span><em><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cAs pure water poured into pure water remains unchanged, so is the ego of an illuminated thinker.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the Judaeo-Christian Bible we find the symbolic power of water and the sentimental intensity with which people once lived in relation with it. The word <em>water<\/em> appears 582 times in the Old Testament and it is used to describe creation and destruction, purification, regeneration and love. Water accompanies the divine spirit and its relationship with mankind in all stages of the long biblical story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the Christian Gospels, water has a very special significance as a metaphor of divine wisdom: <em>\u201cWhoever drinks of this water shall thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I give him shall never thirst, as the water I give him shall become a fountain a water springing up to eternal life.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the Koranic texts of Islam water is donated by God for the creation and maintenance of life: <em>\u201cGod is the one who has given you the earth as a bed and who has built the heavens as a building over your heads; he is the one who brings down water from heaven and who germinates with it the fruits destined to nourish us.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Water not only gives us life, it is the origin of life. Since the dawn of human consciousness our relationship with water has been profound and enriching. The history of philosophy and the rites of ancient cultures and religions confirm it: in all of them, water is a symbol of life, of purification and hope, values that are a common denominator that unites us and that we should take into account much more. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":34250,"template":"","categories":[155,165],"class_list":["post-34248","waw_insight","type-waw_insight","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acceso-al-agua-br","category-waw-film-festival-br"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Water, symbol and metaphor - We Are Water<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wearewater.org\/br\/insights\/water-symbol-and-metaphor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Water, symbol and metaphor - 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