rta

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The concept of rta may be understood as follows:

(a)

That which is ordained by rta fills the whole world, but the particular manifestations of rta are in those processes of nature which always remain constant and arouse the idea of regular recurrence. Rta has the following meanings:

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Established order

Regulation

Destiny

Sacred custom

Statute

Divine law

Right

Truth

Ordinance

(Right) way

Direction

Course (to be followed)

(b)

The concept of rta is a libido symbol like sun, wind, etc. Only rta is less concretistic and contains the abstract element of fixed direction and regularity, the idea of a predetermined, ordered path or process

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(c)

Rta is, therefore, a kind of philosophical libido symbol that can be directly compared to the Stoic concept of heimarmene. For the Stoics heimarmene had the significance of creative, primal heat, and at the same time it was a predetermined, regular process (hence its other meaning: “compulsion of the stars”)

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