Déjà vu and the Hanuman’s search for Rama’s Ring

Hello folks! Welcome to my first article of 2021., also my very first article without physics concepts. I feel I got you curious by the title. So then. why delay it., let’s get started.

I believe most of you are aware of the term déjà vu (According to Cambridge dictionary, it is “the strange feeling that in some way you have already experienced what is happening now”). Did it ever happen to you? If not, I will guarantee you'll encounter this feeling at least once in your lifetime. I will admit that I definitely experienced it so many times.

So, I will take you down the path of how I think it works. But first, let's start with a short story from Hindu mythology.

The story begins with Rama. Rama or also Ramachandra was the son of Dasaratha Maharaja and the husband of Sita. One day Rama realized that his purpose in life has come to an end and that the time has arrived for him to renounce his human avatar and return to Vaikuntha (Heavenly abode). Hanuman, who is a staunch devotee of Rama guards the gates of Rama's palace. Yama, the God of death, gets scared as Hanuman (The master of all weapons) guards and protects the life of Lord Rama. For that reason, he didn't want to take a chance and enter the palace while it is guarded. Knowing this, Lord Rama plays a trick to divert Hanuman. Acting unintentionally, he drops his ring into a small crack on the floor and asks Hanuman to find it. Hanuman who already had a boon to increase or reduce his body by his will, squeezes his body and enters the tiny hole in search for Rama's Ring. He goes on and goes on and finally reaches the paatala lokha. There he meets Vasuki, the king of Serpents. Vasuki asks Hanuman why he is there to which Hanuman replies, “I have come to fetch Rama's ring which has fallen here”. Vasuki listens and takes Hanuman to a huge tower of rings where all the rings are alike. Hanuman asks Vasuki how he could find Rama's ring in the tower of rings as they are all same. Vasuki replies, “all the rings here belong to Rama. You can take any one of these”.

Vasuki then explains to the confused Hanuman, the cycle of four Yugas (Satya, Tretha, Dwapara, and Kali) which happens continuously and, in that exact order, (1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4......). In every Tretha yuga or the second quarter, Rama is born at Ayodya and one day he loses his ring which finds its way to paatala lokha. This happens for every Kalpa (The life cycle of all the four Yugas). He continues to say, “That is the reason all these rings are piled up here as a tower and also that is the reason all the rings are alike, and every ring belongs to Rama”.

Interesting, isn’t it? I will conclude this story here and jump into the correlation with Deja vu.

(Image is taken form https://mindmatters.ai/2021/01/the-infinity-mirror-trap-part-2-the-thought-determinism-paradox/ )

The summary of this story is that every moment that is happening now will happen again and again., the day that you are born and even the exact moment now that you are reading this post. I think that is the reason many people believe Fate and Destiny (Something is happening because it has already happened, or it is planned, or it is written).

Maybe because we are traveling in the same path again and again, we feel like we have already experienced it, or simply we feel Deja vu.

Also, note that I am sharing this from my perspective, not as the actual fact behind Deja vu. Just saying :)

Please share your opinions or questions as comments. Thank you for reading :)

I also wrote an article on Entropy and Symmetry which draws a similar conclusion in a scientific way. why to wait? Find the other perspective!