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Ramayana, the real interpretation!

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Ramayana is a fight between the Good and the Evil! Everyone would agree to that statement. No questions! Rama is the Good and Ravana is the Bad or the Evil. Many scholars and interpreters of the legend have held that this Good is not something away from you. Rama is one part of Us, the individual. The same way, Ravana is another part of Us! Human being is a mix of Good and the Evil. Rama is that representation of the Good in every person while Ravana is that representation of the Evil in every person. So, the moral of that story is Good should triumph over the Evil. Every individual should fight against the Evil in him and finally, the Good in him or her should triumph over the Evil in him / her! Symbolization does not end there! Ravana’s ten heads are supposed to be ten desires that ‘man’ the evil in humans. What are these ten desires? Desire for woman / man is the first in the series. Desire for money or wealth, desire to grab land, desire for power over peo