Kamba Ramayana 29, A study. Answers to my questions and Vali and Sugriva

I had said:

I keeping asking myself, where are the gods and the rakshasas !

Mohini gave me an answer:
Hi Nidhi uncle,

I am quite convinced they are within each of us...i'll talk about the gods first as i like to focus on them! :-) 

the gods reside at the subtle centres ( chakras) that correspond with our major nerve plexuses; and they bestow qualities that we appreciate in them and sometimes see in ourselves-- e.g innocence of a child, akin to Ganesha, who resides in the mooladhar chakra, which is at the base of the spine; creativity such as that of Brahma and Saraswati who reside in the swadishthan; generosity and satisfaction as that of Lakshmi and Vishnu in our nabhi; joy and security that like that Shiva and Parvati in the Anahat;  diplomacy such as that of Krishna's in the vishuddi; forgiveness such as that of Jesus in the agnya and a sense of integration with the whole at the Sahasrara like that when the Devi  unites the jeev atma with the paramatma...all these deities i see as energies in their pure form...all distortions from reality (because we move from the absolute to the relative) leads to the creation of rakshasas.

Adi shankaracharya; gnaneshwara and many other seers have experienced and written about this. This realisation is within our reach too now.... Love Mohini

In fact, my question had elicited some more answers. Sriram sent me three articles to read, Science and Spirituality: Two Aspects of a Single Reality; Religion and Metaphysics; The impact of science on society. 

Mohan also had a suggestion:
Hello Nidhi Uncle,
There is an another angle to the Devas, Rakshasas. It is to do with the Aryan migration and the conflict with the local populace, who had animistic traditions. Aryans came in with an organised & codified religion - thus leading to the conflict between the ethnic populace (Rakshasas) and the Aryan invaders.
Some more light on this would be appreciated...Regards NSM

It is good that while being pulled in different directions, this uncle is being educated as well :-)

Getting back to the study, we see Vali and Sugriva as brothers who unfortunately hated each other due to a misunderstanding. Vali is depicted in KR as one with valour and power, endowed with generous and noble qualities but was extinguished by Sri Rama for a single delinquency.

Rama met Sugriva and pitied his helpless condition and impressed with his generous nature swore eternal friendship with him. When Rama learns that Vali had taken away Sugriva's wife, his eyes grew red with rage and swore to Sugriva that he would kill Vali with his bow and restore his wife to him and make him king of Kishkinda. In order to give Sugriva confidence in his strength, Rama destroyed seven Sala trees with one arrow!  Sugriva now convinced agreed to challenge Vali with the understanding that as Vali and Sugriva were engaged with each other, Rama would shoot an arrow and kill Vali.