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Sunday, August 7, 2016

Creating Faith with the Material of Doubt

The French philosopher René Descartes' search for an oasis of faith through the desert of doubt began with Cogito, ergo sum. I think therefore I am. "My very doubt proves my existence". Otherwise who will be the doubter? Doubt, in itself cannot exist. And so skepticism leads to one certainty. I am.... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 5, 2016

The other Dimension of Love (a repeat, say, almost)

I am a fan of the metaphysical poets --- --- and was absolutely delighted to find ecstasy defined in one of John Donne’s poem by the same title. It is, he explains, the realization through a temporary disassociation of the soul from the body and what all happens thereafter that ecstasy descends. The... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

The Union of Love and Love's Soul

In the days of the old, it so happened that men on earth started paying homage less and less to the temple of Aphrodite; it went increasingly unprayed and its altar uncleaned from neglect. Many a times not even the incense sticks were burned. Venus, the goddess of beauty to the Greeks as Aphrodite,... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 30, 2016

The Strength of the Resolute Unbending Spirit

If interested, you can see the poem here- http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/michael-a-pastoral-poem/l. I enjoyed these 484 lines classic. W ordsworth’s poem “Michael” occurs in Lyrical Ballads (1800). The poem’s sub-title “A pastoral poem” indicates that the poet is consciously rejecting the... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 29, 2016

My Crush Deride

I was a child then, no, childish, not a child Adolescent, yes, but somewhat blunt and wild The maiden of my dreams, my neighbor Would often come over, no acknowledgments ever To cause my imaginings the most uneasy labor When gone, she’d leave behind a blazing fever Our house was ancient, she walked... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

INTROSPECTION: Dialogue with Self

Tethered I was in a strange kingdom A kingdom of the obscure Somber A hearty welcome greeted me from The recesses of a dank cave Cold and dark … ” Lemme outta here!” Cried I Oh no, said the voice “Remember The last Jan you came and I tried to show you your enclave? And Like a recalcitrant linkless... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 23, 2016

The Ghosts

tt took me almost ten months to complete reading Ghosts. I share with you all, the gist of my Ibsenianism!! “ Ghosts”, meaning “those who come back” refers to people, ideas or beliefs from the past that affects life in the present. The prevalence of such “ghosts” is a major theme in the Norwegian... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 21, 2016

The Mystic Song Divine

With wondrous eyes I see the Danse macabre And hear sounds of life and death’s rattling sabre Going on incessantly without any pause, Are there no full stops nor no commas? No sir, because When the cosmic cycle of Nature breathes Life, and death-plays, are invariably in harmonious ease And it is... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Religion and Spirituality

( Since the last few days we dwelt in detail on the subject of Paradse Lost, a lot of talk has been on Hell, Heaven, Satan, God, Sin and Death etc. I, therefore, today, wish to throw some more light as I understand these). There is clear demarcation between religion and spirituality. Spirituality is... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 17, 2016

The Nature and Concept of Hell in Paradise Lost

Modem critics have held many different views of Milton’s Paradise Lost. Among these the major objection has been that the Book, a twelve volume epic, is militantly Christian and does not adhere to diverse viewpoints of the modern age. Milton’s religious views are actually a mirror of the age in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Embarking on a journey in spiritual quest is fraught with the dangers of doubt, tension and anxiety, disbeliefs, misgivings, and a whole lot of uncertainties. Still, it is that one most integral aspect of life that humankind can rarely ignore or do without. Scientific minds are at loggerheads with what constitute religious truths; likewise, there are close-minded believers that give no credence to scientific facts. What I intend and invite you to discuss here is an intelligent amalgamation of the two seemingly diabolically opposite understandings: whether there exists an interrelationship that can help man to evolve and bloom like the perennial lily?

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