The Effulgence Within

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Drunk in the fount of Psyche, Voluptas, Delight

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.

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Friday, August 3, 2012

Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard

A classical dramatic literature, Anton Chekov’s The Cherry Orchard serves as a fluid and complex symbol that has different meanings with different classes of people and also with the changing times. At one time when the cherry orchard was in bloom and laden with fruits, it was a source of great... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

No, my Lucrezia, bear with me for once ...

At a small town in Fiesole near Florence it is the evening twilight, the sun is setting and the atmosphere, stiflingly windless; Andrea, the son of a sartor (dress-maker) and a brilliant Renaissance painter is sitting in his studio with Lucrezia, his worldly-minded wife and model, who has for long... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

No, my Lucrezia, bear with me for once ...

(A repeat post)... At a small town in Fiesole near Florence it is the evening twilight, the sun is setting and the atmosphere, stiflingly windless; Andrea, the son of a sartor (dress-maker) and a brilliant Renaissance painter is sitting in his studio with Lucrezia, his worldly-minded wife and model,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 27, 2012

Lands of Solitude

Many of the English hymnodist William Cowper’s poems are a mental record of his mood swings of severe depression. He yearned that his torrid love affair with his first cousin Theodora be culminated in marriage. It could not, because of his father’s strong opposition to an unsociable alliance. This... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Faith: The Strength and Wonder of Life

(This is so beautiful that I could not help but share this mail forward. Excuse me if some of you have already seen it). This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002. He was born with 2 legs He of course could not walk when he was born. Even his mother did not want him. His first owner also... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 21, 2012

George Orwell's Down the Mine

(One of my earlier unread posts). George Orwell’s “ Down the Mine ” records his observations on the horrid world of coal-miners and the arduous work of the miners as it existed in the early 1930’s, and the condition is today no different in the many underdeveloped countries. Western civilization,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Which Works are Sinless Works?

All involuntary actions on which I can have no control, called kriyas, cannot be the causes of any fruitive work or bondage thereof; only the ones that I can voluntarily or through various practices in yogic techniques/breathing/resolute will, bring under control, but falter impelled by motives of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Questioning or Unquestioning Belief?

From one of my earlier articles, I wish to share some thoughts from two comments of my readers... “your spirit and willingness to try and make meaning for us -- Eastern philosophy is so different from ours. We are full of it and always trying to pack more in. You seem to lay out the thoughtful... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Chaucer has no peer save Shakespeare

Humor is the stuff and substance of Chaucer’s entire mental constitution. His humor is so subtle, so delicate, so trenchant and penetrating in its spread that it is difficult to locate in isolation at any fixed place when reading the Canterbury Tales. Indeed, the exquisite combination of variety and... 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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