The Effulgence Within

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Monday, November 7, 2022

Knowledge befools us: Ignorance is Wisdom

It is difficult to translate the Sanskrit word ajnana (ignorance) for a lack of its English equivalent, hence the ambivalence.To the Western way of thinking the word 'ignorance' conveys a state of stupor or a "blanking out of the mind". But it is not so. All knowledge is of the mind - accumulation... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

When Facts Coalesce with Fiction or Overlap the other way round

The Theatre of the Absurd gained much popularity as a medium of dramatic expression, although indistinct in its conveyance but one of relief all right, of the inner conflicts of Man to which he found no answers, especially when the world was passing through a phase of transition – uprisings against... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 29, 2022

Different Kinds of Loves in As You Like It

In As You Like It, love lives in many forms – in Orlando and Rosalind, Celia and Oliver, Silvius and Phoebe, Touchstone and Audrey. In the play, the lovers love one another at first sight. Dead shepherd, now I find thy saw of might Who ever lov’d that lov’d not at first sight It is the cry of Phoebe... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 24, 2022

What the Forest of Arden teach the Exiles of the Court

The Forest of Arden is set over against the envious court ruled by a tyrant. But it is no Elysium. It contains some unsociable characters. Corin's master is churlish, William iis a dolt and Audrey graceless. Its weather is not always sunny: it has a bitter winter. Even to the escapers from the... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 21, 2022

The beautiful heroine, Rosalind, of As You Like It

Rosalind is a girl of beauty, a beauty which is combined with grace and dignity. It is the deep affection between Celia and Rosalind that keeps Rosalind at court. “Like Juno’s swans Still we went coupled and inseparable”. In the Forest of Arden she is able to give expression to her innate vivacity... Sign in to see full entry.

The Lyrical Flights of William Collins

The English poet laureate of the mid-eighteenth century, William Collins, was regarded by Swinburne as a solitary song-bird amidst the poets of his age. But, in the opinion of H.W. Garrod, Collins is not a singer, nor is there passion in his odes. Elevation his odes have, but the wings, fire, the... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 17, 2022

Wililliam Collins’ ODE TO SIMPLICITY

One of the finest poems of William Collins (1721 - 1759) is the Ode to Simplicity (1747), written when he was 26 years old is an urging call for us all to lead a simple and humble life without any artificially. Collins, who is one of the transitional poets like William Blake, William Cowper... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 9, 2022

Shakespeare: The Unmatched Great Master

With three powers are invested we all – Wit, Subtlety and Profundity To which we conform is for us to bare, isolate and hone; ’tis our duty A most sincere journey in discovery, says the great master Shakespeare All the rest that we are not, whatever else we are, for that we are not here The process... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 7, 2022

Aristotle’s Conception of God in the image of a Woman

I have held an abiding love for the metaphorical Aristotelian imagery of God, compared to that of a beautiful woman. 'God', says Aristotle, 'moves the world as a beloved would move her lover'. It is a she that moves... (Is it only men that move around?), I really don't know. But that women are... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 19, 2022

The Finest Fruit on the Tree of Knowledge

All religions, excepting that of the Hindus, are founded on a single historical event or by a prophet. Thus Moses was for the Jews, Christ for the Christians, Mohammed for Islam and Zoroaster for Parsees. The first three are the only religions that were born outside of India, since Zoroastrianism... Sign in to see full entry.

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