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Thursday, May 6, 2010

Of Bliss

Joy, O Joy! that singular singlemost endearing word Nectarine, to be experienced in totality in this world itself Pleasure, happiness, bliss - its three dimensions The physical, the mental and the spiritual The mental longer lasting than the physical And the spiritual, deep sea-like, almost... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Choose your study

A whole wide world, external Lies before me, for study Another, a bigger, internal, too - Lies before me Now, which to study The study of the external makes me a scientist And that of the internal makes me a spiritualist Both lead to Truth, one with doubt, often changing Where observations lead to... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Mystics Experience Deathlessness

Wordsworth is pre-eminently a poet of solitude. Indeed, all kinds of solitude and all things solitary had an extraordinary fascination for him. Wordsworth used to “wander lonely as a cloud” and seek the “souls of the lonely places”. The “sleep that is among the lonely hills” profoundly affected him.... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Decline, or progress, as we age?

In The Excursion Wordsworth expounds a personal philosophy of which he is clearly aware in advance, whereas in his best poetry, which belongs to his earlier years, he deals with immediate experience that is still evolving. The philosophy of The Excursion is a reassertion of traditional values... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The Note of Moral Earnestness in Wordsworth

No poet has succeeded in writing finer poetry on moral issues than Wordsworth. He was preoccupied with the moral effect of Nature on man. He was “well-pleased to recognize in Nature and the language of the sense” – The anchor of my purest thought, the nurse The guide, the guardian of my heart and... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Inscrutable

God, the Unmoved Mover of the Universes Dispenses, what to our understanding at times Appears injustice; Let us instead understand Since He is All-Powerful, what does it matter To whom it is justice and to whom it is injustice, Power is, after all, Power If we accept God to be so, the entire focus... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Lyrical Flights of William Collins' Poetry

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.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Name and Form

Through throes of excruciating pain have I traversed The road …. Thank God … the experience has been gain Gain, and nothing else but gain; all my grievances reversed Now, pain a dull ache, no longer potent, come hither come again Befriended, yet that animosity of the old, relationships cold Makes... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 19, 2010

This is so true of so many writers here

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.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

A Study of Characterization in Chaucer

The Host of the Tabard Inn, Harry Bailly, is one of the most lifelike characters in the Canterbury Tales. He has several features in common with another pilgrim - the Monk. Both are genial, expansive, pleasure-loving men of the world and are well-built with big bright eyes. Chaucer describes the... 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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