The Effulgence Within

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Saturday, September 12, 2015

Religion Binds, Spirituality Frees

There is clear demarcation between religion and spirituality. Spirituality is about liberation. And religion, as it is understood and practiced, is about control. At the lowest level religions tend to control through ignorance and blind belief. They do not wish to be questioned, because they have no... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 22, 2015

Pain as a Process of Progress towards God

Today, after a long gap, I am in the mood to give a long discourse. Excuse me, please. G. M. Hopkins' Carrion Comfort is a sonnet on desolation and the dark night of his soul. The poem is probably a record of a terrifying dream sequence that Hopkins experienced when he was in the throes of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 10, 2015

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Matthew Arnold's Thyrsis as a Pastoral Elegy

Thyrsis, a well-known pastoral elegy, was composed by Arnold on the death of his scholar-friend Arthur Hugh Clough, his classmate and childhood friend. In this poem Arnold wonders at night alone over the familiar Oxford countryside. He has no hope for the future as he contemplates for the loss of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 4, 2015

In Search of Lost Love

Unable to fathom The delights of kissing I, like one deluded, Thinking it to be the ultimately real Decided to break off From my house of woe And search for It in the wilderness Standing at the door, embracing, Bidding farewell to my darling Suddenly, I was seized With a sense of foolishness And... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Reassertion of Traditional Values against Rationalistic Optimism

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.

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Saturday, February 14, 2015

Steps in Redemption (A Repeat of my earlier poem)

I have heard, heard from quarters deep Love is the glue that holds, binds, unites the universe Why is it then that nectarine waters in me not seep? Is it because I do not love myself? This verse, This question I surmise is in season In spite of all my bawdy internal treason I do realize I have not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Multi-Symbolism of The Cherry Orchard

Conidered as one of the greatest dramatic masterpieces in the literary world, the Russian playwright Anton Chekov’s last play The Cherry Orchard opened at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. T he play serves as a fluid and complex symbol that has... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

The Transmigration of Evil into Good: From Devil to God

Those people that kill the Self, upon giving up their mortal bodies go to the worlds of devils enveloped in blinding darkness, says verse 3 of the Isa Upanishad. Who are the killers of the Self? This question is answered by the founder of the international society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON),... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Horace: The function of Literature

Born about half a century BC, the Roman poet Horace is one of the distinguished exponents of the classical school of criticism. Interestingly, the son of a slave, Horace was also a soldier who served under the leadership of General Brutus, after Julius Caesar's assassination. He believed that great... 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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