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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Monday, March 19, 2012

AWAKE, Æolian Lyre, Awake

“A WAKE, Æolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings, From Helicon's harmonious springs... “ This is the poet Thomas Gray’s (1716 – 1771) Invocation to the Æolian lyre, that is, the lyre of the ancient Greek poet Pindar who lived between the 6 th and 5 th century B.C. Gray here... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Ecstasy - The Other Dimension of Love

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.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

The Glorious Function of Literature according to Horace

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.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

The Swan-like Soul of the Artist

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.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Deconceptualized Human Perceptions

M odern Quantum Physics states: "The essential stuff from which the universe is made of, is non-matter". 7000 years ago the Vedas declared that "t he one and only existent form of eternity is the Void from which come all things". Note the uncanny similarity of the conclusions of both; it is... 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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