The Effulgence Within

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Contradictions Resolving into One Whole

( Reflection on verses 23, 24 and 25, Ch. 9, of the Bhagavad-Gita ) The journey of the spirit is the story of man’s evolvement, not necessarily, however, in the sense of growth. It can be in both directions - progression or deterioration. But it cannot and does not stop with death, a temporary... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 23, 2011

Towards the Inevitable Destination of Mankind

In the exposition of His opulence, Lord Krishna makes Arjuna understand that the aspiration of the purest souls and which you are is to reach My abode, the final resting place of the soul, ceasing the constant cycle of births. Even up to the Brahmaloka, the highest heavens of all material existences... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Million Diverse Faces of the Universal Form

One of the simple yet profound verses in the Puranas, meaning ‘ancient’ Scriptures, says ‘Let knowledge come from all sides’. It is a realistic statement of ‘I am not closed, I am open’, one great teaching against parochialism. Credence is definitely to be given to the various temperaments of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 16, 2011

Various Practices, One Realization

In His expounding the regal wisdom of all wisdoms in god-realization, Lord Krishna, upon imparting to Arjuna the knowledge of His mystic opulence and as to how these are to be translated in real-life experience, emphasizes that it is only for men of relentless devoted faith that the Supreme Divine... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Emily Dickinson's Time and Eternity ... (A Repost)

"Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality". The poem is Emily Dickinson’s panoramic vision of Life, Death and Eternity. The speaker says that her life’s busy engagements left her no time to be prepared for Death. So Death... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Always the First Cause

A bit more elaboration on the metaphorical aspects of Ch 9, which begins with Krishna’s promise of revealing to Arjuna ( and to mankind ) the most confidential knowledge of all. He draws Arjuna’s focus on to the subtlest, something which can never be caught or appreciated by non-receptive minds of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Journeying towards Peace

We learnt until now that it is not only the living entities but the entire creation too going into dissolution and coming to evolution after each cycle comprising 4.32 billion years, alternating between existence and non-existence. A question arises that if Nature governs all as per its eternal Law... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 2, 2011

Knowledge Utterly Confidential

A recapitulation of what we understood of the discussion in chapter 9 of the Bhagavad-Gita. Krishna reveals to Arjuna the most confidential knowledge – most confidential because it is yet not known – the secret of freeing man from all bondages, releasing him from the cycle of continual births and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Caged Uncaged

I sat in a mood utterly downcast Unable to think of anything but her. Thoughts have a way of flying past Without even so much as a whisper A whiff of wind from distance came Wanting to play with me a love-game Lost and found with my new beloved Lightnes, joy and bliss my heart coveted Sweet west... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 26, 2011

Yearning

Oh how I yearn to enjoy Enjoyments to their most utmost! Else how do I enter the promised land of the yonder? Traversing through Hades Where Hope ever fades Then through worldly woes Where wings of Faith steadily grows Finally to knock at the doors of Heavens the Domain of lasting Effervescence... Sign in to see full entry.

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About this Blog

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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