The Effulgence Within

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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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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Something in our Embers that doth Live

The central theme of Wordsworth’s Ode on Intimations of Immortality is the intuitive vision of an immortal heavenly light that he as a child possessed, that partly was lost sight of by the growing man, and was recovered once more in manhood through intense experience of heart and mind. As the poem... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

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 gripped With a seizure of foolishness And... Sign in to see full entry.

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Joy and Pleasure

William Henry Davies’ Joy and Pleasure points to the fundamental differences between Joy and Pleasure. Joy is of a modest origin whereas Pleasure springs from wealth. Pleasure enjoys unrestricted freedom, and yet its song is less sweet than that of Joy which moves within restraint. Pleasure like a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Abel Magwitch in Dickens’ Great Expectations

In Magwitch’s own words ‘in and out of jail’ aptly sums up his entire life story. An orphan who has no notion where he was born, his first memory is of stealing turnips for a living. Since then, he can remember a series of persecutions: jails, being put out of town, being put in the stocks and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 19, 2011

Eye made Quiet by the Power of Harmony

“... and I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime Of something for more deeply infused, Whose dwelling is the light of the setting suns, And the round ocean and the living air, And the blue sky, and in the mind of man:” In 1798 Wordsworth wrote these... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

The Eternally Unknowable

From our previous discussion we find verses 4 and 5, Ch. 9 of the Gita to be quite disturbing; more confusing than clarifying, and paradoxically, this is its inherent beauty too. They make you wonder, make you go into deep contemplation. What, after all, is Krishna is trying to convey? Arjuna, His... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 15, 2011

The Godspeak of Utter Confidentiality

( Chapter 9. Bhagavad-Gita, v - 1 to 5) Having just expounded to Arjuna the two eternal paths of reaching the Ultimate Goal wherein one can abide forever or even return depending on the will of a perfectionist, Krishna takes him further into the depths of unknown wisdom: I shall now reveal unto you... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 14, 2011

The reach of human voice

The resonance of our voice is invested with a variety of qualitative features that produce different sounds. The ancient yogic practitioners invariably always managed to establish a connection of all that is material with the spiritual. This was the sole object of all their researches. They found... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

The Two Paths of Final Departure

After explaining to Arjuna the secret science of reaching the highest abode from where there is no return, Krishna reveals, as we will just see, the Times for perfected Yogins departing from this world, wherein they are obliged to return, and those in which departing, they are not. Now, this 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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