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Saturday, April 17, 2010

The Ageless Beauty of Chaucer's Literary Style

Chaucer, a late medieval poet, has been rightly regarded as the "father of English poetry“. What makes him so singular is that without losing sight of the present he looked ahead towards the future. The modern “element” in Chaucer is noticed in his language, metre and his outlook on life. In respect... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Chaucer has no peer save Shakespeare

dsm_tchr brilliantly observes in my yesterday’s post. He comments: “ You seem to say with out trying too hard, that Chaucer was an experienced man, safe in his own skin, aware of the variety that lives around us, global to accept each human trait and trend, but wise enough not to be impacted. As... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

A Chronicle of the Social Life of the late fourteenth Century England

Straightforward, Kabu and shobana, wanted more of the story. So here it is. The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales holds a mirror to English life of the late Middle Ages. Chaucer here sets before us a company of some thirty pilgrims drawn from the varied ranks of society. The Knight and his son the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Humor's Grace

Thomas a Becket was the Archbishop of Canterbury who fought for the rights of the Church in the beginning of twelfth century and was murdered by the followers of Henry II, the then king of England. He was declared a martyr-Saint after his death in 1170, his canonization in sanctification carried out... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 11, 2010

One but Three

God, omnipotent, three letters, all-powerful Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva - three in one, One Power With three plenary expansions - Power that Births Power that Sustains, Power that Destroys,Energy all G - generator, O - operator, D - destroyer God is One, neither Hindu nor Christian nor Muslim nor Jew... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Cum-on Man,be your Self

(I meant to write on the essence of Yoga as I promised to Darson, but unfortunately my assimilation was wanting to a logical stream of thought sequence. This, I, therefore, transfer on the wings of resolve for tomorrow. An explanation instead). What strange affliction, what virus, what bacillus Has... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Introduction: Yoga ... Darson's intrigue and yearning to know

(More details, but now onwards in prose, for clarity's sake). Yoga, as it is known and understood in the Western world Nowadays, even in the Eastern, is health - physical and mental Quite divorced of its essence from its original Hindu connotation Know firstly that Yoga claims nothing Hindu, its... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Happiness to Bliss

(It'll be a pleasure to read all you dear readers the whole of tomorrow, as much as I can) Happiness, thou ever-eluding phenomenon where the hell are you... always unmanifest why dost thou tease us out of our thoughts if thou be Truth, you must be beautifuI if thou be beautiful, you must be Truth I,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 3, 2010

Lost I was in Slumber

Away was I, far away, to lands distant Not in the moment, not in the instant No inspiration, no motivation, no cheer, no liveliness Only non-stimulation, lax in my laxity, flux-cum-unfixity Hinged - not falling not rising; ice-like -- neither water nor vapor Vacuous, lacking in content, intent,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Redemption

The first fact I must accept Is that I am unconscious As long as I am nursed and fattened By my ego which never lets me let go All my efforts, all Yoga, must therefore, Be directed to that single realization That I am not the center, I am not the eye Of the storm, but only a link in the Infinite... 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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