The Effulgence Within

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Empty Spaces

If I can train my mind to be empty In that emptiness will prevail Silence All shooting stars entering my domain Gravitated from beyond Gravity Will I be then aware of in that void That great absence of thought traffic Give me the power through Your Grace O Lord, that I can attain to no-mind Yet,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Susceptibility and Clarity

Knowledge undigested, is Pride ”I know” Says the Ego Digested knowledge, Egoless Is a transformation From “I” to “I-lessness” - “I don’t know” Says Humility But the journey to Wisdom The transcendence, t he ascendance Is fraught with dangers and distensions Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 15, 2010

Did You Know?

My desire is very simple All I want is everything, ample The flowering of my consciousness The being of my self, in Is-ness Knowing which, I will know all The be-all and the end-all Of all that is Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 13, 2010

The Tragic Hero of Great Tragedies

(Since we were on the subject of Tragedy the last few days, today it’s a sort of winding up the topic to a close). Aristotle states that the tragic hero is “a man not pre-eminently virtuous and just, whose misfortune, however, is brought upon him not by vice or depravity, but by some personal... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 12, 2010

The Function of Tragedy

The specific function of Tragedy, says Aristotle, is the purgation of the emotions of pity and fear, unhealthy conditions of the soul, by the excitation of those emotions. The term “purgation” (Catharsis) has been variously interpreted. Often it has been taken to mean a moral effect brought about by... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The Greek Art of Tragic Composition

(Certain terms would be better understood if read in the context of my yesterday's post). According to Aristotle, Tragedy is composed of (a) Plot, Character and Thought, which concern the object represented, (b) Diction and Melody, which concern the means of representation, and (c) Spectacle, which... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The Attraction of Tragedy

“Among the constituent parts of Tragedy, the prime importance is of the Plot” says Aristotle in his Poetics, adding that the “most powerful elements of attraction in Tragedy, the Peripeteia and Discovery, are parts of the Plot”. He defines Peripeteia as: “the change from one state of things within... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 8, 2010

Literature in Horace's View

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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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Classicism and Romanticism

In “ Postscript” Walter Peter examines the meaning of two words “classical” and “romantic” which, though commonly used, have resisted any precise meaning. The words “classical” and “romantic” define two tendencies in art and literature. But as the term “classical” has been used in a merely... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 1, 2010

There's Nothing in it to Preach

Love is intrinsic to human nature, inherent in man It is there already, but dormant; all it needs Done is to awaken, uncover it, not acquire From without but unearth its source within Deep inside the earth connected is the sea, Oceans of riverine waters of life, unseen Effort is only to remove the... 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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