Category: Ballads
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The Soundless Centre
The soundless centre or the silence of heart. Have you ever heard the wonderful silence before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm as a storm end? or perhaps you the know the silence when you haven’t the answer to a question you’ve been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or…
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The wisdom of surrender,
The wisdom of surrender, The space in front of our house, had rough terrain with rocks, weeds and in the rains it had its own untamed beauty. Then came the city landscapers they flattened the rocks, placed sand, and erected play pens. Guess what, nature did not resist, in her own quiet way she emerged…
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The morning meditation.
We were in a lecture by the Rudra Veena exponent Ustaad Bahuddin Dagar who was saying that their teaching follows the guru shishya parampara and the students have to wake up such that they start riyaaz at the Brahma Muhuruta. Personally for me it is the most creative time. It also the time when I…
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Intention set in stones,
Prayer stone in stacks, As we cross through Gokarna, we watched master craftsmen create an idol in granite, which was no doubt beautiful but nothing really divine or drawing about it. yet these are the very idols that energizes and empowers us when it is in a temple. I found it intriguing, here on the…
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Physical Intuitiveness,
Physical Intuitiveness, I am now teaching my students Rtu Samhara of Kalidasa, one interesting aspect of it is that Kalidasa, talks of the Rtu-Chakra and how all the animals are in synchrony with it, except man who with passing time moves away from nature. coming to think of it the human experience is removed from…
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Vayu- the wind God
We were ar Mukteshwar, right on top of the hill, from the window where we stayed, we could see the 5 peaks of the Himalayan range. It was beautiful. Suddenly same roaring sounds like the turbulent sea crashing against the rocks, the familiar sound of the Arabian sea. My husbands Guru then told me something…
