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Chapter 10 - Life Is A Play  Day 54 Our mind and intellect judge people and situations. This is because there is a lack of sattva, purity. Sattva means the quality of understanding something as it is.  Do not come to a conclusion about anything or anybody in your mind. A murderer and thief became the sage Valmiki in an instant. This transformation did not take much time, just a few seconds for him.  That is why Sri Krishna has said in the Gita - “The mind of a person who has been engaged in wrong doing can be transformed in a few moments by thinking of me”.  In just a few moments, he can be released from all his impressions and find peace of mind, he can be established in the present moment and in the self.  This is because a person only has to wake up for a little while and realise that "I am a dancer." In a play, some people play the role of Rama, others play Ravana and others Hanuman.  It is another person's job to raise the curtain. If every...

Chapter 10 - Life Is A Play  Day 53 Once you understand "nartaka atma", you will drop your expectations of time. This is called "going beyond time”. The essence of the Self or Shiva is called mahakala.  A thing that does not have expectations of time becomes part of time. It goes beyond time and becomes a part of time. Do not wait around, thinking that your hurts will fade with time.  Wake up and see them as a play, and everything will disappear instantly. Do not sit, deciding to engage yourself in spiritual practices for 20 years to eliminate negative impressions.  Where did these impressions come from? Look at yourself as a dancer. Some people say that there are so many impressions left from so many lifetimes and ask when they will leave.  Do not join them, quietly sitting and saying the same thing. It says to understand that your Self is dancing. Look at it as though you are playing a role.  You are acting in a drama, and for the actor to per...

Chapter 10 - Life Is A Play  Day 52  The self is a dancer. The same said in reverse, "Nartaka atma" means the dancer is the soul. The inner self is the stage. The self is like an actor or a dancer in a play.  One who dances or acts in a play uses all sorts of gestures to express the navarasa, the 9 flavors of emotion. Have you noticed how a dancer expresses feeling? He expresses it so completely, with skill and art. If he needs to express anger, he will even use the red of his eyes to express it. A good dancer has good expressions.  He does not require much time to change from one feeling to another, but can switch in a moment. Isn't it? Similarly, in your life, when you get angry, how long does it take you to cool down and return to normal?  How much time passes before you laugh again? But a dancer does not need any time. From moment to moment, in an instant he changes his feelings and expressions.  This is very subtle. Look at this with an ope...

Youngia japonica (Nepali-Chaulaane/Dudhe, Popular-Oriental false hawksbeard/Asiatic hawksbeard/Oriental hawkweed)Asteraceae. Syn-Lactuca japonica, Chondrilla japonica, Prenanthes japonica. It is a slender annual herb with basal leaves in a rosette. Leaves are lance shaped, deeply toothed. The plant develops one hollow stem upto about 0.7 m with multiple tiny denolelion type flowers. It has multiple yellow flowers on a single stem. It is native to SE Asia. It is found in the Himalayas from Kumaun to Bhutan, India, Ceylon, China, Japan, Indochina, Philippines, Malaysia, Hawaii at altitudes of 230-2900 m. It is considered as invasive species in India. It grows all year round as a weed. It has antioxidant, antibacterial, anti inflammatory, antiviral, anticancer, febrifuge, antiallergic, diuretic, antitumor, antidotal, analgesic and CNS depressant activities. The main phytoconstituents are flavonoids, quinic acid derivatives, sesquiterpenoids, phenylpropanoid derivatives, benzyl...