Absolutely beautiful story jasjit..

And all the restricting cocoons finally reduce themselves to four basic cocoons/forces - cocoons of physicality/senses, of emotions/feelings, of reason/intellect and finally of intellignece/spirituality speaking of homo sapiens - breaking through which at numerous smaller and bigger cycle levels then comprises their whole game of evolution.

Going even a bit beyond, all the four cocoons further reduce themselves to only one cocoon, that of matter restricting energy/spirit from its full freedom. As spirit begins to explode-free itself, the matter first disentegrates to four basic forms/forces and then through them to many...

Sorry for demystifying the things a bit...Freedom indeed is freedom even from mysticism of any sort lol...Indescribable....

Dear Jasjit,

Awesome! Jasjit thank you for this post because it has answered so many questions, struggles and anxieties that were there in my mind for a couple of days.

Everything is well planned even struggles. Everybody wants to avoid struggles but to try and make a shortcut through them will only land us in more struggles. One step at a time, understanding the roots of our struggles, being aware of it and then trying to consciously deal with them might be a slow process but at the end definitely rewarding because now you know the nitty gritty of that struggling self and the next time you are well prepared.

The animal world (especially the birth of the butterfly) is the biggest example of how patience and surrender to nature can yield the most beautiful result.

Thank you once again for taking us through the path of awakening our self-awareness and consciousness. Thank you for taking us to Ganga the symbol of flow of life and trust and acceptance of whatever comes its way and the strength to move ahead to its desired destination.

Well written

Hi Harb

Indeed life's truths are as simple as they are pervasive. If only we would learn to treat all that we know as life as our Master there would be no need for any other wisdom/Guru/texts. Alas our eyes are so used to seeing without awareness and our ears numbed by that very same unawareness. The tiniest aspect of nature can teach us in the most vital and profound ways. Bulleh Shah has an inimitable line' 'jis dum ghafil us dum kafir, sanu Murshid eh padhaya hu'. ...'in the moment that I become unaware I become an infidel/non-believer, the only true definition of infidel as taught by my Guru as he unravelled the mystery of Hu'.

If only we could teach the young that life is a Master...listen carefully, watch with attention and you too will emerge skilled. What then is 'enlightenment' if not the clear perception of the light that illuminates all. And the world around us, the Leela, is nothing but ten thousand and more ways in which the 'light' shapeshifts, both what we see 'within and without'- subjective and objective reality. Once demystified you sit back finally and joyously observe the world as a brilliantly choreographed 'light and sound' show.

:)

Dear Chaitali

Thank You for all that you bring to my life as you do to Ifsha. Poised as we are before the uncertainity and adventure of 2007, looking back at all the milestones of 2006 brings a warming sense of togethernes. And like I say always could not have done it without you.

:)

jasjit, at one level I do not want to spoil the almost surrealistic beauty and truth of your above piece of writing by writing even a word.

At an other level I wonder if there is a final sitting back in this cyclical progression called life.

Harb

Interesting & useful in these struggling days! ; - )