{"id":345,"date":"2023-04-09T07:21:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T12:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=345"},"modified":"2023-07-11T12:47:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T17:47:01","slug":"desire-jealousy-and-hate-or-raga-dwesha-in-sanskrit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/in-praise-of-mother-lalitha\/desire-jealousy-and-hate-or-raga-dwesha-in-sanskrit","title":{"rendered":"Desire, jealousy, and hate (or Raga-Dwesha in Sanskrit)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Desire, jealousy, and hate\nThey stick to us like treacle, mate\nSpread into every nook and corner\nOf our soul, they cause a stormer\n\nDesire, jealousy, and hate,\nA trio that seals our fate,\nThey cloud our minds and blind our eyes,\nTo the truth that lies beyond our lies.\n\nWe see only what we want to see,\nAnd ignore the rest so easily,\nOur hearts and minds are ruled by greed,\nAnd we forget what we truly need.\n\nSo let us break free from these chains,\nAnd see beyond our selfish gains,\nFor only then can we truly find,\nThe peace and love we left behind.\n\nThey seep and crawl, they never rest\nTheir grip so strong, it's hard to resist\nTo tease them out, it takes great might\nLike a cowboy with the noose, so tight\n\nThe rope he wields, it's his only hope\nTo tame the wild, to conquer and to cope\nHe needs strength and extreme focus\nTo loosen and tighten, and never lose locus\n\nThe wild cow or horse, it's a stubborn beast\nBut the cowboy won't give up, not in the least\nHe'll work with will, and with all his heart\nTill the beast submits, and falls apart\n\nSo too, we must work on our soul\nTease out the desire and hate, to reach our goal\nIt's never easy, it takes great strain\nBut with effort and will, we'll break the chain.\n\n-<em>Mani<\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desire, jealousy, and hate They stick to us like treacle, mate Spread into every nook and corner Of our soul, they cause a stormer Desire, jealousy, and hate, A trio that seals our fate, They cloud our minds and blind &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/in-praise-of-mother-lalitha\/desire-jealousy-and-hate-or-raga-dwesha-in-sanskrit\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":378,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-345","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/345\/revisions\/346"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}