{"id":280,"date":"2010-10-01T11:01:27","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T16:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/?p=280"},"modified":"2010-10-01T11:01:27","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T16:01:27","slug":"is-not-death-just-another-illusion-in-the-grand-illusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/is-not-death-just-another-illusion-in-the-grand-illusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Is not Death just another illusion in the Grand Illusion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em> <\/em><br \/>\n<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe glories of our birth and state<br \/>\nAre shadows, not substantial things;<br \/>\nThere is no armour against fate:<br \/>\nDeath lays his icy hands on kings;<br \/>\nSceptre and crown<br \/>\nMust tumble down,<br \/>\nAnd in the dust be equal made<br \/>\nWith the poor crooked scythe and spade.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>James Shirley (Death\u2019s Final Conquest)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kabir &#8211; The couplet<\/em><br \/>\n????? ???? ? ??????, ??? ??? ?? ??? |<br \/>\n? ???? ??? ???? ??, ???? ??? ???? ????? ||<\/p>\n<p><em>transliterated:<\/em><br \/>\nKabira Garv Na Keejiye, Kaal Gahe Kar Kes |<br \/>\nNa Jaane Kit Mare Hai, Kya Des Kya Pardesh ||<\/p>\n<p><em>Translation:<\/em><br \/>\nSays Kabir be not proud or vain, for Time is dark and mysterious |<br \/>\nWe know not when we run out of time, or even if it is in a place of our choice (home\/abroad) ||<\/p>\n<p><em>My understanding:<\/em><br \/>\nContinuing from the past couple of days\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Since time immemorial, we have been fascinated by the concept of death, and what lays beyond.<\/p>\n<p>However, this, on deeper reflection, turns out to be but another distraction from the purpose of life, and a big boost to ego. For what can be more pleasant to the ego than to wonder on the grandness of my legacy, my \u201cfootprints in the sands of time\u201d, what I bequeth to those who will come after me?<\/p>\n<p>In the pursuit of this grandeur, I will waste much and misuse the time I have to plan for what comes after, giving up that which I could receive now \u2013 simple peace, an understanding of the need of this moment, the ability to provide light for my soul now.<\/p>\n<p>This is the maya of creation \u2013 we have all we need, and yet, we are loaded with desire for that which always stays elusive: and the pursuit of the desire leaves us with neither \u2013 no satisfied desire, and no ability to receive and appreciate that which is already ours.<\/p>\n<p>And it is this maya that Kabir, James Shirley, and every enlightened individual since the time of Creation have warned us to watch out for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate: Death lays his icy hands on kings; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.\u201d &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 James Shirley (Death\u2019s Final Conquest) Kabir &#8211; The couplet&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabir","category-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}