{"id":606,"date":"2015-03-17T05:18:01","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T10:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/?p=606"},"modified":"2015-03-17T05:18:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T10:18:01","slug":"tis-the-coming-of-spring-time-to-clean-out-all-the-accumulated-dirt-air-the-inside-and-let-the-sun-into-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/tis-the-coming-of-spring-time-to-clean-out-all-the-accumulated-dirt-air-the-inside-and-let-the-sun-into-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tis the coming of spring. Time to clean out all the accumulated dirt, air the inside, and let the sun into the soul!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg,
\nand in the highest vision of the soul, a waking angel stirs.\u201d
\nJames Allen<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/strong>
\nKabir – The couplet<\/strong>
\n\u0924\u0928 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u0938\u092c \u0915\u0930\u0947, \u092e\u0928 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u093f\u0930\u0932\u093e \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0964
\n\u0938\u0939\u091c\u0948 \u0938\u092c \u092c\u093f\u0927\u093f \u092a\u093e\u0907\u090f, \u091c\u094b \u092e\u0928 \u091c\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0907 \u0965
\n\u00a0<\/strong>
\nTransliterated:<\/strong>
\nTan Ko Jogi Sab Kare, Man Ko Birla Koi |
\nSahajai Sab Bidhi Paiye, Jo Man Jogi Hoi ||
\n\u00a0<\/strong>
\nTranslation:<\/strong>
\nEveryone puts on an external show of being faithful, but few let faith penetrate into the heart |
\nHe will find all within easy grasp, who becomes a saint at heart ||
\n\u00a0<\/strong>
\nMy understanding:<\/strong>
\nThe cycle of seasons teaches us its own lessons, with Mother Nature as the teacher. After the cold of winter, the heady rush of spring pushes through new growth, awakening and releasing all the stored energy from the long rest. Fresh air blows through, blowing away the dust that has gathered, and the sun warms and awakens the slumber of even the one in the darkest of recesses. \u00a0As spring turns to summer, growth matures, and lessons firm up. Autumn brings with it nurturing rain, bathing us with invigorating showers, before preparing us for the slumber that will allow tired bodies to take a well-deserved rest, before stepping into the next cycle of growth, learning and fresh activity.<\/p>\n

But all of this happens only when the energies of the cycle touch and work on the inside, the core, the soul. If it is only the outside that is painted to look clean, the inside slowly rots and wastes away, till it can no longer support the external fa\u00e7ade. At that point, the entire edifice crumples and comes down into another sorry heap.<\/p>\n

So let life warm us up from the inside, and let us allow the warmth penetrate to the deepest recesses of our being \u2013 then we can truly understand and enjoy being alive!<\/p>\n


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\u201cThe oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul, a waking angel stirs.\u201d James Allen \u00a0 Kabir – The couplet \u0924\u0928 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u0938\u092c \u0915\u0930\u0947, \u092e\u0928 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u093f\u0930\u0932\u093e \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0964 \u0938\u0939\u091c\u0948 \u0938\u092c \u092c\u093f\u0927\u093f \u092a\u093e\u0907\u090f, \u091c\u094b \u092e\u0928 \u091c\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0907 \u0965 \u00a0 Transliterated: Tan Ko Jogi…<\/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-606","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\/606","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=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":607,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions\/607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}