I wander. Where do I fit in this tapestry of acquaintances, lover, and friend? When they say lovers, they mean a pair, just like love birds, are sold, in jodus. Are we a pair? Are we; Inclusive? Conclusive? Elusive? Or Simply, Illusive? What then are we? A metaphor? A false analogy? A leap of faith? Or A destined moment written in ola leaves; ...
Imagine that you are able to see the effects of a single action that you make as it unfolds across the Universe: Dominos trailing tangents; you’ve caused more than affects you throughout your life – and you always will. We’re not told to think like that because we would then be indifferent and do anything we wanted to – caution ...
“There is an energy that is making life happen,” Ragi said as he began last evenings session on Advaita Vedanta. According to that statement of fact and science, this energy is universal. Thereby laws of cause and effect are in place, though we assume one precedes the other only due to our linear perception of time. We can trust in ...
La Illaha Illallah, the statement of Unity, means not that there is no God but one God. It means all is one God. This is the crux of all faiths, be it Hinduism, Christianity or Judaism. When you tear away the veils cast by the interpretations of history, you find that the essence of spirituality is found in the simplest ...
Over the past year I realized that there are a slew of negative mantras I use to put myself down when things aren’t going my way. I think we all do this to some extent, and its implications are dangerous. What you would think are harmless phrases can have a very real psychological impact. Take for instance phrases like: easier said ...
Paraplegic syllables stumble off her tongue. Tripping on their consonants – trance-position errs. Tongue flapping wet, wild, delirious. Speaking the sense of madmen, veiled voice of divine truth. Here’s a glass, take a listen. Set it right against her throat. Hear the gushing of a river flow, rapid then slowed. It is that sound so familiar that washes over your ...
Podomatic has been acting up so I’ve switched to Dropbox to disseminate the podcast. While there’s over 2 hours of audio, I’ve only uploaded a 30 minute podcast. Download: Poetry%20Pilau%20-%20April%2028%20Podcast%20Pt%201.mp3 Annasi & Kadalagotu Poetry Pilau Podcast: April 28, Sharni’s. Here are a few bite-sized tidbits you can chew on when you need your fix of spoken word. Download: Hayah.mp3 The ...
http://www.palzoo.net/file/pic/user/CelineDion.jpg Celine Dion. Is one of the greatest artists to have graced the earth. I know most of you hipsters love to hate her, but listen to her voice. It’s pure power! The Power of Love is one of her songs that really speaks to me… right now in fact. Those of you who follow me on Twitter would have ...
After five days of staying at home to prepare for my ACJ entrance exam, I walked into office early and took my seat. I hadn’t even begun reading through the news websites before our editor in chief walked in and asked who was willing to go to Welikada. I asked what was happening, having forgotten that Sarath Fonseka was to ...
Poetry P’lau Notes The sculptor Tissa De Alwis, offers us a definition of poetry: “Eloquence, elegance, and economy!” So we’ll try to be wittily succinct and inexpensive! This Poetry Raglet Hyshyama Hamin suggests we invite discussion on “how others view people who love or write poetry – the misconceptions around it. The marginalization of poetry in the broader lyrical sense and the needs for ...
There are symbols that are common to both subconscious and consciousness, in dream and in waking life. These symbols are universal among all subjective observers of consciousness. For instance, I once saw a snake slither past my feet whilst descending through a tea plantation. Just the other night I dreamt of consuming snake meat. Both instances were assimilated with the ...
The following is my response to a question posed by a newly acquired Facebook friend: “is it possible for everyone to be happy at the same time?” A few years ago I defined happiness as an exaggerated response to the feeling of content, but now I think it’s more chemical than that - and also superficial. Forget happiness, it can’t be achieved universally because it’s superficial and ...
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a French Jesuit priest and philosopher. What is the capacity of a human being to love? Before I answer that, there has to be made the distinction between the heart, the soul, and the mind. I feel as ...
Soul Mind I don’t like the idea of analyzing and scrutinizing it’s not the mind but the soul that reads Arguably What can the mind do? It can assimilate to past experience, to synonyms, synonymous thought, or synonymous feelings. But some times there are layers of meaning that delving and analyzing helps bring out Whatever the author meant, what it ...
Ever since I gave up on my A level exams I’ve had an incredible knack for letting myself down. I’m a higschool and college dropout. I’ve even dropped out from workplaces. I don’t want to continue in the same vein. Defeatist, a word I’ve used to describe the behaviour of everyone aside from myself. Hypocrite, a word that is coming ...
This is the story of the Muslims of the North who were banished by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam over 20 years ago. Theirs is a story you will not often hear in its entirety, or even its significance. We speak of unity in this country, use heavy words like patriotism and sovereignty. And yet, we have allowed for our ...
So Hayah, an ardent fan of the Annasi & Kadalagotu Poetry Pilau proposed the idea of a “poetry chain” on Twitter. She explained it as a couple of tweeps deciding on an order in which to take turns and tweet poetry one line at a time. The spontaneous composition would be numbered according to the line number and the ...
So my deputy editor calls me to his desk and shows me a news feature that claimed Sri Lanka had surpassed its own population in the number of mobile phone subscriptions. I was assigned the task of finding out how these statistics were calculated, and exactly what this meant for the mobile operator market. I focused on the operator market over the ...
Désirée, Pin-prick the silence Dropping in, You’re the death Of every one that crosses Your black cat path. Heart-breaker Mood-shaker You’re a thrill-chaser Running out of time here You’re a smile-faker Mood-shaker Window cleaner Wiping off the tears Dear departed, Left your keys in the locker. Don’t come running back for it, You won’t come running back for me. You ...
