The Vanishing Act

That's a wish worth pursuing. At least, I wish he would do this to me instead of me having to go through all the tortuous exercises. Thanks for reading.

oj

 

Dear Jaya-san:

That's a great way of putting it! But if change is the only constant of nature, then who's this "we" you are discussing? Do I exist? I don't know if I is a continuously changing phenomenon!! You make me wonder ... Hmmm ...

oj

 

Dear Friend:

How true indeed. When you put it this way, I am reminded of Yudhishthira being interviewed by Dharma (disguised as Yaksha). The Yaksha had asked amongst other things: What's truly ASTONISHING?

Yudhishthira had replied:

ahanyaoni bhootani gachchhanti yamamandiram//

shesha sthiravamichchhanti kimashcharyamatah param.

Translated: "Even though living beings depart for Yama's abode everyday, the rest of humanity wishes to live for ever -- what can be more astonishing than this?"

Thanks for your fb.

oj

 

Dear Charu,
This was quite a surprise, I mean discovering that someone found out a thYeng I wrote quite a while back. It's fun too. According to the philosophy I preached in this bog, the part of me that wrote it has disappeared into the darkness of the irretrievable past. Yet, by reading it and commenting on it, you have endowed me with fresh life. I felt the same way when you commented on A Flat Atop the New Market. Thanks a ton. I almost feel youthful.
Regards.
oj