9 winter nights

Dewi and Wishnu are similar manifestations.

In some traditions, it is held that Dewi manifested as Solar dynast, Rama; and Shiwa manifested as, Sita.

Rama is described as being dark, like an emerald.

Kalidasa describes Dewi as, a dark emerald - marakada shyama. 

Muthuswami Dikshitar also documents Minakshi's complexion as being in a shade of emerald - marakada chhaye. 

When she is in her element, by herself, Paraa-shakti is seen, as a being, in the ruby red zone.

When juxtaposed with gunas, as sibling of Wishnu, her lusture is like an emerald.

- Shri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Kanchi 

Earth-moon system arrives @ crab Nebula

Body is a puppet made with five elements; do 5 elements have interior or exterior?

To hold oneself as an earthen urn, is ignorance; to know that one is mere earth, is Gnana.

To hold oneself as a piece of jewelry, is ignorance; to know, that one is gold, one is a jewel, is Gnana.

To hold oneself as a bubble, is ignorance; to know, that one is water, is Gnana. 

When a bubble, ripple, wave knows, it is water, it is Gnana, or loss of ignorance.

To hold oneself as body, senses, mind, intellect is ignorance.

To not hold oneself as body, mind, senses or intellect, is Gnana- prasuna, or blooming of knowing. 

To hold oneself as a Jiva, is ignorance; Because you are Brahman, the Supreme Self. 

- Difficulty in meeting, the Supreme Self

second quarter @ Punar-wasu

Mind has attributes - thought, emotion, memory, perception, intelligence, cognition. 

When one is attached to mind, one identifies with all it's attributes. 

When mind is in stress, body is in stress; thoughts in mind, can make body fall ill.

Yogic slumber is an ancient, tantric, yogic technique to experience, separateness from the body-mind matrix. 

- Communion with Truth,     December 23, 2022