Today I was reading the Four Quartets, and yet again, I paused and mused over my favorite lines:
"At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;
Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,
But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity,
Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,
Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point,
There would be no dance, and there is only the dance."
Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,
But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity,
Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,
Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point,
There would be no dance, and there is only the dance."
(T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets, "Burnt Norton", II)
It reminded me of a sloka describing Brahma in the Upanishad:
Anoranyan, Mahaton Mah(n)iyan
( smaller than the smallest, greater than the greatest)
Before posting this on my blog, I though I would go online and check the spelling. To my utter horror, it did not pull up any search result. I rechecked with Upanishad and definition of Brahma. Alas! All that I found were links about Brahmins, Yoga Guru-s or how to be a good Hindu. What has the world come to? Can we no longer read about Indian philosophy without reading about how to protect a cow? Chuck it! Let me go and order some Beef Kebab.
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