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 tandav She said she was scared. She was to give a dance performance. There will be dancer and audience. The thought of audience can scare. The audience will judge and comment, appreciate, deride. Their view on her performance will affect her dance. What is dance? Dance is expression of gratitude.  A gratitude towards the body which can move in certain rhythm to the musical notes.  A gratitude to the musical composition that inspires the body to move in a certain way at certain note. A gratitude to the air which allows the body to flow like water.  A gratitude to the earth for holding the weight of the body. A gratitude for the platform provided by the organizers to perform.  Why to perform? A performance is a reminder of the dance which is in nature.  A performance reminds us of how the consciousness creates, maintains and dissolves. The Shiv Tandav. शिव तांडव। A performance connects us and when it does its ther...

The English birthday was on 5th oct. The tithi (hindu lunar calender) birthday was to be on 7th oct (Durga navami). Today was Durga Astmi, the 6th oct. The shata chandi homa had just concluded in art of living international ashram in Bangalore in continuation for celebration of 9 days of navratri (honoring and invoking mother divine in her various forms). pandal He was hungry. He left the pandal and the broken plastic chair behind. When he entered the packed pandal he only desired to find a chair to sit. Within few steps he saw a lady moving a chair from where it was to another location. The chair was empty. He just looked around and their were no claimant to it. It’s right support was broken. He did not care as he could now sit cross legged. The Vedic chants from Devi mahatmyam transcended him to another world. yagnashala He walked past the yagnashala, went past the cows, only to be blocked by the secure barricades to facilitate smooth exit of HH Sri Sri Ravishankar (Gurud...