we are going against the nature to be more good looking, using the artificial.

universe the creation of  sundaram, the god , is a soundarya lahari, beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, nothing is ugly, each c

incidentally what is beauty, how a beauty can be created, what are the principles of soundarya shasthra, and significance of round objects over flat or square/rectangular etc?

can these beauty parlours know , and what and how much

all are stuck with ithi ithi---this is it--nothing more

they have to discard it and move on --on nethi nethi, may be they will create an other new world of angels and gods

  What is art

How to create art

Who is artist, who the best
what's the purpose of art
which is the best art
what are the mediums to express creations
what is the ultimate medium
how to evaluate work of art
what are the important fields of art
who are the eminent in them
how to become great artist

What is the difference between artistic work and routine work

what is the relation between art and life
how many arts exist, what are they
how many more are possible, how
what is the relation between artist and connoisseur
who is the best connoisseur

Think on each , take time 

let's share , we shall open some new vistas, new worlds
you have the choice to discover or miss

Let's go a little higher than the routine blog, replies ,

praises , and derive max value to our precious time , and precious life

let's go a little beyond trivialities
i say it's possible
i wait i watch

  qualities of a professional

time conscious

cost conscious

know latest in his field, ever updating

speak truth

talk with basis, reason, not irresponsibly

talk with purpose

communication clear, to the point ,concise, unfalsifiable

communication should have life in it

when in lighter veins, make it known

if doing a wild guess, state so

keep info on finger tips

keep basic info and modules of info unified

mentally healthy

physically healthy

senses sharp alive active

talk to peers in field for mutual stimulation

do not give free advice nor thrust advice

dress functional not funny

vehicle in readiness,no wasting time energy

energetic

capable to do some physical work

theoretical understanding validated practically

perseverance

relevant contacts alive

develop contacts consciously

  

wake up

do not get lost in fulfilling useless commitments or wasteful avocations

define, redefine, refine, fine tune your plan on line every day, every time you are about to allot your time, energy, resources

what is important

really is it that important

nethi nethi jaya gurudeva

better do not come out of samadhi for trivia

evaluate ,since life is gold, valuable

do not live like a fool

do not spend yourself in semi conscious /unconscious/ unwise/ thoughtless persuits

better no results than useless investments of time

meditate well

may be a day, a week, a month. ,a few years, full life time

lord siva you r presence om namah sivaya

hence great have meditated for a long

meditate long

avoid trivial pursuits

no to non importants

let me meditate leave things to almighty to do what is required

  Why

 call me naive etc, to say why in india some names mao, marx, lenin?

 

can’t our revolutionaries think some original names?

 

mao etc may be  great souls  having propounded  deep philosophy applicable to their respective countries, in their times ., in those existing conditions to create a better society, to eliminate evil and to ensure better deal to all .

welcome ,they deserve all praise.

but, is india so barren a land that it has not produced a single revolutionary, a single intellectual worthy of adoration?

no, there are, but we ignore them if intentionally, since our brains have been sold out to others resulting in total lack of original thinking, just to become a slave to hold a gun by others’ command and kill and get killed. is it a great achievement to kill? to kill any creature is the easiest , life is so vulnerable that any one can kill or get killed effortless.

but it requires hard labour ,wisdom, education, civilization, to live a normal life, leave alone a life of high purpose

don’t we have a budha, a gandhi, a jaina who have taught not to harm . why we should we leave these  native principles

india is so rich in principles of good living, never it teaches to become slave to others

it always taught living in freedom and happiness

finally nothing can be achieved by gun, excepting self destruction, realise and be free

   Rasas

1 What is the role of rasas in life, in spiritual / scriptural messages, what their advantages, and any disadvantages?

2 how to get at the essence beyond the rasa value of messages

3 what are the mediums of communication , what is the need for communication at all

4 what is the spiritual significance of navarasas in life in attaining mukthi, the prime goal?

5 do rasas require an external medium / stimuli for their manifestation

6 what are the fields in life which rasas have a major role

7 are rasas to be relished encouraged or to be despised and kept at a distance?

the meal of life becomes becomes all the more enjoyable, funny, though some times bitter, and hot

meal is good if enriched if shadrasopetham

if not it is just watery

i find some are adding hasya to st along with serious spirituality, removing the frown from the seekers

all spiritual pursuits lead to the origin and hence to the mastery of 9 prominent forms of emotions, to invoke them at will!

Mastery on any thing requires the knowledge on it
it can be a thing/subject/person/unit/a system

since knowledge is power
knowledge about a thing ends up in gaining the control over it, lordship on it

so we must know the required relevant knowledge on it

surface knowledge will not help
we must go to the root of the matter

once we know the root level knowledge we can gain the control on the whole subject

so root level knowledge means, knowledge on how that thing originates
where its origin, the seed of totality lies , how it gets expressed in detail , in degrees, in branches, in streams,

so in this contest of nava rasas we must know the root/ origin of nava rasa s

To prepare a nice rasam, we must know what the ingredients, what the proportions , what the sequences, time, energy/heat,

also we must know detail about the ingredients too

Here the medium / the means is body

shareera maadyam khalu dharma saadhanam

if to know the hands feet ,four limbs/ branches we must know the body
to know the body , the means/ the medium of creating causing displaying the 9 rasas, and mudras we must know what controls the body

What controls the body?

mind controls the body/ even the destiny

manam eva manushyaanaam bandha mokshya kaaranam

so to master on navarasas we must master on mindWhat/who is the master of mind

[ joke , who is that ''mastermind'' behind all this drama with 9 rasas----ignore joke ]

consciousness is the master of mind

so must gain full knowledge on consciousness, which is in 3 modes, sleep, dream, wake

what is behind these three

4th state , is the master of the three states

what is fourth state

Upanishads describe it

‘SHIVAM SHANTAM ADVAITAM CHATURTHAM MANYATE SA ATMA SA VIGYAYAHA’.

The Shiva, which is tranquil, unified and non-dual beyond the three realms is verily the ATMAN, which must be known and experienced in our consciousness.

The manifest aspect of Lord Shiva is SHAMBHU, SHANKAR and MAHADEV as one of the lords of TRINITY, who dissolves the precious state to enable new creation of Brahma

. He is the fountainhead of all esoteric knowledge of yoga, Tantra and occult traditions.

He is associated with cosmic dance of NATRAJ – TANDAV.

Lord Shiva – NATARAJA - is the master of dance. Shiva’s dance indicates a continuous process of creation, preservation and destruction.

In simple plain english

the fouth state is the state of pure consciousness, which is at the root cause at all manifestations
and this is to be experienced in order to know what exactly its

it's not possible to get at its grasp just by reading about it

once we get at its experience we get to know ''raso vai saha''

the raw material of all rasas

thru the mastery over this , thru knowing, thru experiencing it, we get the control over mind ,

and so we gain control over body

so we gain control over 9 rasas mudras bhavas

and once we gain mastery on the mastermind, we will not keep quiet,

we create and create, we share and share, we continue to create new and new

and at will we can activate any rasas at will and experience and share/ communicate that experience to all to the universe

we create a universe, an epic with desired theme, rasa, and color our life in the way we like in every field

Bharata Muni enunciated the eight Rasas in the Nātyasāstra,
Each rasa, according to Nātyasāstra, has a presiding deity and a specific colour.

Bharata Muni established the following.

Śṛngāram (शृङ्गारं) Love, Attractiveness. Presiding deity: Vishnu. Colour: light green.
Hāsyam (हास्यं) Laughter, Mirth, Comedy. Presiding deity: Pramata. Colour: white.
Raudram (रौद्रं) Fury. Presiding deity: Rudra. Colour: red.
Kāruṇyam (कारुण्यं) Compassion, Tragedy. Presiding deity: Yama. Colour: grey.
Bībhatsam (बीभत्सं) Disgust, Aversion. Presiding deity: Shiva. Colour: blue
Bhayānakam (भयानकं) Horror, Terror. Presiding deity: Kala. Colour: black
Vīram (वीरं) Heroic mood. Presiding deity: Indra. Colour: yellowish
Adbhutam (अद्भुतं) Wonder, Amazement. Presiding deity: Brahma. Colour: yellow

and
Abhinavagupta suggested a ninth rasa shantam rasa when only eight were accepted and it had to undergo a good deal of struggle between the sixth and the tenth centuries, before it could be accepted by the majority of the Alankarikas, and the expression Navarasa (the nine rasas), could come into vogue.

Śāntam Peace or tranquility. deity: Vishnu. Colour: blue

but i love to differ

according to my grasp, only 8 rasas exist

shantam is the mother rasa , the basis / origin / mother of 8 rasas

shantam ,mother, cannot be counted with 8 child rasas

if counted as 9, the confusion arises

8 are child rasas of one mother shantam, ie raso vai saha ,

it is like in computer there are 8 themes but there is always one original theme which forms the basis of other themes , from switching from one theme to other

so shantam is the stable orignal, on which the rasas change
dancer when depicting a rasa like say veeram to karunyam, the transition will be thru shantam

also at the start and at the end of performance, the mother rasa shantam, the raso vaisaha prevails

so there are only 8 rasas not nine , bhrathmuni is very correct

since he knows more on the mother rasa since he being the muni , who experienced pure consciousness

The point to be noted , very very important, is

1 the rasas are to be mastered totally not to get entangled and bound by only one rasa or a few rasas

like a humor actor/ artist should not be always a humor actorartist, not to be bound by being branded as humor actor life long

i cannot imagine a dancer to be depicting only a veeram or karunyam always , all 8 must go in due proportion as per the need of communication

since abhinaya/ ganam vadyam all are mediums of communication, must show the necessary versatility as needed in the context

  Unique

saints and philosophers are unique  
due to their degree of ability to see the truth of life / truth of god, 
and express their cognitions, and live a life of their choice uniquely 
according to their level of consciousness

but, the followers normally being at a different level cannot understand, they misunderstand and distort or narrow down, unwittingly, and assume that it is the thing that they said, and try to further pass it down , 
what happens in this process is the purity of teachings is lost, what remains is rituals and superficialities and forcing /imposing/ gaining acceptability by various means, including spiritual promises or incentives and material benefits in the worst case 
this has been going on and will ever goes on 
but, things will not be the same, all said and done results speak 
and disillusionment dawns .and it has to happen and will happen 
those who know things better would like to switch over to some thing better and better
i am reminded of 

The old order changeth, yielding place to new,
And God fulfills himself in many ways,
Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.”
Alfred Lord Tennyson

 

Drooping abilities, tiredness, aging, sickness, death are due to various reasons, how one goes thru the life , inputs, and how intelligently one manages himself , also no less hereditary, and it's a individual 's order of priority , some treating it a light matter, some taking good care of themselves but everyone would like to lead a good life , this aspiration of man invariably gets exploited by everywhere. every and promises a heaven to promote sale . and some do succeed in netting in gullible customers. but nature's laws cannot be deceived , cause and effect none can escape"