{"id":188,"date":"2007-02-18T17:37:51","date_gmt":"2007-02-18T17:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=188"},"modified":"2007-02-18T17:37:51","modified_gmt":"2007-02-18T17:37:51","slug":"our-mythic-lives-or-mundane-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/our-mythic-lives-or-mundane-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Mythic lives, or Mundane lives ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Between the Mythic and the Mandane.  Which plane of existence do we really exist in ? Is every breath really an intake of the energies of the cosmos, the prana of the universe in each breath ? Or is it the mere intake of essential oxygen to feed our red blood corpuscles. Does every thought project itself into the universe and live there and change the Universe forever ? Is every thought a projection of our lives past preasent and future, of Karma ?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nDoes every thought belong to the eternal matrix of the Universe or is it merely a chemical synaptic result of electronoc processes in my mind.<br \/>\nDo you connect with me when I yearn for you ? Or do I have to pick up the cell phone. Is my yearning for you a composite of prior and future experiences ?  Is every action part of a deeper couldron of the churning of the universe ?<br \/>\nIs every thought, every action, every tinge of pain, every tear of joy a part of the &#8216;Manthan&#8217;, the churning of the whole universe ?  Is love between two people a part of that eternal churning<br \/>\nOr is it my imagination, unable to deal with the universe broken up into little bits, pulled from one broken bit to another, merely indulging in the fantasy of Mythicism.<br \/>\nI am slipping into the Mythic. I am leaving the Mundane.  Am I slipping into fantasy and saying goodbye to reality ? or am I discovering true reality ?<br \/>\nShekhar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between the Mythic and the Mandane. Which plane of existence do we really exist in ? Is every breath really an intake of the energies of the cosmos, the prana of the universe in each breath ? Or is it the mere intake of essential oxygen to feed our red blood corpuscles. 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