>just finished watching Aparajito by Satyajit Ray. It is the 2nd part of a trilogy by him, from a novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. Felt very moved while watching. It is a simple story of a small family of a husband, wife and a son. The story is told in a non judgemental way from the point of view of the little boy under the age of ten. He grows up amidst fondness and love of his parents who are surrounded by deprivation, illness, uncertainty, death and hardship. Surprisingly the boy’s curiosity and innocence remain refreshingly intact. As he grows up and moves away from home, his apparent lack of any close emotional ties with his surviving and slowly ailing mother or with anyone does feel like a very natural flow emanating from a character like that. while i was watching the movie, i was also thinking that although the storyline is based almost eighty or ninety years ago, it still
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>reading Ken Wilber
>Have been reading “Grace & Grit” by Ken Wilber. The book is about his life spent with Treya, his wife, who is no more. She suffered from breast cancer almost from the beginning of their marriage and passed away after five years. what i find compelling about this book is the bear bone honesty with which it has been written, This has entries from Treya’s journal and Ken’s writing about their life, their journey together, their love, their dark sides, their neuroses, their struggle and fight with the disease and their acceptance(or lack of it) of self, of each other, life, love, hatred, and all the junk that lie around in our persona. and of course, their meditation. i felt hopeful reading this book. It is giving me back hope and faith. i feel drawn towards meditation and forgiveness practice. what i also got in touch is that life and living is a discipline – it is not a hard
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