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Shadows of the Fragmented Moon

de Shubhrangshu Roy

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This fullness is filled with fullness. Fullness is born from fullness. Fullness fills fullness. In fullness, fullness is ever rested. This collection of poems attempts to unlock the wisdom of our ancient seers for the benefit of the layfolk, often eulogised for their resilience in the face of depredations of time, but with no one to turn to--not even the gods--for succour, mercy, and redemption, and far removed from expensive and time-consuming modern psychiatric intervention. It has nothing to do with religion or rituals; nothing to do with an exclusive or an exclusivist lifestyle. Rather, these poems seek to help us cope with the circumstances that confront us on our eventful walk through life. In Shadows of the Fragmented Moon, each poem has a hidden and unexplored facet of human trait that needs confronting to clear the path of ill-informed illusions. For, as the seers have claimed down the ages, the mind is only an aggregate of desires and nothing else. We humans are a conglomerate of our emotions and reason . . . without purpose, without a second chance. Understanding this one truth alone sets us free.… (mais)
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Reading this book of poems was an experience. I had no idea what I was reading about and only felt relief when I finished it. Obviously I was not a good target reader for this slim volume of poems based on two ancient Asian Indian wisdom texts, the Yoga Visistha and the Ashtavakra Gita. I do not like to meditate, I do not desire to perform yoga, nor do I hope to attain nirvana. I struggled with this volume, thinking I should be able to understand or appreciate it more than I did.

I found one short poem that I actually kind of liked because it seemed like a picture to me. It was this one...

The Sky, The Ocean

The Sky, The Ocean
Best of friends
Tied forever
Free from each other
The one there,
Because the other too is
Interdependent, interconnected
In the oneness of being
The ocean, curious,
Rising to kiss the sky;
The sky dispassionate,
Umoving, unrelenting
Strong!
Embracing the ocean
To make itself whole.

I do admit that I read through this book in a short time rather than read and focus on just one poem every day or so as the author advises. I think maybe the poems are meant to illustrate the impermanence of each human being and relate that bliss is the ultimate state of being. That concept is a bit too ethereal for me at this time of my life.

As I was reading this book, I felt there was a certain beauty to it, but I wished I had gotten more out of it than I did. Now I feel slightly unsure about passing this book along to others because the book's theme is so esoteric. I appreciate the author sharing this book with me. I sincerely hope that future readers of this book will appreciate both its beauty and its meaning.
  SqueakyChu | Apr 27, 2023 |
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This fullness is filled with fullness. Fullness is born from fullness. Fullness fills fullness. In fullness, fullness is ever rested. This collection of poems attempts to unlock the wisdom of our ancient seers for the benefit of the layfolk, often eulogised for their resilience in the face of depredations of time, but with no one to turn to--not even the gods--for succour, mercy, and redemption, and far removed from expensive and time-consuming modern psychiatric intervention. It has nothing to do with religion or rituals; nothing to do with an exclusive or an exclusivist lifestyle. Rather, these poems seek to help us cope with the circumstances that confront us on our eventful walk through life. In Shadows of the Fragmented Moon, each poem has a hidden and unexplored facet of human trait that needs confronting to clear the path of ill-informed illusions. For, as the seers have claimed down the ages, the mind is only an aggregate of desires and nothing else. We humans are a conglomerate of our emotions and reason . . . without purpose, without a second chance. Understanding this one truth alone sets us free.

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