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DAY 1584(i)

Jalsa , Mumbai Aug 19, 2012 Sun 9 : 44 PM

The rain it raineth, a Sunday cometh and cometh the wishers .. wet, but enthused. Always there in all condition, a deed for which I carry great warmth, but regret what I could do in return for the affection. In a few weeks from now shall be the coming of my 70th, and the entering into the 71st. Seventy for some reason sounds better than 71. As perhaps does 75, be better than 70. Mankind and womankind has borne it upon itself that these figures shall be of relevance and importance ; milestones that shall remarkably demand respect and celebration. Why so ? An answer sought but never a reply acknowledged.

Multiples of 10 !! Or its divisibles attract, no one knows why. Why not the divisibles of an 8 or a 7 be given the respectability that they deserve. They are after all numericals upon which all science and mathematics originates and progresses. The importance of the 9 is also at times intriguing. Well … not to some sage wisdom - the human body is replete with 9 openings, the largest majority around the face - the face which forms our identity, because we speak, express, have vision of, and smell and hear with its attributes. In Hindu mythology and its occult existence, the third eye hidden behind the forehead, lying between the space within the two eye brows, forms the 10th opening ! Could it be that this then, is the element that designed our calculations for eternity ??

The expressions associated with the numerical ranging from 1 - 5, have a better chance of being popular than say a 7 or an 8 ! The range of 1 - 5 resides in but one palm of the hand. On the finger 1 is expressive, a reprimand a pointer, as is 2 often for a sign of victory. 3 has some difficulty in its formation when it uses the three tallest fingers, but easier if you start with the smallest. 4 and 5 form well and with some ease … but 6, 7 and 8 and the use of the other hand comes in - not entirely handy - pun unintended !!

The palmist that predicts our future by feeling our hand and the lines that depict our fate, observes our right hand. Why is the right right and not the left. Would it derive its sympathy from the common and more popular use of the right than the left. What of those then, that are left. Would not the palmist consider the left for its readings and not the right, if most of the work done is by the left. Those predominantly left have their functioning brain on the right they say. Should that not have, or be given some relevance in the final analysis when assessing our future ! It harbors a paradoxical truth, this argument, and much like many other paradoxes, should be given the liberty of exercising, an exclusive silence !

Paradoxical … hmm … an interesting expression.

‘by glorifying the acts of violence they achieve the paradoxical effect of making them trivial.’

‘paradoxically, the more fuel a star starts off with, the sooner it runs out’

Are we in glorification of violence and thereby paradoxically making them trivial, or on the verge of running out of fuel !!

There is success in our timings tonight. Any success makes it special and we fall in that category finally. Let us then pray for its continued life, without error or excuse and give it the desired space, which it may require, to express expand and perhaps rejuvenate !

We began today with an analogy for time and ended it well within it too.

Good night dear ones .. shubh ratri, shabba khair ..

Amitabh Bachchan