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SPOTLIGHTS ON THE RAMAYANAM -10. Sri Swami Premananda

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======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24/02/2020. II - COSMIC DRAMA : -2. Post-10. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Rama knew this cosmic plan. He knew that he was merely a cog in the wheel of the great universe. Or, to view him as an incarnation of Vishnu, he was well aware of the meaning behind the play of the cosmos, of which he was the great central pivot. With this wisdom ingrained in him he was not elated when his father proposed his name as a king. Nor did he sink into the abyss of despondency when the next morning he was banished from the kingdom for 14 long years. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. He accepted the co

SPOTLIGHTS ON THE RAMAYANAM - 9. Sri Swami Premananda

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======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/02/2020. II - COSMIC DRAMA : -1. Post-9. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Events in this universe do not occur in isolation or individually. Incidents are inter-related and interdependent. There is a flux in the totality of events and the whole drama is played on a cosmic plane. Can a wave in the ocean claim to ride on the crest on its own or a whiff of wind blow independently of the atmosphere? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. You must have watched an army of ants going about their way in a disciplined manner as busy-bodies. To be sure, if they had better brains they would feel being engaged in an