Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
It is not enough to crave with selfish mind,
Life’s prestige, triumph or prizes.
With a superior stamina of mind and heart,
Unfolds plus quality of character, beyond chiding crises.
A normal type of man, incapacitated,
By life’s undue stress and chill,
Should be thoroughly conversant with,
Causal factors that create life’s sordid mill.
Overt mind avoids deeper insight,
Of life’s integral and total reality.
It is easy to skim over harsh challenges,
That tax man’s genius, weakened by frailty.
Gifts of mind and heart do not flower,
Unbidden, unasked for or gratis.
Enriching discipline of mellowing wisdom,
Helps to unfold fertile psyche spontaneously.
In life’s flower-beds, we avoid crushing,
Or soiling of soft fragrant flowers;
Nor do we break their stalks to cause their withering.
Velvety flowers, need cooling sprinkle or showers.
Often due to neurotic stress of mind and heart,
We do not tap psyche’s creative verve.
It takes quite a lot of insight and forethought,
To keep life, off the boil, with serene curve.