Several stories from the Devi Purana, Shiv Purana, Srimad Bhagavatam and Ramayana are taken up as illustrative examples of the many layers on which the myth works and the subtle and profound truths it expresses.
Death now speaks of a sad and harsh philosophy, the so-called realism that drives us towards some dark end of nothingness. It is a perverted truth that carries its own appeal to a type of human mentality. Here we see Death picking up truths and giving it just a little twist here and there to turn it into falsehood.
Death confronts Savitri with the hard immutable law as the only Truth. He wonders, half-mockingly, if there is any other truth than the hard facts of earthly life. Even if there is something greater called God, the laws of matter still hold.
The workings of this yoga do not take place through upadesha and techniques but by a constant opening to the Mother’s Force that will shift our psychological elements and change us. This talk touches upon some facets of this.
Breaking free from both tradition and modernity, the talk brings fresh insights into child development and human nature. A few examples from scriptures and real life draw attention to the real needs of a child.
Surely a time must come when science and spirituality will unite, but for that to happen both have to change much. A talk by Dr Alok Pandey recorded in 2010.