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May the joy be discovered

May the joy be discovered Joy is not outside me Joy is within me Joy is not in action Joy is in inaction Joy is not in movement Joy is hidden in stillness Joy is not measured with what I have Joy is found in just being Enter the temple of silence Discover the beauty of pleasance Let me change what I can change Let me accept what I can’t change Joy is not to be searched at work Joy is found in the ability to work Joy cannot be destroyed by the system Joy can be restored by the wisdom Let Maya do her job of painting Let me stop the madness of complaining May the physical ailments be cured May the mental fatigue be reduced May the joy be discovered within May the jobs be distributed out May the joy be refilled by divinity May the joy be an abundant infinity

Tāṇḍava and Lāsya

 Tāṇḍava and Lāsya A small dirt in the oyster shell Causes disturbance to dwell A beautiful mother of pearl  We love to wear and swirl Shiva, sitting in deep meditation, Eyes half closed in concentration Jingling anklets heard in the wind Disturbed laya, 'as though' assigned Collective sanchita karma of jīvā  Coauthored this script with māyā Māyā's shadow clouds with ignorance Māyā's brightness shines as knowledge   Īsvarā's fearless steps is tāṇḍava Īsvarī brings harmony with lāsya Step and a step, there is no misstep To understand this we need a lot of prep They take a step in right, a step in left Dancing in tandem, Universe is born Karma wakes us up from sleep Karma puts us back in sleep Everything in Universe is in order Anatomic order, Physiologic order Pathologic order and Psychological order  Disorder is also a part of the order Stop revolting against the order Stop collecting things like a hoarder Let go and learn to go with the flow  Then you real...