Poetry to inspire - Interview about poems from 'Tâches à Accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes... Poésies exilées'

Poetry to inspire - Interview about poems from 'Tâches à Accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes... Poésies exilées'

Interview between Rogers TV and Vimal Kodai

 

Be your own teacher, be your own support.... but, how?

Be your own teacher, be your own support.... but, how?

Discourse by Vimal Kodai

 

Tâches à Accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes… Poésies exilées

Tâches à Accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes… Poésies exilées

By Vimal Kodai

Tâches à accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes…Poésies exilées, the first published work of Vimal Kodai, depicts the many facades of life while striking on the ups and downs faced by human beings on significant moments. While the poems from this book are by themselves very self-explanatory whereby, they convey detailed information about the thinking vicinity being observed by the poet at the time these were being written, they are moreover subject to the promotion of inspirational insights to readers’ minds. Somehow, it admits that the acceptances of challenges in the forms of sufferings and sadness can even be portrayed as being harsh and truthful. These are yet but crude realities of our lives. The reason being that by comprehending sadness and suffering in present instances, further disturbing times can be disallowed from emerging in one’s life journey once again. A meaningful peace of mind can thus be sensed.

Notable key points that are relevant prior to going through this book of poetry are in the following questionable forms:

1. How does this book of poems make matters significant to one’s life? Why?
2. How does it mark exceptional or special experiences that deserve to be acknowledged?
3. Why is it a book that is relevant? Does it really inspire? How does it inspire?

Let’s try to answer each question while being open to analyze this book of poems in its deepened entirety.

 

               

First of all: 

-          How does this book of poems make matters significant to one’s life? Why?

Readers determine the validity of each message being casted to them via each poem’s main contents. A reader (s) will need to slave through the whole book prior to making sense of its main thorough message delivery. Thus, some poems can promote extreme happiness to the heart, while others deepen the mind with pensive thoughts embedded with moments of sadness and sorrows. The extent of significance of this book of poems translates itself through its main message being conveyed; that is, to motivate and to inspire through the acceptance of sadness as being part of life’s joyful moments. Therefore, this book is significant in many relevant respects. Aside of its poetic verses, paintings that depict each respective poems exact visual display, dominate this book’s artistic worth likewise.

        

Secondly:

-         How does it mark exceptional or special experiences that deserve to be acknowledged?

Recovering from brain injuries of severe degrees can be a challenge of lifetime. Phases of recovery will span across various kinds of events. These will either be positively reinforced or else, these will be negatively faced. The author has chosen writing in forms of poetry to express his innermost griefs and sorrows, experienced while recovering from a severe brain injury. Each experience being related upon is met with a poem and picture alongside to explain what exactly the poet felt at the time of writing each poetic verse. With a date at the bottom of each poem, the landmark of each poem is caricatured. Each poem is also meticulously expressive of emotional downhills. ‘Upper hills’ or optimisms are also encountered in Tâches à accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes…Poésies exilées, thus readers share showers of emotions in all forms; namely, sadness, sorrows, happiness, romantic lyrics or words, words about life experiences and certain significant emotional faces that need to be considered so that one protects oneself from betrayals, wickedness and evilness.

Thirdly:

-          Why is it a book that is relevant? And does it really inspire? How does it inspire?

Some readers can identify themselves with the poems that derive from Tâches à accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes…poésies exiles. Some experiences lived and gone through by the author, can allow some readers to connect directly with certain events that they will come across in the poem’s contents. Such experiences allow flourishing moments to bounce off. These could relay either good energies or profound emotional plunges. The depth of the emotions that certain poems express themselves in the forms of the author’s (or, poet’s) written words, are by themselves meaningful as they convey outlets in finding positivity in life’s various downwardly going minutes.

              

By discovering flourishing joys from sorrowful episodes, one can definitely inflict gladness of enormous degrees in one’s life. This is what Tâches à accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes…poésies exiles is richly embedded with all throughout. This is how it inspires and this the way it finds itself rediscovering each step of life in melodious manner.

AVATAR: The Way of Water

 AVATAR: The Way of Water

A film by James Cameron

 Review, summary and synopsis by Vimal Kodai

Avatar: The Way of Water sets its path in the cinematographic arena with scenic portrayals of majestic nature, picturesque places lived in and gone through by various characters of this movie, and, splendid vibes experienced by viewers and public audiences from various origins. This movie or film caricatures several themes in its rich embodiment; these are namely: family ties, strong family bonding and virtues, family unity, protection of one’s cherished habitat and family members, and the sincerest commitment to maintain the cause of a specie that is filled with harmonious upbringing.

 

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) is a continuum of the first Avatar feature from the year 2009.

 

While keeping proper balance to his capabilities in the world of film-making, and while maintaining his stylish direction abilities at full progressive allure, James Cameron expands on the theme he brought upon in Avatar (2009). This time he expands on its content and message by delivering an above and beyond movie which holds its significances in many terms, namely with the idea of family unity at its centerpiece. 

The story of Avatar: The Way of Water is one segment of life journey of the main character (protagonist), Jake Sully. This time, he is accompanied by his wife, Neytiri, his sons, Neteyam and Lo’ak, daughter, Tuk, and adopted daughter, Kiri.

 

Jake and his family are living a peaceful life while enjoying nature’s gifts on the planet Pandora. His earlier and past life journey revisits him when Colonel Miles Quaritch and his troops land on Pandora to search for him. This search for Jake Sully, an obsession of Colonel Quaritch’s leads to several destructive events that are being conveyed in Avatar: The Way of Water. This movie’s highlighting contents are to convey how Jake’s life along with that of his family members’ are disrupted in a violently unpleasant way. This movie even marks the many sequel of events that show how Jake and each of his family members utilize their survival instincts to live up to a cause which they hold as righteous and important.

 

When Colonel Quaritch and his team of troops successfully destroy Jake’s and his whole entire Na’vi people’s inland habitat, these latter search for an alternative location to find themselves safely secured for living and residing on a permanent basis. In so seeking, they pledge a request for shelter, protection and place to dwell from Tonowari (role played by Cliff Curtis), the King of the Waterworld. After thorough considerations and after having to go through a consumed decisive point, Tonowari accepts to host the Na’vi people. This is being done on grounds of pure good faiths and sympathy for these known peaceful creatures.

 

Knowing that his target has not been annihilated and that he is consciously aware of Jake Sully’s being still alive, Colonel Quaritch carries on with his search and eventually tracks the Waterworld people to convincingly comb through these people’s habitat and partially destroy it. Jake Sully’s peaceful self is struck by an unprecedented moral attribute that leads him to fight back and show an act of forceful defense against Colonel Quaritch’s troops.

 

Avatar: The Way of Water is thus the journey related to this fight for survival against Colonel Quaritch on the part of the Na’vi people and that of the Waterworld people of planet Pandora.

 

James Cameron is exceptionally wonderful in the direction role of Avatar: The Way of Water. He makes such magnificent usages of technology. His own masterminded self to equip Avatar: The Way of Water with a strict mark in the cinematographic legend profile, would categorize his directory worth of being truly outstanding and above beyond the norms of directors. Avatar: The Way of Water is one of the movies that are must-sees.

The Tantra Experience: Talks on the Royal Song of Saraha

 A man, with no particular taste or passion for whatever the writer of The Tantra Experience: Talks on the Royal Song of Saraha has written or spread out in his writing over the scrolling years, I reckon that by writing a review of any kind about this so-called Guru’s so-called insights is deemed impossible from my end. The writer of The Tantra Experience: Talks on the Royal Song of Saraha, Chandra Mohan Jain (known nowadays as Acharya Rajneesh, or even Bhagwan Rajneesh, or otherwise, also holding the nickname, Osho)—an inspirational figure to many, a Guru and a master who has guided many around the globe starts his book by fetching for unhealthy keys that are the causes of many known sufferings on our planet. The Preface he writes is one item that denies me from reading The Tantra Experience: Talks on the Royal Song of Saraha any further. However, by acknowledging that by judging a book by its cover or Preface, would not serve the purpose of knowledge after all, I resulted to slaving through this book thoroughly in ‘one go’. The following is the ending outcome of this reading…

The Tantra Experience: Talks on the Royal Song of Saraha

Review written by Vimal Kodai 

A notable point that caught my attention prior to navigating through this book by Guru Rajneesh, was the idea behind what creates devil instincts inside of all pure-hearted souls. What is the root of evil? How can it be elevated? How can it vanish? How can it be destroyed, annihilated, eliminated and/or taken away from all good-natured origins?

The subjective writings from Guru Rajneesh that allowed me to read his book further, comes up in the following initial forms: “There is no unbridgeable gap between the Devil and God: the Devil is carrying God deep down his heart. Once that heart starts functioning, the Devil becomes God.” 

This sentence’s ending part brought a new form of understanding into my life. It created something which had been keeping in an illusion for quite a number of years. Although this statement cannot be truly justified in several fragments of any living being’s life journey, it provides a positive glimpse on how to understand and handle evil-minded thoughts in the self and in other selves.

The Tantra Experience: Talks on the Royal Song of Saraha at one point, compares the tantric experience deriving from Shiva’s Tantra versus Saraha’s Tantra—what makes these two Tantric forms unique and common, or rather, what makes them uniquely common are the fact that both lead to purity and peacefulness, however the approaches taken from each of these tantric manifestations are met with pathways boarding spiritual diversities.  Howsoever the routes taken by living forms to reach the ultimate reality of bliss, the writer of The Tantra Experience: Talks on the Royal Song of Saraha offers one perspective that strikes as appealing to his readers: “Agreement, disagreement, is about theories, not about truth. So when you agree with me you are not really agreeing with me; you start feeling your theory that you have already been carrying with you.” (Page 25) 

When the pinpointing truth with which one really needs to connect in one’s lifetime on the planet has been fulfilled, the certainty of the right divine comfort is felt.  At this precise moment, no remedy or no such beliefs or any kinds of platforms laid or set forth by any living being makes sense—the peaceful clarity that is felt surpasses all and reassures one that this truth threshold has been attained. No other understandings make sense as the mind has already agreed with this divine order’s true reality. It is the quest of this true reality that has been keeping the mind puzzled all throughout, and at the prompt instance of this enlightening manifestation, a sense of true joy is felt. The untrue is sifted from the true whereby a true vision of clarity is felt in the interior within self. A joy that surpasses all sufferable clauses is felt.

This book even goes to the extent of explaining the real impact of a Master on the mind of a living being. Thus, The Tantra Experience: Talks on the Royal Song of Sahara intones on true happiness that can be lived with when the cunning mind is made to handle doubts with the guided approaches of a Master. The Tantra Experience: Talks on the Royal Song of Sahara denotes that trusting a Master disallows the self to listen to what the mind is really saying. A true Master guides the mind (s) to discover its real potentials, but a fake Master plunges the mind in an even worse state of doubtful abode. The truth can neither be accepted nor explored when a Master deviates the real meaning of truth and trust from the mind’s identity. As such, The Tantra Experience: Talks on the Royal Song of Sahara suggests the following: “Listening to the master, trusting the master, by and by the mind is neglected. Many times you have to drop the mind, because the master is saying something which goes against it—it always goes against it. Neglected, mind starts dying.” (Page 79 – 80)

 

In a different perspective approach to the book The Power of Now (written by Eckhart Tolle), The Tantra Experience: Talks on the Royal Song of Sahara also prescribes the mind to be its own master by possessing the right pathed choice for leading the body and mind (altogether) in the righteous direction.

 

More deepened thoughts are elevated from this must-read book by Guru Rajneesh. It is a highly recommended book to be read by all as it can certainly allow blockages in minds to be set on open-minded platforms whereby prospective perspectives on life’s various faces can be overlooked.

 

A brief description of Saraha – the invisible protagonist of The Tantra Experience: Talks on the Royal Song of Sahara. 

The Tantra Experience which manifests in the man known as Rahul, is first of all his tantric experience of perceiving the spiritual beauty in a woman who in turn eventually unlocked him from his own self by releasing his spiritual self outwardly. Thereafter, Rahul became known as Saraha – for his having opened his own self to the path of enlightenment. Saraha’s true self-realization took effect when he reached the point of knowing what the truth was really about and what it meant to be truthful by knowing the true truth in one’s lifetime. His ability to find the spiritual beauty hidden in one pious woman’s true self-worth gave rise to this name—Saraha. Saraha is known to have revived the Buddha within his own self. The Royal Song of Saraha is composed of a narrated form of poetry that comes from the truthful experience lived by Rahul – who is the unrealized name of the same man called Saraha. The latter became known since as this true enlightened spiritual being.

Tâches à Accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes… poésies exilées (A Book of Poetry by Vimal Kodai)

Tâches à Accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes… poésies exilées

A Book of Poetry by Vimal Kodai

This first book, and book of poetry written by Vimal Kodai contains poems that have been compiled in such a way that it marks the several years that have transitioned the poet’s life from eminent downsides onto wonderful grounds of good hopes. These poems are also poems that relay a torn apart life lived with a broken heart, and saddened ambitions followed by positive intentions built from fragments of this broken heart’s whispers. These poems contain significant forms of poetic verses that adhere to a style of living that denies hatred and various forms evilness into its environment.

 

Some of the poems from Tâches à Accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes… poésies exilées are pessimistic while others glow with very positive aspirations. Thus, Tâches à Accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes… poésies exilées conveys both pessimism and optimism to its readers. It contains poems written in both English and French languages. It even possesses tedious illustrations that reflect the perfect intentions behind each of the respective poems. 

Tâches à Accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes… poésies exilées

By Vimal Kodai

It is the writer’s intention to create hope in the hearts of his readers. Hope! When all seems to find no ray of hope. Hope, when nothing makes sense. Hope… when all is going downwardly and towards the road to failure. And, hope, when all that is happening around is not turning out in the right direction. With pessimistic words that have been brought into perspectives in the book, Tâches à Accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes… poésies exilées, it is also observed from certain particular poems that good hopes are being aimed at, and that worthy end results are being willed for as well.

 

Tâches à Accomplir: Phrases à effacer, phrases de mes poèmes… poésies exilées is a book of poems that has been written with the main intention of having one revitalize deep down joys in one’s life, while taking into account all the various forms of unpredictable happenings that can occur alongside their wicked origins at their core.

EPICTETUS - The Philosopher known as 'The Father of Stoic Teachings'

EPICTETUS

On life’s diverse truths
Stoicism and Stoic Teachings 
~ By Vimal Kodai ~

Epictetus, Philosopher who is reckoned for having widespread Stoic teachings, was born in the approximate vicinity of the year of 55 AD and he passed away in 135 AD. He came to be in the world in the land nowadays known as Pamukkale (Western Turkey). During the time of his birth, that part of Europe was known as Hierapolis, Phrygia. A slave, from the time of his coming into existence, he later arrived in Rome to serve Epaphroditus (a wealthy man who was himself freed by Emperor Nero—in person). Under the right guidance of his Stoic master, Musonius Rufus, Epictetus acquired the basic knowledge of how to handle life in tangible but disciplinary orders. In his turn, after being freed by Emperor Nero, Epictetus initiated Stoic schooling establishments in Rome. The aftermath of the suicide of Emperor Nero, allowed Emperor Domitian’s rule which did not favour Stoicism’s insightful teachings in Italy; thus, Epictetus was denied further residential status in Rome. In about 89 AD, Epictetus made his way away from Rome to find himself in Nicopolis in Epirus (nowadays underlying the north-west part of Greece). Accompanied by other philosophers who were learned in the same Stoic foundations, Epictetus founded new schooling facilities which would widely promote Stoic teachings. The highlighting climax of this philosopher’s life, would transition into a solid marking point of Stoicism as well. Epictetus’s teachings became effective in various ways as its enriched knowledge set exemplary realities on all human life’s journey’s worth.

- What is Stoicism? 

- What is Stoic knowledge?

The answer to these two questions derive from 8 main stems; these are namely:

1. Rationality
2. Kinship with God
3. Volition
4. Value
5. Emotional judgement
6. Appropriate other-concern
7. Self-cultivation and autonomy
8. Mind and body 

Each of these 8 basic stems expand elaborately in order to convey more routed principles that portray a broad, elaborate, systemic and enriched knowledge, known a Stoic knowledge.

Epictetus brought forward thoughts that were filled with ideologies deriving from truth and deep within facts. Significant thinking patterns of his, came into being as he captured their very essences from the experiences that he had gathered during the course of his journey through life’s challenging times.

 

Some of his teachings are hereby phrased to display their main contents as per their understood meanings:

                         

1. Some things are in our control and others are not.

“Some things are in our control, while others are not.” Quote that derived from Epictetus’s in-depth insights, impacts the many faces of humankind by its realistic but down-to-earth wordings.

 

-          Things that dwell within our direct reach through our actions (the display of our attitude and behavior), are under our total control. The characteristic traits denoting our actions are: opinion, pursuit, desire and aversion.

-          Things that are not within our direct reach (or control) are: the body, property, reputation and command.

 

2. Men are disturbed, not by things, but by principles and notions which they form concerning things.

“Men is his own pain-inflictor. He is likewise, his own happiness-seeker and he is his own happiness-acquirer. He reasons with principles that caricature the way of living his life in an orderly manner. If these principles are misguided, his life results in falsehood and flawlessness; but if he is led by productive principles that are implemented righteously, he finds wonderful reasons to accept life as it is. These principles, if shaped in the misleading way – propel him to lead a falsely guided lifestyle. Thus, he becomes disturbed and confused. If his principles are well-set, well-shaped and well-directed; men will lead himself towards a prospective pathway.”

 

3. Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.

“This sentence exemplifies the realities of life by opening humans’ minds to the idea of being content with life’s various circumstances—as they occur (in their true format). By disallowing forceful actions to happen in every situation, and, by preventing improper words from flowing out of the mouth; one can rest reassured that deeds can be accomplished prospectively.”

 

Bibliography:

 

-  Epictetus,  (135 C.E), The Enchiridion: Translated by Elizabeth Carter; Retrieved from Worldwide Web on the 20^th June, 2021, from website by The Internet Classic Archive with URL: http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html

-  Graver Margaret, (2008), Epictetus; Retrieved from Worldwide Web on the 20^th June, 2021, From Stanford World Online Encyclopaedia with URL: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epictetus/

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