Kavitha Quotes

The only way “out” is to transcend our limitations altogether, by realizing what/who we really are. What can we possibly fear or want when we transcend the constrictions of time and space? If we realize that we are always whole and nothing can or needs to be added, what can we possibly want to be happy?

Sun doesn't need to prove its brilliance- Its identity lies in its power to illuminate the world

Many have come to understand that while reality and truth are not always the same, they do not necessarily oppose or preclude one another. The myths of Shiva, the lake and the mountain, Buddhist stories and visualisations, the feeling of a mountain rising: none of these need be literal in order to be considered truthful. Such moments simply point to a truth as complex as the people who seek to understand them.

There are a lake and a mountain at the roof of the world where the air is thin and the clouds linger on cliffsides. These are places of wonder and the journey to see them will take many days. My cousin, Pallu, and I do not know if we will make it to these places or what drives us to go, but this is a journey we promised ourselves decades ago when we were still schoolgirls.

As the previous Mahavidyas have shown us, the primordial AUM that results from the separation of Shakti from Shiva, as his self-awareness,

The unplanned and initially unwanted baby, Krishnamurthi, would go on to become a famous doctor in his own right, the head of the Adyar Cancer Institute in Madras.

You only have 1 birthday, the rest are congratulations for surviving

There's no joy here," Shekhar murmured. "Books are a chore for them, a hindrance, an obstacle course they have to cross to get a job. They hate them. Books are their enemies. They look like they are on death row, for God's sake." "Well, at least we have got more people in, now." I said, trying to console him. "Those aren't people," said Shekhar, scathingly. "Those are exam zombies!

There's more to life than books, you know. And the care of books ages you. It drains you, it leeches you dry in ways you can't imagine." (p. 38)