i find that i can't shake my devotion to the sun. It does seem to be the natural of my meditations. I am very fond of the gatri matra from the rig veda, which is the holiest of the hindu matras. And i think every morning of those words as i stand at my window. So the sun has infiltrated and disturbed me, and yet i still raise my hands to it. That's all for this episode of the intelligence - see you back here on monday.
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