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26 swami keerti surprises me by usinG the wOrd “bullshit” On christmas Meditation is the only alchemy, and “all else in the name of alchemy is just bullshit, occult nonsense, esoteric rubbish.” He goes on to elucidate a consciousness beyond birth and death, but I’m stopped by the word, pondering translations, tonal slippage, reminded too of the jarring Indian use of “slut.” As in, say: “The Mughul Emperor, scoffing at the thought of the prince his son’s advancing troops finely bedecked atop golden-tusked elephants, spent the night before the slaughter—that morning when the Jumna ran red with his ended reign— in the imperial fort, drinking wine and carousing with his harem of sluts . . .” Anyway, before I can resolve the linguistics and stifle a cringe, Swami’s glowing 27 green orbs lock on me. It’s time to cease thinking and purely, simply “be.” Even his white beard radiates joy this Christmas morning, and, no bullshit, robed arms spread again into the wings of an eternal hug. ...

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