JMVRI Issue No. 18 is a special Issue devoted to the theme of poetry and language. It encompasses two important lectures by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on his deep understanding of poetry in relation to the Veda and the structure of pure knowledge within consciousness, entitled: Poetry and the Veda and Poetry and the Veda: The Flow of Life in the Currents of Wisdom, Part I.
This Issue also includes a chapter by American writer Dr Frederick (Fred) Worth (Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literature, Harvard University) from his forthcoming volume Manifold Poetry: The Origami of Consciousness in Word, Line, and Form, plus a selection of his poems titled Walking the Grid / Dancing the Spiral and Other Poems. The final inclusion in Issue No. 18 is a suite of poems by Peruvian poet Javier Ortiz Cabrejos published in Spanish and English entitled Selected Poems.
JMVRI Issue Number 18
JMVRI Paper 18.2
Poetry and the Veda: The Flow of Life in the Currents of Wisdom, Part I
Author: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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Citation: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. (2022). Poetry and the Veda: The flow of life in the currents of wisdom, part I. Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, 18, 21-29.
Summary (excerpt):
All successful poets have tracked the path of transcending. They start from what the eyes see, or the hands feel, or the ears hear, and they travel into space and time and direct their focus onto the beyond. Poetry has a rhythm like the beat of the heart. It is a beautiful expression. It is the heart that flows in poetry, and to connect the rhythm of a poem with the beat of the heart is a very successful gesture of the speaker.