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1		Time	Sunrise and Sunset produce the effect of ever speeding TIME ('KAAL'), of a given passing day. Actually the Sun neither rises nor sets. It is only the planet Earth's rotation on its axis around the Sun creates the effect of TIME of each Day. Waking and sleeping cycle of creatures, is quite akin to the photosynthesizing and breathing cycle of plants. Both these cycles are governed by the sunrise and sunset cycles. This fundamental TIME is 'Organic-Time'. This realm of 'Time' also produces the effect of ageing for the organic life forms and the process of weathering for inorganic substances. Life-cycle of each cell and tissue though seems independent; the entire network of creation is interrelated by the primordial unwinding of 'Organic-Time'. The cycle of ' Birth, growth, decay and death', are the only way to measure the inexorable unwinding of 'Organic Time'. This realm of TIME, has nothing to do with minutes, hours, days, weeks.... etc. Humankind is the only creature, which due to its extroverted self-conscious perceiving state, apprehends the 'Chronological-Time'. Even in the primitive human society, though the accuracy could be lacking while gauging the 'Chronological-Time', still they also due to their self-conscious state apprehend the ticking of "Time and Tide". Human beings, thus are enslaved by the spell of 'Chronological-Time', which is their exclusive invention! Human beings are engaged compulsively in the habit of measuring and counting 'Chronological-Time' and are anxious about it. The root-cause of human anxiety is 'Psychological-Time'. Human mind is very rigidly structured by the memory, containing images of past experiences. 'Psychological-Time' is composed of such self-conscious "Yesterdays and Tomorrows". Hopes and fears, regret and relish, guilt and pride are the unavoidable features of 'Psychological-Time'. The human invented 'Chronological-Time' strongly reinforces the 'in-felt' 'Psychological-Time'. Our psychological "Yesterdays and tomorrows" gain unquestionable authenticity by masquerading as chronological yesterdays and tomorrows! None of us are clearly sensitive to the fact that the contents belonging to our "Personal-Memory" of "ME" is an admixture of psychological and chronological time. In fact, the chronological-time is only a container, containing the rubbish of psychological-time. This gathers throughout one's life-time and gets extended into chronological future, which includes the speculated "Next-Birth". This confused state of psychological and chronological time-mix is our sense of EGO. All the three above outlined realms of TIME (Organic-Time, Chronological-Time and Psychological-Time) are referred in Hindu parlance as 'KAAL'. Between this, the 'Organic-Time' is symbolized as the deity goddess 'Kali'. Only this aspect of TIME is the factual certainty ('Satya'). This realm defies all our attempts to trace a beginning and an end to frame this enigma. In other words this realm is 'The Absolute Totality'. The goddess 'Kali' is depicted as a relentless slayer of humankind. This only symbolizes that the 'Organic-Time' is the only solvent, which dissolves the make-believe projections created by way of 'Chronological and Psychological' time. The string of human heads as a garland around the neck of goddess 'Kali' and the string of human hands girdled around HER waist, aptly symbolize the human psyche (the Heads) and their deeds (the Hands) which are relentlessly dissolved into 'no-thingness', by the creative-cycle of 'Birth' growth' decay and death'. SHE is described to be of black in color, signifying the grave blue-black vastness of unfathomable infinite. 'Kali' is worshiped in great reverence, only to deliver the devotee freed from the bondages of delusion. The quintessence of all human delusion is our-self, which is the admixture of Psychological-Time and Chronological-Time. 'Kali' is seen both as the 'Maya' (the creator of delusion) and also the redeemer (the slayer of) from delusions. If one can fundamentally comprehend the hypnotic play of TIME, then he is truly a 'SWAMI' (The Master). To flow without any resistance, in the eternal FLOW of 'Organic-Time' is liberation from bondage.

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