Mouthpiece #28

24 Gurus of Dattatreya

(continued from the previous issue) Snake  Snake teaches one the great lesson of detachment - one, how a snake easily discards its cloak and gets into another and second, through the way it stays away from gatherings and crowds. Dattatreya observed that familiarity not only creates tangles of attachment but clouds one’s reasoning and awareness. The attachment is not only on the physical plane but on the mental surface too. One needs to learn the art to shake away the clutter and crowd from the mind - of unnecessary and harmful thoughts so that there is space to prepare for the state of consciousness.  continue here... What's brewing?  With temperature soaring high, it becomes a challenge to work in the kitchen. Here is a simple, easy to prepare salad for those muggy evenings.  Lettuce : 4 (leaves)  American corn : 1 cup (boiled) Moog dal sprouts : ½ cup Cucumber : 1  Tomato : 1 (medium) Onion : 1 (medium) Celery leaves : 5-6 (optional) Salt : to taste Black pepper : 1/3 tsp Olive oil : 1 tsp Vinegar : ¼ tsp Mayonnaise : 2 tsp recipe here...

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