Tapasvin observed the rhythms of Nature — manifesting as breath, heartbeat, tides and seasons. He also observed the rhythms of culture and the rhythms of thoughts and emotions in every human being. He saw how fortune follows misfortune, joy follows sorrow, excitement follows boredom, pain follows pleasure. On careful, focused attention, he realised that everything changes over time — some things change by the second, some by centuries, but all things material and tangible have to change form. The body has to age and die. Ideas come and go. Societies rise and fall. But new life is always being
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