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( 56 ) is created out of heavenly stuff, Because of limited mortal vision, life appears mutable-but it is not ! There is but change, and, even what vision names change, is only the kaleidoscope of the Changeless indulging, for the sake of humans, in ever-shifting patterns to cancel what, to them, might have seemed unbearable monotony.
(the tanpuras resound to the sound of the gong the stage is darkened; a tinkle of bells floats across the stage, at it were, in a series of ascending notes )
DEEP VOICE (of the Ancient Interpreter )
What was that I heard just now ? a little streak of laughter in the womb ! Listen! His thoughts begin to speak once more !
(the flute begins its soft music)
If only humans knew the passionate variety divine Monotony is !
( the gong rosounds ) No, Mother of me ! No! you shall not suffer my stillness any longer.
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