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Vatsalya like compassion
also feeds on duality
but, is merry alongwith affection.
In it outside give and take is predominent, the internal upadana (material) is subordinate,
that is why,
non-duality is silent in it.
It works
on co-religionist persons of like thoughts and conduct;
its expression is not possible
without a soft smile.
In tasting the sentiment of vatsalya one feels a slight sweetness... then momentariness;
the dew drops
quench neither the thirst nor the hope,
only the lamp of breaths gets 'quenched'!
Now you tell
how is the inclusion of the sentiment of peace
158 Silent Soil
possible
in that of vatsalya.
A mother having her child in her lap suckling,
sucking the child, of course, looks towards his mother
at the lips, in the eyes
and at both the cheeks.
