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husband and wife pass through a marketplace, the wife's brain would take note of what is on sale at a bangle-shop, while the husband would mostly remain unaware of it. Similarly, on seeing a traffic accident on the road, a passing policeman would first think as to who is responsible for the accident, while in a lawyer's mind under similar conditions, an idea will first occur about the possibility of someone getting compensation out of this or the grounds for defence in case of litigation. On the other hand the dead body of the young lady riding the car lying sprawled on the street with exposed thighs or full breasts would arouse thoughts of sexual excitement in a lecher, while a thief among the crowd would concentrate upon the ornaments worn by the victim. A spiritually awakened one would see in this scene the transitoriness and fragility of human life. Thus, different individuals grasp different aspects of the same incident and evaluate it differently according to their uptake. Everybody's own world depends on the quality, efficiency and training of one's intellect, senses as well as mental attitude - one's likedislikes, cravings/ambitions/expectations/attachments, prejudices etc. A physical type like a tribal/aboriginal person considers his body to be himself and his whole lifestyle gets orientated around this belief. Fulfillment of bodily needs - food, sleep/rest, recreation and sexual satiation - and procuring the resources for such fulfillment becomes the focal point of his life. Someone, highly civilised and intellectual type, would identify himself with his mental abilities and development of his special talents and would accordingly mould/spend his life. Yet another who feels himself aptly aligned with social rank and prestige, reflects snobbish self-importance in his egotistic roar. Thus, while each one is absorbed in the world of his making, the self-realised saints who have transcended the mental and sense barriers - their wisdom is unadulterated by the limitations of mind or senses state that our total experience of this world is a dream, a hallucination a delusion - 'maya'. The wise saint-poet Akha says, 'The whole construct of this
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