[MD] another glimpse of Lila

[MarshaV]

... The conversation, interrupted by our arrival, continued.  She 
spoke in Hindi, but would answer a foreigner in English.  As she 
spoke, she played with some oranges in a basket next to her.  She 
soon looked at me, smiled, and threw an orange at me, which I caught 
and held on to.  I realized that this was a game, and that the game 
contained some sort of symbolism.  Perhaps she wanted to say that 
what we call "life" is a game and nothing more.  Ananda began to 
speak in English and said: "I am frequently asked who I am.  And I 
answer you: I am a puppet, the puppet of each one of you.  I am what 
you want me to be.  In reality, I am nobody.  A woman like any 
other.  But the puppet whom you call Ananda the Mother is your 
fabrication.  I am you toy . . . Ask me whatever you like, but first 
I must say that the answer will not be mine, but rather your own.  It 
is like a game in which each person answers himself."
             (Paz,Octavio,'In Light of India',1995,p.25)





Shoot for the moon.  Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars...