Self-possessed, resolute,
Act without any thought of results,
Open to success or failure.
—Bhagavad Gita

Zaphara arced out of the water to seize an emerald dragonfly, monster scales flashing copper in the sun as he knifed back into the depths of the river. The ripples created by the giant whiskered fish made concentric circles that diminished in size until the river was again still. Ishvari smiled at this little drama of life and death, recalling with pleasure the afternoon she had given the warrior carp his pretty name.

         All she saw these days was sheathed in a silvery sheen—which was perhaps why seers were silent in higher states of consciousness—for how could words express the subtle wonders rev...

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