Anyone who goes through the magazine more closely will be surprised what there is to discover in terms of spirituality, poetry and literary treasures. It is also not a matter of course that such a magazine can stay on the market for so many years, not least thanks to the clever mix of topics and literary expressions.
It is also remarkable how much it has found its way into America and Europe beyond India and Asia.
Something else is more than remarkable how many women, including young women, are represented in this magazine. In fact, it is the majority in numbers. What should actually be a matter of course, but even nowadays in literature, and not only there, is hardly realized, Eternity has achieved the equality of men and women in this edition brilliantly. So far so good a man’s statement. In this context, reference is also made to the article by Aaina Chopra: “To all the women with Dreams – Dream On!”
It is also noteworthy that Eternity is not only written out of the ivory tower of unworldly poets, but also addresses the issues of the time as the young software engineer Chitra Lele proves. An example is the article by Teresinka Preira, whom I hold dear, entitled “Ecology, Civilization and the End of an Era”.
Spirituality and coping with the problems of time complement each other, or in other words, maybe coping with personal and also world problems is not possible at all without spirituality. Or not just maybe, but certainly!
Of course, good poetry is not possible without a dash of spirituality, as it is said in the article about the work of poet and author Sushri Sangita Mishra: “A poet is ever imprisoned in meditation of poetry.
Neither poetry and literature nor spirituality can do without the truth, even if it will be a very personal truth. The truth of one need not necessarily be the truth of the other, but spirituality can at least approximate both. And who knows, maybe the right way is a third one?
When Teresinka Pereira describes what we have mostly unjustified fear of, we are probably most afraid of meeting ourselves. Here too, spirituality can help in the long term, because only those who have found themselves can find their way to others and can themselves open to others. Perhaps then “The wall” (Dr. Sangita Swechcha) will give in and one day you will be free or as Zhang Zhi says: … in the centre often he storm of time, I, a free poet…
The article “A Disease is not a Disease” by Harekrushna Mahanta is interesting in that it takes a very different view of the disease of the year, or diseases in general, than it may sometimes reveal itself to Europeans. There is a completely different philosophy and worldview to bear, and that is worth considering and interesting.
Of course, here in Vienna, too, there is the saying: Feared to death means also to die. Fear alone doesn’t overcome a contagious disease, but taking a little care, taking precautions and vaccinating will certainly do. Science can help. But of course a healthy inner attitude can make the body stronger in the defence against illness and keep it healthier. And of course a disease can also show the limits of science and man. Harekrushna Mahanta: It indeed needs spiritual knowledge to understand the mystery of upkeeping sound health within human body.
This also leads to his second article: Positive Thinking. Of course, there is nothing more important than that because it instinctively leads us on the right path. I know so many people who, especially in old age, think very negatively, talk more about what they don’t like than what they like. A change of attitude would be urgently needed. It would be necessary to create a different inner climate. Not just in politics, but in each of us.
The question: How to remain happy is very difficult to answer. This not only requires inner greatness, calm and self-reflection. Of course, the environment also has to be right: you shouldn’t have to go hungry, be seriously ill … and yet there are all too tragic moments in life that can shake you, destroy your inner peace, make you doubt, even despair. Often, after just a second, nothing is what it used to be. And I think that people have the right to be unhappy at this time! But you have to find your way out of this impasse somehow. But once again: Often after just a second nothing is what it used to be. And that for a lifetime!
Of course, it is not possible to take a closer look at all of the writers of the last edition in this brief outline.
However, not Regardless, they are all, really all worth reading. Everyone put the ideas, wishes, hopes and experiences on paper in the most original and literarily high-quality way.
Just keep it up!

Kurt F. Svatek,

Austria