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What is the nature of this process or KALA? It is the process by which a beautiful
artistic work is created by bringing together several things skillfully. For example, when

we make an item of food, say Bhelpuri (भेळपुरी), we mix many things together to make it

tasty and delicious. However, if a person does not have that skill to prepare this Bhelpuri,

he would certainly make a mess of it. In other words, in order to make a simple delicious
item of food, Man needs several attributes, such as knowledge, cleverness, sagacity,

planning, proportion, skill and resourcefulness. In comparison with such an ordinary item
of food like Bhelpuri, the artistic creation of human body is indeed a miracle incarnate in

the real sense of the term. This human body which is a miraculous creation of God, is in
fact a living idol of God Himself, and that "Human Life'' is a KALA or an amalgamation of

several items. Since Man is a social animal, he comes in contact with numerous persons
in the society during the course of his life. Thus knowingly or unknowingly, Man develops

close or distant relationship with members of the family, society, nation and the world at
large, during the course of his life. However, unfortunately, Man is not generally aware of

the reality of his contact with various entities in this world, as a result of which he does
not take cognisance of the truth that life is a KALA or an amalgamation of all these items

and that it is his duty to utilise all these entities skillfully to build up an artistic creation of
beautiful life in the form of,

1. Peace and Bliss
2. Health and Wealth

3. Money and Harmony
4. Happiness and Contentment

5. Tranquillity and Prosperity
Jeevanvidya therefore observes that-

"It is high time that Man must realise that living a harmonious life is essentially an
art which he must master, to blossom his life with tranquillity, stability and prosperity.''

Hence a person who creates an artifice of beautiful life is in fact, a real artist. On
the contrary, an individual who produces a clumsy sculpture of sorrow and misery in his

life is indeed a devil or KALIA (कालीया). Unfortunately, right from historical times, these

devils are the perpetuators of the evil age and are literally deranging the human life.

These devils being puffed up by ego, are terrible, insolent and mean persons who are
mainly responsible for making the human life miserable and distressful. Just as the king

cobra KALIA (कालीया), secreting poison in the river Yamuna, scorched all the life in the

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