Sunday, 31 July 2011

THE MOUNTAIN DRIZZLE


The mountain rejoices as the rain drops drizzle and spray

As the grass and bushes, bow down and sway

The netted sunshine still trickles down from the forest trees

As the stormy clouds move away with the monsoon breeze

The rocks and boulders bathe and shine, with a nascent glow

As rivulets of rain water creeps over pebbles, in a steady flow

The moist earth is filled with joy, as she sings a sweet smelling odour

As the earth and water finally meet each other

 Tickled by the drizzle, the mountain blushes and squiggles

As the sky smiles and the thunder giggles

Oh! How beautiful!

How beautiful is this mountain drizzle!! 

TRUTH IS A PATHLESS LAND


Empty spaces or dunes of sand
 
The Truth is always a path less land

No creed can capture it

No thought can define it

No belief can cushion it

No mind can fathom it

It’s beyond reach and beyond comprehension

It’s beyond the limits of self perception

It’s too unlimited to be limited

Too undivided to be divided

It has more than one form; and more than one face

It is always relative; yet beyond phase space

Except for constant dependant origination

There is no permanent destination

No empty spaces; nor desert sands

For truth is always a pathless land 

Thursday, 28 July 2011

THE PUDDLE


Born of the rain and cradled by the earth

Showcasing the entire sky

I am the almighty puddle

I believe, there fore I am

The master of my own destiny

I believe, there for I am

 The player of my own symphony

From the clouds I came, but to paradise I'll go

So perfect is my venerable harmony

For, everything around me is so well designed

So well designed, specially for me

The earth is carved out to fit my form

And the sand is shaped to please me with ease

The sky reflects my perfect face

As the warmth of the water ripples in the morning breeze

The sun rises for me and the moon shines for me 

Oh! How perfect is this world!

 The world designed specially for me

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

ONE DAY AT A TIME


Watching and waiting and calming the mind

Living the day and leaving worries behind

Its no sad day, nor a bad day

When life is lived, one day at a time 

 Troubles vanish like bubbles

 And happiness  grows and doubles

When life is lived, one day at a time

The chains of the past don’t shackle you

And the whilrlwinds of the future don’t detour you

When life is lived one day at a time

The grass is greener; and the sky bluer

And love is all around

When life is lived, one day at a time

So live the day and leave your worries behind

Live your life, one day at a time 

EVERYTHING I SEE


Everything I see, I feel the warmth of your love

I hear you in every song; see you in ever smile

I watch you flowing as the gurgling stream

I feel you pouring as the thunderous rain

I smell you in every enchanting flower

I see you as the universe, light years afar

Oh!!  I am so overpowered by you!

The overflowing joy of your love

In everything I see; I see you 

Sunday, 24 July 2011

FREEDOM


Hey you!! Seeker of freedom! What makes you strive?

Why does this freedom give you pride 

Is it freedom that makes you chase every need

Freedom that feeds on gluttonous greed

Is it freedom that makes you ravage in lust

Freedom to breach somebody’s trust

Is it freedom that makes you kill in violent anger 

Freedom to cheat an innocent stranger

Is it freedom that makes you grab the other's land

Freedom to enslave another man

 Is it freedom that makes you instill in any mind, hatred and divisions of every kind 

If so friendly seeker, your freedom I despise

For its nothing more but another vice



Oh listen friend; don’t you mind

True freedom is of a different kind

It arises from within and not without

It is both of action and of thought

It is the freedom arising from cognitive choice

It speaks a language and with a different voice

It is freedom to choose  right over wrong; and  compassion over anger 

Love over Lust ; and meaning over pleasure

It is freedom to choose between now and then; and now and tomorrow

Not being bogged down by anxiety or sorrow

It is the freedom to walk without being driven by desire

Freedom that makes you grow spiritually higher

It’s the freedom that makes you over come craving and attachment

 Freedom to enlighten the minds darkened compartments

It is freedom to see beyond the egocentric world

To the world of free thought and mindful action filled with love and infinite compassion

To this true freedom my friend I invite thee  ; feel the love and set yourself free

Friday, 22 July 2011

RESILIENCE


Glory to the human spirit! Glory to its brilliance!
 
Glory to the root of sentience! Glory to its resilience!

Like the woody dry barks that crack and break away

While the lush green bamboo stays and sways

 Thou remains flexible in difficult ways

Like the grass with a strong roots, that tides over the forest flame

And grows again greener with the coming of the passing rain

Rooted in virtue and value, thou grows back right away

Like the sky that is filled with clouds of colour, and clouds of gray

Yet holding on to none as they pass away

Thou accepts moribund reality and lets sadness go away

Like the perennial spring, that feeds the mind river

That taps into the water, while all the rest has dried away

Thou keeps Hope going, even when all reason has gone away

Thus is the driver, of the root of sentience 

Thus is the spirit of human nature 

Fighting the odds of a billion to one

Striving along in a world of all or none

Thus is the way of human resilience

Glory to the root of sentience!! Glory to its brilliance

Glory to the human spirit!! Glory to its resilience!!

Thursday, 21 July 2011

IMPERMANENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND THE NATURE OF REALITY

Perception and philosophy are incomplete descriptions of objective reality. Like all perceptions and ideologies, my world view too is only a partial truth. Any philosophy or perception is still a reductionist's analysis of reality and hence it reduces the complex nebulous interdependent network of variables to  simplified chunks of manageable data that can be managed by our limited minds and its cognitive systems. Hence in my view any theory or philosophy is an oversimplification of  the nature of reality. In a sense it its partially true and partially false at the same time. According to my world view the impermanence that i mention is about conventional reality as experienced through our senses. However i can no way be sure that beyond my limited world view there could be an ocean of permanence and yet, it may be beyond my perceptual abilities. Thus i can only say , and that too only conventionally, that whatever i perceive within my bubble universe(umwelt) is impermanent. Also this impermanence refers to only to a world of actualities where reality arises from the collapse of the possibilities. In conclusion my view could be summarized as that, all philosophies, including this one are over simplifications of the truth, and actual reality is too complex and beyond comprehension to be contained in human labels of permanence and impermanence

Wednesday, 20 July 2011

I AM THAT


I am the sun and I am the star

I am a wandering soul from afar

I am the water, and I am the wine

I am the hand that makes it divine

I am the potter, and I am the clay

I am a little boy wanting to play

I am the master, and I am the slave

The blind man feeling, the elephant's tail

I am the cloud and I am the sky

I am the mind that riddles the why

I am the ocean, and I am the shore

 I am a being with no permanent soul

I am the seed and I am the tree

I am you and all that you see

I am that and I am thou

But, I am nothing at all, without infinite love

I am that and I am thou 

I am nothing not all, without boundless love 

Sunday, 17 July 2011

LOVE AND MARRIAGE

Two souls kneaded together by fate

Oh marriage!  Thou art a divinely state!!

From lonesome strangers to eternal soul mates

How does thou, marriage; make such a blissful state?
 
Listen then you man and bride

Follow this for a blissful ride

Be close enough to kiss

But not close enough to suffocate

Be far enough to move around

But don’t stray too much that you move away

Be thoughtful and listen

But think before u you speak

Discuss but don’t argue; request but don’t command

And, don’t buldoze your emotional stance

Dissolve the boundaries of your self

But tread not on the other's

Think of the feelings of the other
                                                                                                   
But think not of yourself

Have compassion and empathy

But don’t you delve in self pity

And, when times and form changes and limerence fades away

Remember the commitment and remember the love

The love that transcends form and favour

The love that transcends the self

The love that brought you together

The love that always will remain the same

For, love makes marriage a divinely state

Two souls kneaded by love

Makes marriage; oh what a blissful state!