prison

If you are
put in prison
by an authority or a government,
It is certain that you will be
free someday because
you know you are
forced to be in prison
and the government will collapse or
will change its mind –
If you are the one
Who put yourself
in person, such as
through a deep conditioning
or belief systems or ideology,
you are going to stay
there forever because
you don’t know you are
in prison until someone
reminds you.

when love speaks

If you part your lips
only when love speaks
through you,
there will be less noise
In this world –

honey of joy

Every time

You chant of light -
Every time
You sing of love –
your lips become
endless splendor
shuddering with
 honey of joy -

 

I must do this

The mind
that always says
I must do this,
I must do that ---
Is telling you something -
There so much restlessness
and agitation inside of you
and you are creating
the world that is agitated
and restless and unsatisfied.

 

the mundane

Let
this day
be a movement
from the mundane
and predictable
Into a fresh and wild daybreak
overflowing inside our
being with no container –

the acorn

 

When
a tree
remembers
the acorn
from where
it comes,
It bursts
Into a deep
blossom.

healing herb

be a healing
herb for your
brother’s pain.
Remember that
what you are
is larger than
what makes you
contract with fear -
You are where
you come from
in the freshness of
the morning and
where you return
in the evening.

 

raw diamond

You
are a raw
diamond -
and any test
you are given
today wants to
refine you deeply –
don’t reject.

why freeways

Why freeways?
where are we
exactly going other than
sitting here with the majesty?
Why do we do the things
that remove us from the
song of the oceans?
It is an immense courage
to be present like a tree
or the sky --- and burn
with sweet endlessness.

 

flow inside yourself

Happiness
Is possible wherever
you go and whatever
you do –
Look inwards and flow
inside yourself
burning –
dissolve into eternity -
and the sun does not
orbit around the earth anymore –
she circles around your
heart –

union with your heart

the very moment
the union with your heart
intensifies itself,
you touch the secret of life
and you experience miracle
not though books but directly ----
and grace starts flowing
through you like sweet waters –

 

deep separation from life

Beloved -
It is not the
Vastness of the blue sky
that speaks to me even
when I stop listening
Or the starry nights filled with
Soft moon-music –
It is not a daybreak singing
With warm colors of my longing
But dark moments of doubt, sweet storms
and deep separation from life
that brought me closer
to your mouth.

nothing else left

In my heart
there is nothing else left
but love –
and I am not the one
who seeks –
I am the one
who knows.

Peonies and Hibiscus

With the mind’s eye,
Peonies and Hibiscus
look different –
from a place of silence, they both
respond to the sun with
the same sweetness –
my friend, if you want expansion
and more nourishment -
drink the entire night before you sleep -
it holds a consuming
freshness inside it.

junk mails

Don't be a postman
that delivers junk mails
to your doors -
be a sweet
penetration that
rips through
the layers of
generational falsehood
and reveals them
to the face of the
daybreak.

your body

don't tell your body
what it must do-
Listen to it's
ancient wisdom,
to its endless songs
and poetry -
it will show you
how to stop
worrying and love
deeply –

wanting becomes endless

When the ego
runs the world,
wanting becomes endless
and where we are now and
what we are is never enough –

moon inside of you

Oh dear!
you
have left all that you possess
and treasure and
have come here
beyond the field of
winning or losing
Your courage
makes the moon
inside of you
smile.

bull-fighting

true
courage
is not
bull-fighting
it is rather
loving
yourself as
truly
you are.

being one

This business of
being one with the sky
being one with the earth
being one with the moon
being one with life ----
is not something you need
to learn –
it is a miraculous quality
you are born with.

 

no greater teacher

here
isthan the perfume of
love itself
and courage means
to see oneness
with countless moons
in our eyes
and with thousand ears
we hear one song -

a mystic

a mystic
does not have to be
at a particular place
or with a certain person
to be happy and content -
Every person is his
own mirror and every place
is the harbor of immense goodness,
the entry into the heart of heaven.

close attention

Pay a close attention
to the part of you
that continues to blame
and judge and shows that
you are incapable --
It is an indication that you
are temporarily removed
from the sea of life -

with all your heart

If you want to smell
the sweet aroma of the
morning sun,
make love with all
your heart –
open to all things
life has to offer you -
Without holding onto what is
pleasant and avoiding
what is Painful –
Listen!
The lion inside
is roaring.

only one life

a true lover
has no personality
to be occupied with –
He has no dignity, prominence
or even nationality -
He has only one life
to throw himself onto -
to live fully and fearlessly

noticing

Even noticing that
 that you are
not aware -
is awareness.

to separate butter from milk

Look
how much energy
it takes to separate butter
from the milk -
if an organ in your body
fails to do its job -
if your migraine
intensifies itself more than
you can bear -
if the pain in your shoulder
bothers you all night,
ask yourself -
have you been
honest with yourself
lately?
have you treated yourself
and the world with deep
tenderness?

center of creation

Strong person is
deeply rooted in his heart,
the center of creation -
and he is not thrown around
by desire -
He is one with peace no matter
what is happening around him -
He is like a mountain watching
the clouds and the storms
and the rain ---- come and go.

What sincerely matters

What sincerely matters
at the end of the day
is not what you’ve done
to be remembered or
what you’ve acquired
or accumulated ---
it is how you have been
true to yourself,
how you’ve loved.

holy lamp

do
anything
today
that can arouse
and awaken your
capacity to burn
like a holy lamp -

less noise

If you part your lips
only when goodness speaks
through you,
there will be less noise
In this world -

prison

If you are
put in prison
by an authority or a government,
It is certain that you will be
free someday because
you know you are
forced to be in prison
and the government will collapse or
will change its mind –
If you are the one
Who put yourself
in person, such as
through a deep conditioning
or belief systems or ideology,
you are going to stay
there forever because
you don’t know you are
in prison until someone
reminds you.

I must do this

The mind
that always says
I must do this,
I must do that ---
Is telling you something -
There so much restlessness
and agitation inside of you
and you are creating
the world that is agitated
and restless and unsatisfied.
 

a movement from the mundane

Let
this day
be a movement
from the mundane
and predictable
Into a fresh and wild daybreak
overflowing inside our
being with no container -

When a tree remembers the acorn

When
a tree
remembers
the acorn
from where
it came,
It bursts
Into a deep
blossom

beyond the gravity

If you are
Addicted to someone
Who finds joy by humiliating you
and reducing your essence –
It is time for you now
to open your sweet eyes
and move beyond the gravity
of the ego and watch
your wings open-
the sky is deepening itself
to hold your freedom -

who you are

First
Serve the highest purpose
of existence –
you are the center of
everything -
Be completely yourself
Without doubt –
Then you can truly
have something to share
with the world
Simply by being who
you are –
The moon shines brightly
because that is what she
does for fun
not to surprise
nor to impress anyone -

simplicity of life

Sheer simplicity of life
and the music
in this heart
that plays even
when nobody cares
to listen -
brings me down
to my knees -

heart of heaven

a mystic
does not have to be
at a particular place
or with a certain person
to be happy and content -
Every person is his
own mirror and every place
is the harbor of immense goodness,
the entry into the heart of heaven.