nothing to worry about

to the best of my
heart's knowledge,
there is no problem -
there is nothing to worry
about -
there is absolutely
nothing to fear -
there are only situations
that seek my attention
and kind response.

your parents and your teachers

Your parents
and your teachers
and your friends ---- can be
the source of your inspiration –
They might show up at times to guide
you when you need them.
But to come to the very door of your being
and to be tickled by the hands of true love –
the only step you can follow
is your own -

sacred text

Remember inside
each moment -
You are a sacred text
written by the roots of kindness-
you are a hidden dimension of life 
and it is not what you have
or what you look like 
that can erase all the sorrow
from your face and heal you -
it is what you are.

love returns to my eyes

Just by remembering you
my worries depart and my qurstions
dissolve -
my body turns into a sunflower
and rises to the sky -
love returns to my eyes so that
I could see with clarity –
Can I achieve the same beauty
as yours?
a friend asked me this morning.
there is nothing to achieve.
is not that already 
your own true essence?
what is there to achieve
you don't have?
allow your inner purpose to meet
with your outer life, without resistance,
without judgment –
Without a baggage from the past,
Without any attachment, 
Let them meet each other like companions,
Like water meets with water –
Let them move into each other fully
until they become one.
fear exists only when they are two or more.
then you are no longer a seeker or a pilgrim
in the streets of wanting.
nor do you long for any special state.
You’ve shown an enormous courage
to come closer to the mouth of the
ancient one, to happily offer yourself
to that eternal sun-flame.

stealing cheese

Remove
yourself from part
of the world that is busy
stealing cheese from its
own refrigerator,
the world that is preoccupied with
liking and disliking, buying and 
selling -
be a sipped nectar of knowing,
sit inside this delicious burning
that can turn your doubt
into a dancing moonshine -

When someone asks you

When someone asks you
how old you are,
don’t count the years
you have not loved,
the moments you were
away from home –
Then, look deep inside and
know that the part
of you that has known love,
the areas within you that 
easily melt when you hear
the voice of the beloved ----
is eternal.
how old you are,
don’t count the years
you have not loved,
the moments you were
away from home –
Then, look deep inside and
know that the part
of you that has known love,
the areas within you that 
easily melt when you hear
the voice of the beloved ----
is eternal.

depth of the sea

I wish there is a better
subject you and I can
talk other than the weather 
or how tired you are -
does what comes and
goes matters so much
to you?
The storm does not
bother the depth
of the sea –
it only brushes against
the surface,
wanting to flirt with the foam-
I don't want you to forget this -
as you go from one village to
another, from one desert to another,
it is the beloved who is walking
with your feet saying the words
you can hardly understand.

success story

Any success story you tell 
yourself and others or a reputation you gain
through competition or fear 
can only bring you more fear
and deep sense of insecurity 
because its very foundation is built
with the bricks of the ego.

to be a thinker

First, one needs to be a thinker and 
experience it fully to realize that
obsessive thinking can be
a drug as well as a belief system and 
a false identification
that could limit our creativity
and diminish our pure beauty
of being.

you stand in the middle

If you are a true lover
you cannot turn away
from what happens.
Before anger and joy
and fear arise,
you stand in the middle -
After anger and joy
and fear arose
you still stand
in the middle –

there is no region

there is no region in the universe
where love cannot enter -
it enters the desert through
camel-herds and the camels -
it penetrates the skies
through birds -
it moves into to modern
cities through civilization -
but the modern people 
cannot feel it because
they are busy with other
businesses.

nourishing force

when it springs
from the heart
without any pressure,
poetry can be a nourishing
force, weaving the heavens
with the earth.
it can be a reminder of the days that
went by without our smiles -
on the day like this,
when the temperature is
30 below zero
it can be a warm close around us
and the sun inside us
that can hold the heat of our body
together, mirroring to us 
our own warmth.

process of learning

Through the process of learning,
you add something 
to your life –
When you return to
the sea of love
you drop it.

looking for bliss

How many years
have you spent
looking for bliss?
What if you wake up
one day and suddenly
know that you are
another name for bliss!
What if you gaze inside
and notice the inner
Path opening in your chest
like a flower of a thousand
promises and the very moment
you lift your legs to walk 
you were actually climbing
the stairway up towards
the absolute.

great treasure

a great treasure
is hidden inside you –
You hold what is unseen
and unheard and unspoken
and can never be lost -
don’t go around asking for help.
just open your heart and your mind
and you will be amazed.

like river water

When you feel
stuck in a belief system
and don’t seem to get out it,
don’t feel powerless
Sit with it as if it is a close friend
You’ve invited to your living room.
and touch it with your warm breath.
Whatever is accepted
and held close will eventually
transform itself
Into something fluid like river water
and translucent like an eagle ,
It become the wings of the
Sweet universe and the mind
can no longer explain it.

countless places to fall

I know
there are countless
places to fall –
I want to fall
on your warm and 
dancing heart
and melt forever
like clusters of 
fresh snow flakes.

beyond

It is easy
for humans to run away
from what irritates them –
only the courteous ones
can grow wings and soar
beyond them.

There is no beginning

There is no beginning or end 
of life. There is only beginning
of the mind and someday the mind
will suddenly realize it really knows
nothing -----
and that will be the birth
of gratitude and laughter 
and the end of suffering-

free from comparison

the one who’s free
from comparison -
the one who is free
from fear -
the one who is free 
from a continuous dialog
in her mind -----
moves through light and 
dark smoothly.
There won’t be any experience
that is excluded or avoided or
taken seriously 
and there is nothing
to fill in the blank space 
and heaven blooms
like a flower beneath
her sweet feet.