Dear friend:- You're here finally and I bow to the one that brought you here. You're here because you chose to be here at this time. You're here to celebrate beauty through words we speak, through deep silence. We might call them poetry or songs or chants. It does not matter what we call them. What matters most is you're here. These words come through us like flowers come through plants, like the rains pour from the sky. May we all become the light we spread, the beauty we speak. Blessings.
Thursday, August 5, 2021
like moonlight
It is possible to live
without making noise –
like moonlight falling
on tree branches.
Thursday, May 13, 2021
those who love you
At any given moment
someone can judge you –
they can misunderstand you –
they can accuse you –
They can blame you –
Do any of these matter?
Not at all –
Don’t hold onto any of
their energy -
Don’t try to explain yourself.
Those who love you
do not need your explanations.
They will love you with all
of your imperfections
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
life can start making sense
Life
can start
making sense to you
only when you
become one with it.
When you vanish
into its infinity, you cannot
be serious anymore.
because it softens
your stubbornness
and polishes
your rough sides
It is easy for you
to laugh and sing
and play like a child,
to be drunk with
its wine and you
don’t want to be
sober again.
you're truly
yourself and
fiercely free
and unafraid.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Observe
There is a way
to remain in touch with
the unchanging one
in the world that
keeps changing -
instead of absorbing,
observe -
instead of judging,
be a witness -
Instead of holding
onto, release.
instead of complaining,
be grateful.
instead of
taking a position,
remain neural.
learn how to
dance between the
empty field of the
known and
the unknown -
Instead of
resisting,
surrender.
love completely
but don’t be attached.
don’t be concerned
if you are not
a good diver -
plunge into the
ocean of
the infinite.
Joy
Every bone,
every breath,
every muscle and
every atom inside you
is made of joy -
why do you find an excuse
for sorrow?
the nature of joy
is to flow-
where did you
learn resistance?
joy is fluid –
where did you acquire
rigidity?
joy remembers itself –
where did you learn
forgetfulness.
The space between
No amount of learning
can improve your original
nature. It only covers it up.
it deepens your conditioning.
the more educated you are,
the more conditioned
You will become.
there is a space between
who you are and what
you’ve accumulated.
at least a few minutes
a day,
Notice that space.
recognize this holy
emptiness -
you will find it
very liberating.
holy emptiness
No amount of learning
can improve your original
nature. It only covers it up.
it deepens your conditioning.
the more educated you are,
the more conditioned
You will become.
there is a space between
who you are and what
you’ve accumulated.
at least a few minutes
a day,
Notice that space.
recognize this holy
emptiness -
you will find it
very liberating.
on language
You can learn languages, as many languages as you want but don’t take them seriously. They are just part of social agreement to help you buy and sell things in the world, to help you interact with other human beings. Languages might point to some truth but they are not true themselves. There are moments in our lives, when nothing needs to be uttered, when this happens, it is time to remain calm and silent. Anything real comes out of silence. Flowers and mountains and oceans, days and nights --- come out of silence. Silence is a universal language; it is language of the heart.
overwhelmed
When you feel
overwhelmed,
confused and have
lots of questions than
answers,
when the world seems
a little darker,
sit with someone
who does not judge you,
who can show you
the sun pulsating in your heart -
someone whose inner warmth
can swallow your confusion -
sit with
someone whose eyes
are filled with love
and clarity and deep
understanding.
The radiant ones
Those radiant ones who
walked the earth before me
told me to follow
their footprints –
I listened deeply.
I did not say yes –
I did not say no either –
I followed my heart.
They were never disappointed.
they knew deep inside
I am not a follower –
they knew already I am
a blazer of new trails on the
roofs of the sky–
they secretly realized
I am here to turn
human sorrow
into a garden
of rainbows.
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