Friday 28 February 2014

No I No Me



In this market place of life


I’ve wandered long enough!


Bargaining with my soul


Seeking un-thought out passions


Entangling myself in desire and hate


Weary and tired


I finally give up this game


This game of greed and delusion!


As a recluse now I enter!


Enter again!


Sans identity! Sans expectations! 


With nothing to lose


Nothing to gain


Residing in peace


Clothed in compassion


Embracing love in my naked mind


No soul; no striving


Tranquil and serene; the stream of life flows on 


No I, No me!


Only bliss and silence!







BETELGEUSE




Jewel of the orion


Belted for life


Ever expanding my void


Orange and shining


So close yet so far


You are where my heart lies


Oh! Brilliant Betelgeuse !


GREEN TO RED



The signal turns green !

My heart skips another beat !

My life flashes before me! 

Loud is hoot of the coming train  

As the tracks resonate

Transient is my hesitation

As i dive to my final destiny 

Screeching metal upon metal 

Now meeting the mortal softness of warm flesh

Happiness and consciousness

Now  crushed  and scattered

oh! Isn't this where i left my playful  coins !



ANOTHER PRAYER

To give like the sunshine


Equal to one and all


With love and Compassion


To flow steadily like the mighty river


Without cling to the banks


Letting go!


To accept like the endless ocean


Irrespective of the source or content


All that life offers


Oh!  Lord of the ever-changing universe


Bless me with your divine grace 



BARKING MIND



The door is open



The spirit is free



Here and now 



The mind is barking! 


The heretic says



What is left to see?

THIRSTY SOUL



He who holds to words


Will only see thus far! 


Gorge out your eyes


Throw out your ideas


Fill your skull with love!



Oh Thirsty soul


The heretic says


Be drunk on Love! 





NAMELESS WANDERER



Through mountains and valleys;

Rivers and plains

Wandering aimlessly

I am a nameless wanderer!   

And all I do is wander!

Oh!  Clinging mind!  Just let me be!

Oh clever thought, don’t tie me down to your nasty ideas

OH mighty passion, don’t entangle me in you sinewy arms  

Oh gullible consciousness, don’t fool me with your egotist illusions

I’m a just a nameless wanderer

And all I do is wander!

I have no more attachments

I have no more baggage to lose

Nowhere to go

Nothing to do

Just here and now;

I am a wanderer – wandering endlessly

 A nameless wanderer;


Oh let me ever be! 


PAINTING ON THE WALL



The painting on the wall!


Streaks of colour; remnants of joy!


Life it was then


Now only a memory


I held the brush


You held me


Together we painted


This painting of love


Now it still hangs there


Alone, in a dusty corner!


Just like me!


Rancid and Silent !






FORMLESS FEELINGS



Thick slurry clogging and churning!


Churning within this primeval ocean!


Oh! Can this name less thing be a mere feeling?


Neither is it passion; neither is it compassion


Neither is it like any other mental formation


Neither is it self; neither is it non-self


Featureless without understanding


Oh formless feeling!


Why do you keep wringing my heart? 


Who is it who unlocked your black box in my mind?


Who will ever close it?


The tap of life has now been left open and flowing


It’s vital essence; is it poison or ambrosia?


Drinking from my own skull!


The heretic asks!  


Why does it all taste the same?





TUNE OF LOVE



The shell of my conceit has been cracked open


The secrets of my heart is has been spilled


The Cartesian gallery is empty


Pipes and drums lie scattered and silent


Yet a strange music plays on!


A tune unheard of before!


A tune so unnerving yet soothing


A tune so overwhelming 


As music fills my broken heart with  peace


Oh! Is this the tune of Love?






COLORED WINGS AND FOOTSTEPS



The sky is so blue; the grass is so green




Chasing butterflies in the warm summer sun




Humming a merry tune! 




Coloured wings and footsteps




Oh!  How blissful is evanescence

WANING AWARENESS



Random is the thought of randomness

Blessed is the soul that breathes

Cast away beyond the galaxy’s junk yard

Slithering through the dunes of consciousness

Sudden truth explodes as realization!

From the sunshine of understanding

To the sin of pride

Knowledge is polluted with illusion

 As the mind is engulfed in flames

The unfettered ocean roars in a distant shore

As the figment of time withers and wilts

All alone, lost  in this  bubble of sentience

My lonesome awareness wanes!

ETERNAL ANSWER



The sky is an endless question



Suffering the eternal answer



Nascent is the empty mind



As compassion sprouts in my  heart !








ERODING EMOTION



Dark clouds of passion over the winter sky





The sunshine of mindfulness is hidden 





As awareness fades





And Emotions erodes





The dusk of sorrow has now again set in !