23. Life-given & taken .... Strange game indeed!

Life, I see all around
One day, snatched away from us
Why at all is it given

Giver of life, ofcourse not a fool
To give it to us, to take it away
Life breathed in us all
Rests back with a 'hope'
A hope that a few may taste it

To taste life has He given to us
None to blame if one tastes not while alive
As rules pervade, He takes it one day
But leaves us not from tasting

Plans to pack us in bodies different
With the same hope, indeed
Persistent gets He with His game
Before death-bells ring
Let's fulfill His one small hope & leave

22. The lovely cosmic play..

It existed, all Alone by itself
Filling Its Formless essence
A pure Being-ness was all It was
Struck upon a decision, sudden...

To enjoy Its essence in forms !

Mountains rose, rivers flowed
Creepers flowered, birds flew
Stood the animals, talked the humans

The play ground now all set;
It played & still plays on :)

21. Real-ize your Real eyes !

This visual display around
A treat indeed for our eyes..
Blink quick do we, with greed
To catch more & more of this display

Eyes kept wide open while awake
Engulfing & enjoying virtually
As the day ends, eyes get tired
Close in, reluctantly to sleep
While asleep, too do we see
This same virtual treat, as dreams !

Day & night, eyes see indeed
Only but through the MIND
Constantly coveting, judging & possessing..
all that is seen !
Surpassing sensitivity, gratitude & fascination
for the life seen around

Real-ize your real-eyes lie deep
Deep inside your dear HEART
Try looking once through your real eyes
For it sees the same world differently
What is seen is not just seen, it is Felt..

These eyes know not Noise
But knows honesty, innocence & simplicity
Leading to sensitivity & awe..

Life & death are felt deeper
For these eyes know they never shall die
These real-eyes know only but Love
And love knows no fear & foe
Possessing nothing seen along
It just sees, touches, loves & moves on

20. Comparison - The Green-eyed Monster

Every child born unique
Filled with potentials and talents
To express them is prime
Fulfillment to be touched
Being the only purpose of taking birth

On landing, blinded get we
By a green-eyed monster
His name being 'Comparison & Jealousy'
Fills the inner chambers of us
Strangling us to live else's desires

This needle of comparison may poke us
Deflated we fall and scramble
Let's forget not to soar high
As happy as a vivid bright balloon
Flying free, up in the blues !

19. Do u know something?

Power to see, love and laugh

All a result of us being ALIVE

Taking it for granted

Tiring all our senses, maximum

Birthright, a thing frequently claimed,

with fervor and arrogance…

Our very birth itself not being our right

Where’z the question of birthright?

Life’s a lottery

A pure grace from the Ultimate

Let’s accept with humility

What’s being showered continuously.

Our wants know no end

Never do we stop by and think;

‘I’m contented, I’m so grateful…’

Our minds trained to think thus;

‘Let me gather more, My friend has more…’

Time has come to rewire our thoughts

Software of our minds needing updation

Power-filled words from an enlightened

Is the one and only key, friend…

18. Alone goes a Loner !

Feeling lonely do we,
Frantically look for a company
Be it human, pet or a book..
Even worries, dreams as companions

For just one whole day, let us sink into the truth of alone-ness..
It's just you & you alone
No friend, no foe, no greed, no fear
No races, no degrees, no birth, no death !

Who is it who's born, lives & dies?
The seeker of companionship?
Or a lover or an illusionary object?
Which we claim as 'Me' !

Indeed the virtual seeks virtual
Seeking company or support of any sort
With a notion of getting soaked,
We get wet with relationships

Alas, we fail to perceive
Whatever we touch, indulge in
Or make many of it our very own,
A vividness inside us still remains..
Totally untouched at any cost.
That IS what we need to touch base with
You may call it 'Consciousness', 'God', or 'Witness'

Truth yet remainsuntouched
That we all were, are and shall be alone..
Before & after our so-called start and end :-) ! ?

17. Make today your last day..

Don't let days roll into nights
Alive with the routine in place
Seek for that which takes the 'I' & 'Mine away..
Yes!; earnestly seek for death while yet in body
Why keep the climax unknown

Maintain physical health till then...
Till when you go through death
Maintain not your frame to stay alive & ignorant;
Ignorant about what actually dies & what does not

Death-bells when ring..
Do we actually welcome it?
I think not, for we are not ready at all..
Lot more to-do lists piled up

With the hour-glass in hand
Consciously go behind having it boldly
For this alone frees man
Frees him from ALL fears & expectations
Making him realize that immortality within him

Death appears like being squashed in pain
As though not letting someone snatch that which is yours
It is but justified to feel dear and near..
to our mortal frames, names & its shadows

When it actually arrives
Get not squeezed out at the end
Strongly intend n work towards easing out at will

Go through it; See for yourself
Why get perplexed as 'what it could be like?!'
Why imagine the truth?
Why worship the enlightened & stagnate?
Let's be in par with them all
& not stay afar with awe & respect
In common, all but have died while alive..

Miss not a chance when death-fear erupts or is triggered
Allow it, welcome it, watch it, go through it..
with all your love, curiosity & enthusiasm

Let's face the certain now & here
& not wander about assuming it as uncertain
Fear not, hate not, imagine not
Simply welcome it, go till the end of this dark tunnel..
Only to fly out free and care-free !

As though just un-caged :)
For only an un-caged one knows the pain of the caged
Choice is yours..
Just Go for it!

16. Possess none; get possessed by love

In true love, u can’t possess
She knows only, but to flow on

Do u love your beloved?
Do u love your home?
So, do u love your assets?
Possess not them..

Do u love your talents & skills?
Likewise your profession?
Do u love working hard?
Also your salary?
Possess them not…Beware !

Do u love your body?
So do u love your intellect and intelligence?
Do u love your identity u carry?
And all the labels and tags?
And also your knowledge?
Do u love your experiences?
Likewise, all your memories do u love?
Possess them not, at all !

Do u love life?
Do u love being special?
Chosen one are u, do u love that feeling?
Do u love God?
Do u love the Truth?
Surely, try not possessing them all..

For all that you love cannot be possessed
Get possessed by love alone
Let the object be love, & subject too
Lose yourself in love, engulfed by her touch
Become one with Her, the Goddess of Love
For She alone IS and She alone will be

Burdens of the binding strings snap off..
True Self shines forth then

15. Only Love's in the Air !

Insensitive are we all
to the vivid love in the air

Just be open & innocent,
For every single moment brings surprises
A surprising love that pervades

A hungry crow calls in the distant
All its friends gather & feast

As the evening Sun sinks down
A triumphant dog runs across with a food packet

A cool breeze gently kisses your forehead
After a hectic day's work

A bed of scented flowers for you to walk on!
Made ready by a shedding tree

People unknown pour their hearts out
As a waiter, a watchman, a driver or a vendor

The list goes endless..
For this all-pervading love,
Cannot be boxed in words mere

Every movement around you
Visible or imperceivable by your senses
Arises from a zone of Life, zone of Love alone !
Just watch carefully & feel it

A kind of stillness, a kind of life, a kind of love
Is all there IS....

14. Stillness of Life !

At a medical school, I saw..
A body of a dead man
All around me were blades sharp,
Ready to cut him open bare and study...

Moving with life was he, a day before
Now, still & life-less on the table
Life do we all study;
With his stillness... What an irony !

Life's all about movement
Actions, activities & travel..
are we all fond of, while alive
Movement indeed is thought & emotion

Relate do we all in movement
All levels of relationships..
Be it with one's Self,
Or with another, or with Nature
All based on movements indeed

Does a zone of stillness exist?
While we're alive, not dead :)
Ceasing all movements..
Movements of thought, action & care
Can one relate or emote
From this zone of stillness ?

For this movement of life..
Is the movement of Stillness !
Is that so? .. think for yourselves ! :)

13. Come here for.. ?!

Have come on Earth here..
Not for mundane discussions
About survival mere

Food, shelter & water..
Talked about ALL day..
Made it a big fuss, haven't we?

Birds & animals fuss not,
Nor discuss the mundane
Yet live on, with hearts light :)

I have not come here for..
Involving in talks mundane
But to melt my very Self
Into your endless grandeur

Eyes, ears open to your vivid display
Want to remain fascinated forever...
Forever & ever.. until I lose myself into Thee !

12. Live NOT to Impress..

 

A plant in the corner,
Lives not to impress any
So do the singing birds,
or the busy ants & spiders

Here comes a man calculating his moves
Actions arising to impress another
Life reduced to a gamble
Ah! he is blinded

The words we speak,
The clothes we display
Our very gait we carry,
All to impress upon another !

Claiming that 'Love' we show
Is all but a drama
To sell an idea thus -
'Hey, look, I'm a good person'

Fall not for flattery
Make no room for flattering too
For, artificial gets our life
& Quick does the Sun set down !!