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[580] Samsara – Birth, Living and The Return
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Living begins with a cry we did not chooseOn being separated from what we do not knowVital energy dims with every breath Energy that returns, briefly, in the mother’s armsLife happens in between, as it always doesOblivion caresses the man who mistakes it for peaceVanquished by the everyday, he calls it livingEpiphanies of divine love,…
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[573] Hide and Seek
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I seek the elixirI seek the sourceI find emptinessI find a glimpse that is goneI seek the elixir of loveI seek the source of patienceI find a destined hurtI find a restlessness that paces inside my heartI seek the elixir of poemsI seek the source of aweI find my lack of knowledgeI find my apathygrowing…
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[569] Western Disturbances
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The mountain he left was greenEyes closed, he stills into the nightDissolving into earth, unseenHe connects to the light insideThe world he left, flowers mid-blooma sparrow mid-song, a leaf mid-fallHe felt it in the earth’s wombThe world rewriting its own lawsA cold breath rises on the summitBut his soul was out of his bodyThe temperature…
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[568] Hands that Juggle are the Hands that Feed
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When all the balls are up in the airthat is when the juggler chef feels freeHe knows each arc will landwhere the recipe intended,the kitchen and the act, one motionThe first ball in the air is customer satisfactionTime slows as the customer relishesa mouthful of spice he cannot stop eating. Joy.The juggler chef sees without…
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[565] Pilgrimage on The River
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The anger of the riverfront teeming with salesmensubsided in the rocking of the boatHere, salesmen were counting moneyHere, passengers were getting their money’s worthHere, I wanted a connection with the OneDidn’t everyone want that in their own way?For them, God expressed itself throughthe money for their next mealthe ritual of circling the God’s islandFor me,…
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[555] When Nature Speaks
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Today, I saw a tree have an accidentIts windshield broken by a falling objectYet it remains living amidst the progressToday, I saw a tree have an accidentIt didn’t move, it didn’t scream, it didn’t honkOnly stood, only rooted, only breathing.Today, I spoke to a treeIt invited me to restWhispering to hang in thereIt asked me…
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[550] The Subtle Body’s Tale
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“You have been silent for too long.Tell me a tale.So much time spent in solitude—In living, in limbo, and in not living at all.You must have a story to tell,Emotions to make me feel,Thoughts that made their wayTo epiphany.”I have been holding a thread on two ends,pulled by fate and fear,ensuring it doesn’t breakunder the…
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[547] The Deadliest Sword
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Everything he saw merged before his eyes But before it merged Everything was distantLost in his inner world,he stood by the riversideHolding the deadliest sword known to mankindA boat arrives and he sitsThe boatman is smiling The warrior is smiling So he asks ‘Why?’The warrior recollects horrors He reflects on his inner demons He thinks…
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[545] Waking from The Winter Sleep
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I was knocked out by the secret in the airDismantled by the yearning to touch her hairI wish to come home to the silence of my wordsI wish to come home to the thought of youLet’s meet behind the grief of yesterdayMeet me in suspended animation where we find a moment to exploreThe life before…
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[543] The Battle Inside or The War Outside
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Hypnotise meMake the source of my anxiety revealed in your livelinessTeleport me to a point where I don’t have any choice but the right oneHum me sweet melodiesLull me and merge me into an endless consciousnessFeatherless, formless, I fall…Eyes open I am shaken into my surroundingsDreams had taken me to a place where every decision…
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[542] Come Home
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The answer is the simple thing deniedThe obstacle is you in your own wayThe present is tethered to the lifeless pastThe future wails in denial of the presentYou say things to others you want them to say to youYou hear echoes from them, memories fading like dreamsYou see things in the margins known only to…
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[528] Thirst and The Desert
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In hopes of capturing a silent pulse of life I abandon hope itself Desiring and pining for a perfect life I abandon perfection itself Feeling the need for balance I abandoned feeling itself Trial and error is abandoned to make way for Trial and triumph
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[527] Forgetfulness of Individuality
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I dwell in the forgetfulness of my cosmic natureA spectacle unfolds, for all to witness.The gradual implosion of my beingFlowing state, now a distant memory,Lost, drifting in the vast ether ever-expanding I seek to learn about myself from another’s thoughtsTheir emotions, feelings, and situationswhen I could cultivate my own gardenand let my kindness sprout against…
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[525] Vivid Night, Vivid Light
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As I gazed upon my lifeI see a divide so clearMy yearning soul and the worldly strideMy ambition rears its teethas authenticity dies a silent death My heart craves revelling in the inner realmbut the external world the sound of a drill in my mindI am reminded of my privileged lifeAnd the inner light that…
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[524] The Call of the Wild
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The truth, the night, the vastnessThe endless sky and the endlessflights of fancy and feelingsThe intuitive heart and itstiptoeing to stay aliveThe silence and its endThe sounds that illuminate lightNature dies in our mindsas we disconnect from the worldThe trees and the rivers fade awayand we lose touch with the earthRisen to the surfacethe depth…