Hello....

Why do you make us suffer?
Why is there so much pain?
We are sometimes not in control of what is happening, yet you are there
letting Your drama unfold.
What is my Dharma?
When I think there is a moment of knowing,
when I think there is a moment of clarity in knowing
who and what I want,
I end up stumbling.
Upon such sadness and weak feelings in that I am not capable of such tasks.

When I read Your teachings, You send confidence to my heart once again.
And I get scared.
Of the insanity that exists beyond ourselves.
The insanity that exists within communities.
And then I laugh, in disgust and shame.
But I remember that
all is God.

You are here.

You are seen in all faces that I pass.

You are seen in all places where I land.

You are in earth below and sky above.

Please take me with you...

Everywhere.

Take me.

And don't let me go.

For if I fall, I'll drown in internal sorrow.

Searching...

My mind wanders.
It enters dreams and misunderstandings.
I find myself missing quiet.
I find myself looking deeper.

I miss certain things in my life.
Those things that have made me feel "human."
But I am now in search...
Search for something greater.

It's greater than you.
It's greater than me.
We are part of it.
We have simply forgotten which way to go.

Look within...

Go where you will,
to Benares or Brindavan,
Mt. Kailas or Badri,
Kedernath or Amarnath;
If you cannot find Him
in your own heart
you cannot find Him anywhere.
Give up this wandering friend!
Sit silent, look within,
Behold him in thy heart-temple'
he is shining ever there
From eternity,
He is the Light of lights
He is thy inner Atma:
So says Sivananda.

Prayer of St. Francis...

Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is hatred let me bring your love
Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord
and when there's doubt true faith in You

Oh, Master grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console
To be understood as to understand
To be loved as to love with all my soul

Make me a channel of your peace
Where there's despair in life, let me bring hope
Where there is darkness, only light
And where there's sadness, ever joy

Make me a channel of your peace
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
In giving to all men that we receive
And in dying that we're born to eternal life

Om....

ॐ त्र्यम्बह्कम
यजामहे
सुगाहीम
पुश्दिवारोनाम
उर्वरुकमिवाबंदानाम
मृत्योर मुक्षिया माम्रितात

Om Tryambhakam
Yajamahe
Sugadim Pushdivaronam
Urvarukamivabandanam
Mrityor Mukshia Mamritat

Om Tryambhakam
Yajamahe
Sugadim Pushdivaronam
Urvarukamaviabandanam
Mrityor Muskshia Mamritat

Om Tryambhakam
Yajamahe
Sugadim Pushdivaronam
Urvarukamivabandanam
Mrityor Mukshia Mamritat

Where did you go...

Oh my Love.
Where did you go?
How come you have left me to read only Love poems
written by others who have missed You too?

I find myself looking for You everywhere.
In faces.
Places.
Leaves.
Grass.
Sky.
Sun.
Wind.
Smiles.
And You are there, yes You are.
I find that my days are so lonely without You, without your Presence.
Please hold my hand.
Grab it tightly.
I don't want to let go any longer.
Tie it to You, please.
But please, don't let me go.
For I will fade like sand leaving the shore.