Inspirations from the Upanishads

24. Poetry, Art, Stories
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Renunciation

Look at body-mind as a car we drive,

from which upon death we will disembark,

so we renounce goals for which we did strive,

sailing in the void on an upward arc.

This world is a dream, so it’s unreal,

therefore to which object should we then cling?

Shifting to the heart, we being to feel,

throb of bliss magnetism that makes heart sing.

Divine aligned, mind fixated on God,

objects of the world holding no allure,

at our slow motion awakening awed,

our childlike presence is pure and demure.

We flow with ease, mode embrace and release ~

There are no demons we need to appease

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Absolute Consciousness

having been, seen and therefore known

the truth of consciousness full blown

as substratum of existence

etch if you will, our words on stone

there is no space, hence no distance

beheld when we shed resistance

seen in plain sight with our soul’s eye

recognised with God’s assistance

consciousness, the absolute I

is so dense even light can’t ply

energy intense tightly packed

omnipresent, so feels each sigh

each pulse vibrationally tracked

creation here-from is exact

wherefrom the universe appears

as God His will does so enact

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State of the all quiet

relinquishing feeling of thought ownership

silence is our default orientation

innate vibrance of consciousness our worship

the void of cessation our meditation

bliss in permanence is then our heart’s flagship

obtaining the power of bilocation

doing nothing yet as all doings are done

recognising clearly God and we are one

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Light that lights all lights

By whose command do thoughts arise in mind?

Wherefrom arises the breeze of intent?

Who lights the lamp of love, to make heart kind?

What’s the source of the force for soul’s ascent?

Mind of mind, eye of eye and ear of ear,

is verily God, Who dwells in our heart,

immediate, intimate and so near,

recognised when bliss ignition does start.

Sense of separation is delusion,

caused by meanderings of wayward ego

and silence releases our confusion,

whereupon all attachments we let go.

Once with omnipresence in alignment,

we go beyond body-mind’s confinement.

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In simple words

Contemplating as a thinker thinking,

self-appraising rate of our vibration,

we dwell not in awareness unblinking

but ego distanced from God’s creation.

It’s not about knowing but becoming,

whilst resting in tranquil, blissful repose,

synced with the gong of Om within drumming,

witnessing how we so metamorphose.

If we see God as another object,

flawed and deluded is our perception

but with ego dropped, bliss rising unchecked,

one with oneness, we evade deception.

Melding with the energy field itself,

beyond space-time we transform as the Self.

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Paradox of awakening

Thought precedes action, intent comes yet before,

arising from murmurs of a restless soul,

feeling incomplete, though each pore is a door,

to imbibe agape love, that heart may feel whole,

yet foiled by ego that always keeps a score,

so negating God’s light, we make do with dole.

He who wishes to ascend does not exist;

When the false falls, we transform as a bliss mist.

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The roots

look at the world as an inverted tree

the myriad forms here branches and leaves

in heaven are the roots which we don’t see

wondrous is the magic God Himself weaves

to find out who we are, we must reboot

detached from outcomes, mode embrace-release

that thus doing nothing, we reach the root

transformed as love and light when desires cease

in form immanent and yet transcendent

exuding fragrance of bliss magnetism

we are fully love and light resplendent

God’s grace illumining mind-body prism

such is our soul’s journey without movement ~

descent and ascent for self-improvement

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Screen of awareness

God is the witness of every cognition,

being prior to spontaneous intent,

source of each and every life pulse transmission,

magic that causes heart to grant love consent,

potent breath sublime, a ceaseless emission,

steadying life forms through descent and ascent.

Though mind cannot know God yet we can become,

one with oneness as the sublime cosmic hum.

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Jivanmukta - liberated while alive

We’re seeded as one, polarised as two,

hatched from the cosmic egg, then truly born,

feeling in heart, each and every bliss hue,

that thus in timeless time ego is shorn,

whence light of Self is the glow we adorn.

Having been, seen and so known who we are,

eternal light, shining like the North Star,

what’s imbibed must be assimilated,

else we’ll continue playing below par,

feeling as yet from God separated.

Unbroken awareness of light of Self,

seeing God in all objects manifest,

no residual desires on our shelf,

in midst of movement, poised always at rest,

vagaries of fate laughed off in light jest,

the liberated soul always feels whole,

as a non-doer in his ordained role,

radiating love and light at all times,

holding firm focus thus, his only goal,

heart’s rapture rising betwixt bliss beat’s chimes.

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Fruit of knowledge

Immersed in this matrix of space and time,

bemused by desires, we’ve drifted afar

but if we listen, we’ll hear God’s bliss chime,

revealing to us who we truly are.

Made in God’s image, we are living light,

eternal, at peace and feeling complete,

awareness self-aware, vibrant and bright,

standing erect, mirroring God’s heartbeat.

Sin stems from ignorance but when truth’s known

we then see clearly that we all are one,

repaying debts of love owed, we atone,

our aura luminous, like yonder sun.

Ego exhumed, we become the vast sky,

as light eternal that can never die.

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Universal Self

God is the flame Who lights all lights,

wherein the truth when we cognise,

beyond space time, peace that delights,

is our Self, which we realise.

Back to form, to see God in all,

dwelling deep within each form’s core,

entwined with gong of Om’s love call,

within heart resounds bliss beat’s roar.

When sense of separation ends,

meaning we transmute as the flame,

no one descends, no one ascends;

this lucid dream seen as a game.

Mirroring God’s blissful heartbeat,

essence of presence feels complete.

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Higher than heaven

heaven too is a domain

Hiranyagarbha, the cosmic egg

though bliss falls like light rain

for its pleasure we beg

dance of polarities

manifests bliss magnetism

renunciation and austerities

illumines body-mind prism

glistening chakras seven

fixates therein our attention

taking this as heaven

tarnishes our meditation

higher yet we must go

where no pheromones mingle

light of Self, white like snow

where our eye is single

dwelling in peace, feeling complete

at a singularity point

merging with God’s heartbeat

our Self He does anoint

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Sacrificial fire

whatever is transient

we let go

attachments, fears, desires

rooted in ego

thoughts are dualistic

spirals of illusion

they but birth dream forms

cause of delusion

organic form is dust

God dwells in each heart

we all are one

who should we deem apart

sensory pleasure

is embraced and released

God’s light is the treasure

with which heart is pleased

love’s benign bliss burn

Divine Mother’s kiss

illumines body urn

with love, light and bliss

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Path of Krama

“Not all souls are willing to burn to learn,

transmuting as light in mind-body urn.”

        *\~ quote by poet*

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Krama, step by step energisation,

simply stated, is kundalini rise,

gripping us in all time meditation,

each rapture tremor embraced in surprise.

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Awakening occurs in slow motion,

in a manner that leaves no room for doubt,

where presence sipping love’s magic potion,

from the world of ego, opts to walk out.

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The prerequisite of course is a pure heart,

without which we cannot board God’s bliss bus,

growing in love, deeming no soul apart,

breath by breath we ascend without a fuss.

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This path leads to God realisation,

wherein mood and mode is celebration.

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Location of Atman

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one candle lights another

without lessening itself

in the field of oneness

this is how we may view the Self

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whether we know it or not

that is, in our active cognition

we are breathed by God

He is the cause of bliss ignition

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within form our Self glows

at our heart’s core, the centre

within Self or Atman, God dwells

there is no door; we can enter

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description of Self varies

the scripture says it is light without smoke

around the size of our thumb

with which our focus we must yoke

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kriya yoga practitioners differ

affirming it is the pineal gland

we say the Self is omnipresent

appearing anywhere on demand

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analysis is paralysis

what counts is seeing with our inner eye

recognising we are living light

a candle God lit, which cannot die

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Self and Absolute Self (God)

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Our journey is long, so be strong,

our resolve firmed by the Om gong,

that thus thinning out the ego,

divine aligned we do no wrong.

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Let love laced be the seeds we sow,

seeing God in our fiercest foe,

poised as awareness self-aware,

free from desires, our thought flow slow.

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Once with the vibrant void we pair

and ego cravings we outstare,

starved of attention, it soon dies,

light of Self shines, naked and bare.

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We see the truth with our own eyes,

reality mind cannot size,

completion beyond space and time,

transcendence beyond scripture’s lies.

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One with oneness, we hear love’s chime,

heartbeat of God, a sublime rhyme,

a golden globe, in which we merge,

that higher peaks we may then climb.

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Mystery of death

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Knowing not who in truth we are, death is feared,

since we are attached to this decaying form,

so we are through life by myriad fears speared,

with God’s law of love unable to conform.

Surrendering will, we are by God’s hand steered,

stripped of attributes, yet feeling His love warm.

In a realm outside space-time, we yet exist,

living light eternal, a divine bliss mist.

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We are in duality to feel contrast,

that we may grow in love, wisdom and power,

so though the life of feeble form will not last,

each immersion in earth life does empower,

irrespective of how die of fate is cast.

Oh hermit, discard fear and do not cower,

for made in God’s image, we are living light,

beholding which, unending is heart’s delight.

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Removing blockages

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chakras enable, blockages disable

each fear we nurture represents a blockage

nonchalant eye makes our consciousness stable

renouncing wealth, lust, power and feral rage

no earth agenda remains on our table

then ego recedes and our soul comes of age

kundalini zooms through the central tunnel

and grace in-pours from the very same funnel

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Atman

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“What we affirm, varies from the scripture ~

This is the way our heart paints the picture “

        *\~ quote by poet*

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The Atman or Self is our true essence,

white light that renews itself in itself,

a completion which is our quintessence,

at peace with no agenda in its shelf.

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Free from attributes, the Self is complete,

acting as of spontaneous intent,

head at God’s feet, mirroring His heartbeat,

choosing love as the path for its ascent.

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With God as the source Who lights every flame,

liken Self then as a flame lit by God,

which though one with Him and seemingly same,

is get to grow by giving love a nod.

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Behold stars glistening in the night sky ~

All hues of the rainbow make our heart sigh

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Instant awakening

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not senses but the witness

likewise for joy and pain

unchanging screen of awareness

eternal Self free from stain

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beyond waking, dreaming and deep sleep

turiya, the constant fourth state

we take therein a consciousness leap

fulfilling our ordained fate

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after ego is exhumed

we attain direct recognition

concepts held deplumed

of truth that has no definition

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our true being is living light

renewing itself in itself

dwelling in unbound delight

this is our luminous Self

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the question remains: how may we see

the answer: shift into silence, then wait

unshackle presence from our mind tree

know the seeker vanishes at heaven’s gate