Heaven descends

In the mountains covered by the mist,
pervades a silence
A silence owned by the paradise
in God's own country
The silence interrupted by the sound
of the creatures of the night
No maddening crowd here
and no more deadlines loom
The mind is at rest,
able to dwell on the Self
The silence sinks in
and calms the mind
The beautiful valley
capturing your heart
Wherever you see,
the green covers the earth
From bamboo trees
to the heavenly tea gardens
To touch a cloud
is no more a dream
To touch the sky
doesn't seem so distant
Have I risen so high
that I can touch the sky?
No, the heaven has descened to welcome me,
welcome me in God's own country.

Note: These lines were penned during my visit to Munnar, Kerala, India

Washing the pain

Pain of the centuries
doesn't go away in an instant
It simmers for lifetimes
till we learn our lessons
Forgiveness is the key
to lifelong happiness
The enmity of lifetimes
doesn't go away in an instant
It cuts you like a knife for ages
Seeking forgiveness is the key
to healing self
The self inflicted wounds
fester for centuries
Leaving in it's wake
a tattered soul
Soul so afraid to live
that it runs aimlessely
Blinded by false pride
one seeks revenge
When there is but One reality
from whom shall ye seek revenge?
Leave the thought of hurting others
to gain happiness
Conflict can bring only pain
and misery for centuries
The heart needs love
and soul needs rest
Pray for forgiveness
for all sins dissolve in an instant
You are not the doer
unless you identify yourselves as one
You are not the doer
once you identify with the One
For One reverberates in the Universe
the Universe One created

The healing words

Heal me, heal me, heal me
O Lord
Of all the sins I have committed
in all lifetimes
For I know no saviour
but You
You are the giver of life
and yet You destroy it
My life is in Your hands now
treat it as You wish
I can't bear the agony
of seeking revenge from my friends
The ones who betrayed me time and again
pounding me with their hatred
The hatred I created in return
made me blind
For I could not see the seed of love
that lay buried within each of them
I have been wandering for ages
seeking solace from this fire
Yet it grows only stronger
stoked by my ever larger ego
For ego can't rest till it kills,
killing the seed of God
Or that's what it seems
for God can never leave you
He only waits in abeyance
waiting for your heart to flower
Wash away the pain of the centuries
wake up O healing poet from your slumber
The Gift was given to you for a purpose
to heal and not to doubt
For you are One when you write
yet you doubt the One
Your pain is linked to the others
And it dies the moment you wash it with your healing words
Yes, with His healing words you fool
for you and He are One

The long walk back home

He was walking a long time
the long walk back home
Back home where he belonged
leaving the sunny shores behind
The beautiful beaches
and the waterfronts
The birds staring at him
as he was lost into nothingness
Seemingly immersed into a deep trance
unaware of the surroundings
Walking, yet not walking
Walking, yet standing still
Standing still like the calm pond
Standing still like a monk in meditation
The walk was endless
just like his journey into nowhere
He was tired,
tired of the long walk back home
Home, where he belonged
in the abode of God

Maya

The illusory world of Maya
is losing it's grip on me
Slowly but surely
the inner world is revealing itself
The meaningless chores
are still meaningless
To ascribe a meaning to them
is like painting stars with fake colors
The genesis of Life eludes everyone
leaving hearts bereft of desire
The so-called depression
is nothing but an absence of Life
Yet Life thrives in every being
who chooses to embrace life
Maya's veil is so profound
yet only skin deep
If you have the Eyes
to see through it's machinations
The inner eye can see through all
for it's the connection to the Divine
I surrender my will to Thee
for I want You in my life
Take over the charge
and rid me of this Maya
My hands move
yet it's You who causes the motion
My lips pray
yet it's You who moves them
My heart beats
yet it's You who reverberates inside me
My mind thinks
yet it's You who is the thinker
My hands type
yet it's You whose thoughts flow through me
Amen!

The Pause

The pause between two breaths
is the key to Stillness
The place we fear to face
for it makes us confront ourselves
We meet ourselves in this still space
yet we run away from it
The pause between two thoughts
is the seat of the Divine
For it's here that
He stays
The pause between two heartbeats
is the place of Joy
For it is where
the unbridled passion resides
Unbridled yet divine
for it is devoid of any sin
Expand the pause
and pause to expand
When the pause expands to consume all time,
Time collapses to reveal the Pause
For there is nothing in the universe
but the Pause

The frozen heart

The frozen heart
doesn't know how to beat
For it forgot how to beat,
eons ago
When it was still alive
with someone's presence
Someone long gone now
as it left the heart stone cold
Now the snow has started to thaw
as warmth grows inside me
Feelings have a life of their own,
unfathomable and unscrutable
Emotions fly like the wind
and perch on any heart they like
The heart responds like a slave
to the oncoming Love
For love can bring a heart from the dead
just like Jesus
Love and Jesus are One