Monday, April 1, 2013

beyond appearances

a man came today
he carried with him a book
that was dusty and old 
it read on the cover 
the non-dual scriptures
he set it down on a rock 
and the wind came up strongly
and blew the pages 
away 
leaving very little left of the book
the man said he had no need for reading anymore 
as his mind was sunk in the light of brahman
he *was* a living light 
absorbed always in brahman
what is the need for books then?

a man came today
he wore old clothes and seemed decrepit
hunched over 
with smiling eyes,
he said, all is o ne and cannot be otherwise 
this body is not who and what i am
it is now wasting away
and will be gone soon
but this pure consciousness that 
i truly am lives on forever 
i have no fear about anything 
in this moment, 
or the next, may this body fall
i am undivided always 
and can never perish

a man came today
radiant in face and form
he wore on his head the marks of Shiva
he donned the robes of saffron
and wore the rudraksha beads around his neck
he walked barefoot 
behaving rather odd 
singing and dancing 
without self-consciousness
and then falling silent 
he said he was forever still within
and cared not what he wore 
tomorrow, he said 
i may be in a business suit or naked
it matters not 
for i am not this form that you see
i live forever beyond appearances 
free as the open sky
and glorious full moon
i live eternally
within peace
as Shiva

a man came today
he looked troubled 
as his friend had just died 
he wept and wept 
with his face in his hands
he said he was an enlightened master 
and though he looked sorrowful on the outside 
he was at perfect peace within
not troubled at all
he said the exterior play is not real
only the beauty of truth 
is what is real 
though emotions still flow
this pristine essence 
remains forever untouched
without a drop of sorrow 
never to die away...


3 comments:

  1. Namaste, Very lovely. Thank you. OM

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  2. namaste, thank you for reading the older writings.. good to see om shanti

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