unshaken

the nuns were so beautiful
when in deep contemplation or lost to the fires of love
or drowned in the light of God
or present in the purity of realization
they were strong to go through such austerities
of meager quarters and having little to no fruits of the world to enjoy
and many underwent severe illnesses,
and pain and let God purify the mind through these experiences
not shaken inside by what was happening to the form
how this is so beautiful

the sage

the sage 

is free of unrest 

he is unburdened like shiva

he is identical to the absolute

he is free of pride and lust 

he bears no mark of ignorance 

such as attachment to form and

intellect

he is rinsed clean of sin

he is a light unto himself

he is a prince of peace 

he is a bright glow
for humanity

he may sit on a tiger skin

or a throne 

or live in the streets 

as a homeless one

and remains unblemished

as his consciousness 

is changeless

and not affected by externals

he sees the world of many

but still his consciousness

is single 

always within shiva 

he has no relationship 

to any 

as he is completely alone

within himself

he is in stillness always

without ups 

and downs of the world

steady as the mountain range

fresh as the rains that come 

to a parched land 

swept clean of stories

of me and mine

shorn of coverings of identifications

he may seat himself in the lotus 

position on the earth 

or walk in the crowded cities

he may wear ordinary clothes 

or nothing at all

he may speak eloquent words 

or be in silence

he may sit by the waters 

and sleep in the deep forests 

with the creatures 

or live in an ordinary home 

he may be outgoing 

or quiet in nature

he may be uncomely

or wear a beautiful face 

he may embody a fine form

or be bent with age
and decrepitude

he remains unattached

and eternally free

of these appearances

he will not be comprehended

by those in mundane mind 

his divine state will be 

recognized only by those that 

are liberated 

as this is the same 

consciousness always 

o ne 

not high

not low 

not anything 

in between

zero

without qualities

what remains when 

the mind falls away

this is the sage  

lose today

tell me friend
have you loved well?
you know I (the pure soul)
loves you well
and when I love you
I say to you be still
I say to you be quiet
I say to you make your
life wondrous
I say to you make your life
pristine inside
you settle for things seen by
the eyes and heard by the ears
and felt by the hands
but souls, this is only the
surface reality
not the truth
for under this show lies
something more precious
then all the things taken
in and collected
by the senses
under this show lies
that which does not die away
this substance
is the real-ity
it makes the *other* which
is thought, attachment and conditionings
paltry at best
which does not mean what is loved
in duality is to be thrown away
not by any means
but that which is attached to
is where the problem lies
because this is what makes
mind into a personal reality
in the scriptures it says
mind is never yours
yes it states this
mind is just an empty playing
out energy/shakti
movement, not reality
so why put your attention
so strongly there
why?
when you place your attention
in the heart
then you lose the grasp
on mind
eventually the world dies away
and quietude is uncovered
then life is One
One
One
so my friends
lose today
lose  the *me and mine* mentality
lose the, our, this, that, he, she, they,
here, there, yesterday, tomorrow, what I did,
what I didn't do, what I should do,
what I,  I,  I
then you lose to gain
then you lose
that which makes your life limited
my friends
forget your little world
be this love that isOne
single
0
lose today
be still