austerities

the heart 

is the cave where the sadhu lives

with the dhuni fires 

that burn night and day 

he does his austerities for the lord 

and these austerities are very harsh 

to his body

they strip him of the world in the way 

of making him not attached to the form-shadow

that is as a dream

the austerities are consciously done when he 

is in meditation postures

or even when he is walking about with bare bones 

exposed to the elements of nature 

this is painful to bear 

but he bears this as a one that is in love with God 

but friends, 

these austerities come in the course of this journey 

of kundalini 

whether the seeker consciously does them 

as the sadhu in his right way of doing them 

or a one that is in the world has pain and bodily 

hardships and/or mental that cause that one to either 

run away or surrender 

because most will not surrender 

of their own accord (as this is how ego is)

and hardships cause the mind to be panicked and go 

wild 

but eventually

a one that is in love with the SELF

that one must find the faith 

that one must find the substance 

that one must find the strength to go on amidst 

much hardships and burning of all sorts 

this is not to say that one needs to be in love with 

suffering, not at all

but to know that there are many experiences
that come
that call one to stay steady and truly live
what is being spoken about in the scriptures
to truly embody the faith, the surrender
this is the way of all those that walk the path
of knowledge
this is the way of all those that walk the path
of surrender
it cannot be simply a philosophy or understanding
but a true embodying