scythe of knowledge

kali is not having any mind

to her, 

the *one* is what is true 

and when the mental waters 

are not still

she will be what haunts you 

with a sting 

she will be what calls to you

in your dreams that are 

made only of emptiness

she will put more 

(delusion) out there
or cut the imaginary ego

to bits with her scythe of knowledge
(if the heart is surrendered)
then she will live

in quietude (like she always does)

as the 

gem of greatest worth

when she is like this in your soul

there is no more suffering

there is nothing more to do or say

or know 

for the one has risen strong and enduring 

like the mantra that has dissolved into 

the source 

or the ray that drowns in the sun

or the wave that dies in the ocean

then there is strength in being 

then there is strength in light 

then there is strength in grace 

there is nothing that can shake this kind of peace 

that burns of it's own source 

as a fire that needs no fuel 

burning

burning 

in pure consciousness 

calm waters

as the ocean rises in the mind 

the created is born to be seen 

and when the ocean dies down 

the uncreated is known as one heart 

this is what the scriptures speak of 

and the sages sing of 

it is known in the stillness of the soul

where there is nothing that has ever 

existed but one 

by this light there is no more understanding 

of this and that 

there is simply the direct cognition of all

which is the perfect heart of God 

not in this world is there this truth 

it is found in the still waters 

of the source 

that shines in splendor 

in fullness and glory

cave of the soul

a man that is full in love
makes his world turn to ashes
as a soul that has no home
or no possessions inside
he walks into the fires with an open heart
and moves into the cave of the soul
where all that he once took to be real
fades as the sunset fades behind the mountains
here is where he resides
whether in mental waves or without
he sits inside the cave of himself
and watches the movement
as if from a distance with objectivity
as a disinterested onlooker
a man sits in his heart like this
he moves in the world in the heart of himself
he moves in the shadows in the heart of himself
he moves in the coming and going in the heart of himself
he moves in the falling away and the rising tides
in the heart of himself
he moves with his Guru in heart in the heart of himself
he places his mind in the ganges
to be rinsed away
(but this is the love and light within)
where there are no borders that define
no calling thoughts that color over the perfect light
that make one to see the world in separation
a man is like a light when he frees his soul
to this beauty
and then he is what he has always been
what he is prior to the story of mind
before the conditionings came into play
that made the world look to be something it was not
something of the personal
how very funny this is
to believe the world has anything to do with a me
it is just an empty appearance that rises
and falls in quiet beauty that is non-dual
it plays as God and in God and of God
not anything else ...

the burning glow of atman

a seeker that is serious
about entering liberation
is not afraid of living in the heart
because he is to be as shiva
he is to be seated in truth
as one heart
as one soul
as one God
as one essence that lives eternal
putting out his thoughts
and allowing kali to burn the fires
of purity
and destroy his false notions of himself
as being a body and mind
he flows in right understanding
of what is true and what is false
he loses his soul that is personal
and by this losing
gains rich wisdom of the non-dual
consciousness
he gains this by giving up his
thoughts that he has brought on himself
by believing he is a body
which is simply a house or a vehicle
of experience for the soul
but is not in any way at all his true self
it is like a mirror that reflects the source
but is not the source itself
it is as an empty appearance
that does not have in it true knowledge
but has in it blood, flesh, bones, pus
and odours which are extremely foul
and offensive
this is not the atman
it is the decay or the corpse
it is unconscious of the lord that is like
the most high and the most glorious
of all
in this world and the next
in all of the worlds
in all of the lands and the realities
in all of the heavens and the hells
this lord shines in splendor as the
living one
it has not a name or a face to be seen on it
it has not a frame to hold it in
it has not a foundation for it to rest on
it has not a world for it to come and go within
it has not a story to be put on it
it has not a land to live and die in
as it does not know any story
it does not know any me and you
it does not know the mind with it's ways
that are so very calculated and forgetting
of the heart of all
it cannot be seen by the eyes
it cannot be heard by the ears
it cannot be brought to the lips or
felt by the hands
or gathered in by the soul
for if you try to bring it to you
there will be nothing but more of what you are
trying to seek
which is mental in nature
if you attempt to create this lord of all
it will allude you greatly as mist on the ocean
it will fall from your hands that are grasping
but this does not mean that this joy
that is God
dies
it is here forever in the heart
as the one life force
and will be known
only when the soul is in quietude
and not chasing after thoughts
and not attempting to be a certain way
as in attempting to
be *like* a man of God
how very unreal this is
as a *true* man of God is not
what you think
he is a man of truth
which means he *is* love and light
and nothing else
not a body or a mind
he is a zero
and cannot be defined in any way
shape or form
this is what he is
when the mind is destroyed
like the stick that stirs the fire
then what remains is only the burning glow
of atman
it does not need to be fueled
it is it's own source
that is in all beings equally and fully
and in all things equally and fully
and in all that is here or there equally and fully
and in all that is seen and unseen equally and fully

this is the writing of this evening
may it sink in deep
and find you in good health and spirit
that is not to take away anything from it
but just to let it resonate in your heart
and fall into the cave of light
where all is simply as it is
and not made into a thought
or made into a structure of mind
may it sink in
and be as it is
simply a passing vibration
that is here now
and gone
and then
what remains is just this moment
without anything else layered on it
what remains is just rich peace
not anything else
just now

om shanti

what matters

the little things are not what matters
the big things are not important either
the most important undertaking is the journey
to the self
there is nothing that has more value
than that which does not decay
or pass away
this is the most essential of all of life
as it does not forget the one
it does not put the heart to the side or unfold
into suffering
what can be said but,
do walk on in love and light
and do not look back to what is now gone
for those things  have brought an ache to the soul
(as all personal experience does)
what is here now is light
for all to be in
what is here now is the most perfect
and is like the godly man that comes
to the world naked, unclothed
fresh in full awareness
can i say it differently to the one
with ears to hear
and to the soul in need of fresh water?
there is no other
there is only that which sits in the soul as all
which is non-dual
there is only one
there is not anything else that is true
come and find it soul
be like you are
in beauty and truth
be real
be free

this one that is silent..

has she come to you?
this one that is silent as the green grass
and the open fields and mountains
in their splendor?
silent as the moon
on a dark night that is
so undeniable when simply seen
with eyes that are not clouded over

has she come to you?
where you are seated or walking or
talking or working
or playing?
no matter what you are immersed in
any moment this beauty that is of
her blessing may be born in you..
so do not say that you are different
and cannot know..
because she is your very being
and she cannot be away from you
for even a moment
one will not see though if
chasing after thoughts
and building structures of
me and mine identities
then she will not be known
but she cannot leave you
not even in the most turbulent
moments
for she forever lives
under the dust of mind
as the sighted one
as the clear reality
as the open valley that is empty
filled with life so bright
as the majestic mountain range
and the golden colored sky
she lives as this
as all that is seen and unseen
without being changed
by it

has she come to you?
my friend
she has and is within you now
breathe in this light that is
she will be
she will be what you are
in your finest way
as God
as love and light
as shanti
as sat chit ananda
as one without a second

has she come to you?...

rising moon

she enters the world like a soft breath 

and turns it to dust 

to blow with the winds of time 

she turns it to ashes 

and she is still there 

in beautiful rich being 

she is there smiling like a stainless 

rising moon 

in the sky so dark 

it is like this, she that sings of 

nothing at all

but lives and lives and lives 

never will this real being 

be destroyed 

but do not think she is a persona

no

this is not right 

she is the light of life 

she is the knowledge uncovered 

she is the created and uncreated

made as one always 

she births the appearance 

but does she change ever? 

oh no 

she is in her love shiva as the 

perfect heart 

and she knows what love is 

and she knows that it is unchanging 

she does not know anything 

but God

she is still

and in light always

forever she lives