Emotions

Image from http://www.universdartistes.com/2011/11/eriks-moment.html The thought of discovery The yearning to know These doubts that linger And all the memories within I cringe and hurt With every new thought Those that surface Are empty without hope Escape seems probable A Momentary hope Yet places and people may Change yet dont help Outside seems to empty and the inside too noisy I cant help but scream Into a world that cares not for me I try to seek meaning I think I know the solution Yet there seems to be a wall A Wall created with my imagination Free I wish to be And free I am told I am Yet happiness seems to slip And happiness I am told I am In this discovery I seek Meaning of all this work Meaning I am told I give To everything I do and wont I cannot but hold a Higher Behold someone or thing That which is bigger better Than me at this instance called time. I seek Thee Oh Imagination I seek Thee The dream of man I seek Thee That fue...

Noise Noise Noise inside my head The thoughts just breaks loose As I try to control they break out again And destroy any inkling of peace I need a way out I need to stay calm I need to hold on I need to break through The waves rise and rise And fall with a crash The noise explodes into a scream The conscious within implodes into fear The raging sounds change desires into anger The emotions locked within break out The body shivers in confusion And the effort falls flat in vain Just then.. I hear anklets from within Steps taken in wild dancing The waves lashing on the shores Musical instruments play in rhythm A heat emanates within The awareness stills the thoughts And the noise slowly pulls back The music takes control Fire erupts on all sides Light fills the whole mind The darkness recedes into nothingness Suddenly the scene reveals a dance His feet with anklets tap on a monster below His legs raised with snakes on them Seem to reach the sky An...

What is supernatural What is so ordinary What is so pleasurable What could not be so What could be more unbelievable Than the fact that for no reason I wake up again and again To do things that will get removed by time What else could be possible oh Lord Than the reason that I exist Is for Your pleasure While I remain the dream and You the dreamer What could possibly be the reason That I suppose I am free And play this role of a seeker While You oblivious to my pain dream on as me Oh Lord! Wake up as the four armed Wake up as the One wearing the snake on Thy neck Change this dream to play your games May this dream body of Yours be fit to work Thy plans What else could possibly be the reason For me to wake up but to submit this false free will To Thy service to Thy games Oh Lord! I remain... I remain Thy dream .. Wake up I am.... Sat Chit Ananda

You wake me up In the middle of the night Shining bright on my face For this one night in full Borrowed is Thy Light That shines down on me Yet bright and lovely You are Like this mind I call me This too is borrowed The thought that tries to speak The same light that hallows you The same One that cannot be spoken about I am these thoughts that emerge From the screen of the mind Like a projector He streams Not judging not controlling Like you who waxes and wanes My mind peaks and drops To levels I choose not to reveal Yet the same Light is He who lights me I behold oh moon Thy beauty I pray to the Light That reveals us To shine through my mind always Always so that I may be bright as you oh full moon This thought that speaks of You Oh Lord Is but Thy light shining through Yet I have no way of being You For I see me as an entity other than You Make me see Your Truth Make my mind clear as crystal Make these words speak Thy name alone May my mind be in t...

The bed on which I sleep Is dead wood The ground I tread Is volcanic matter The world as I see it Is just a recreation As electrical pulses in my head The identity of the I that speaks now Is just an illusion of memory Where from this journey where to this path Where are the Gods Who maketh my hopes When all there is is just thoughts This thing called hope And love and faith These words used loosely To claim and embrace My work and thoughts for Years in pain what for I ask Cause its just another pulse within Loss of things and hope we speak Things that pain and hurt within Love and faith that make sense to live Shall change and let nature prevail The world is ruthless and hard as it is The now is changing every cell that is Certain is change as death for that mind That holds these thoughts as itself in I Where then is love or hate or faith For all that is is change and flux So I hold on to sanity and remain Watchful of this change as my God within These...

I lose control because of you babe I lose control when you look at me like this there's something in your eyes that is sayin' tonight I'm not a child anymore, life has opened the door to a new exciting life I lose control when I'm close to you babe I lose control don't look at me like this there's something in your eyes, is this love at first sight like a flower that grows, life just wants you to know all the secrets of life It's all written down in your lifelines it's written down inside your heart You and I just have a dream to find our love a place where we can hide away you and I were just made to love each other now forever and a day I lose control because of you babe I lose control when you look at me like this there's something in your eyes that is sayin' tonight I'm so curious for more just like never before in my innocent life It's all written down in your lifelines it's written down inside your...

The wise man said just walk this way To the dawn of the light The wind will blow into your face As the years pass you by Hear this voice from deep inside It's the call of your heart Close your eyes and your will find The passage out of the dark Here I am Will you send me an angel Here I am In the land of the morning star The wise man said just find your place In the eye of the storm Seek the roses along the way Just beware of the thorns Here I am Will you send me an angel Here I am In the land of the morning star The wise man said just raise your hand And reach out for the spell Find the door to the promised land Just believe in yourself Hear this voice from deep inside It's the call of your heart Close your eyes and your will find The passage out of the dark Here I am Will you send me an angel Here I am In the land of the morning star Here I am Will you send me an angel Here I am In the land of the morning star

This dance of Yours Such is Thy Life As these plants that shed flowers As the waters that roar As these thoughts that surface As the sky so expansive As these insects that crawl As this earth that sustains As this soil that nourishes You encompass this All You bring to Life me And give me a false identity For Your mirth Oh Lord! what game is this Lead me to the Truth And dissolve my identity in You May my actions be lead I know not my role Lead me Oh Lord to You Om Tat Sat

I pray today I pray today for a tomorrow Peaceful and bright Whence  I can sow the seeds Of love for your children I pray that my work Shall yield results and Carry your blessing In every step I take Lead me Lord for Thy feet I seek Hari Om Tat Sat

Voices of wailing accompany me As I walk this hollow earth Lives and dreams shatter into pieces As my feet treads into lives that end Who am I .. I've sought forever From the beginning I've walked alone Some fear me and some hallow my name Yet I can spare them not for I am death There is no hurry in this quest There is no direction for my steps I walk in and out of doors That my weary feet seeks to rest Voices within call out fate Thoughts race through when I get blamed Yet I need to carry on as my feet tells Carrying the burden of one more dead I am death... I am the mortifying entity I seek a direction I am denied For my thoughts shall seem to rest When I am dead I laugh at myself When words lose meaning For words are just a play in my head How could I who am death die and see death in the eye I carry on For I am death ... I seek no God I seek no end I seek no love For I AM all the above I am death... In me all shall end I am..

"Breaking The Habit" Memories consume Like opening the wound I'm picking me apart again You all assume I'm safe here in my room Unless I try to start again [Bridge:] I don't want to be the one The battles always choose 'Cause inside I realize That I'm the one confused [Chorus:] I don't know what's worth fighting for Or why I have to scream. I don't know why I instigate And say what I don't mean. I don't know how I got this way I know it's not alright. So I'm breaking the habit, I'm breaking the habit Tonight Clutching my cure I tightly lock the door I try to catch my breath again I hurt much more Than anytime before I had no options left again [Bridge] [Chorus] I'll paint it on the walls 'Cause I'm the one that falls I'll never fight again And this is how it ends [Chorus:] I don't know what's worth fighting for Or why I have to scream But now I have som...

As the music fills up my mind Words flow down meaninglessly And thoughts of scenes rush by As the intellect stops its work These tunes from across Break the rhythm of the day As the past stands unchanged While the future appears brighter Where from have these voices emerged That were under wraps in war While love thrived beneath Risen now have these works That set the path of peace God breaks His silence in rhythms While I get immersed In my own silence within..

The world I believe Keeps crumbling around While thoughts unseen Start showing up The comforts I've known Become my pain And the company I've kept Break away... Partially I begin to see The reality of me While my world merges With dreams in sleep I fade into Thy dream On coils of infinity with my heart held firmly In Thy Blissful serenity Breaking free from this lie A world of vanity I step in to myself The One True Reality I am.... Om Tat Sat

I've always wondered from when I could discern what the words like 'social', 'acceptable', 'sensible', 'practical' etc were spoken as to who defined these words... people have ever been classified based on these words on interpretations that were suitable to one's own agenda and the one's who were branded as not so were dismissed for whatever reason... It is only necessary that as a civilization we re-look at certain 'facts' in the light of where we are today with the problems being faced by us economically, socially etc. We need to understand that we are but a species, not a race... We are but an evolute not the final.. We are but in the process of understanding not dictating... We are but another life form not 'that' which defined life... when we classify some 'one' or some 'thing' on the basis of our limitations.

A new situation ... A different experience People I know not Yet I seem to care Why is it a need felt Is it for social acceptance is it for name and fame Or for a position I can claim Nay says the mind Go ahead says the heart Your duty screams the Scriptures fall not says the will I stand up to this challenge I work for togetherness I hold all fair and equal love not pride drives the spirit I behold You Lord in all that I do I thank Thy grace for these oppurtunities placed Show me my path righteous and straight Hold Thee my arms and guide me to You I am but Thy reflection in flesh and blood I exist as a reflection in Thy mind Isha vasyam idam sarvam I see Thee in all this visible glory OM TAT SAT YiPL

I follow the Moskva Down to Gorky Park Listening to the wind of change An August summer night Soldiers passing by Listening to the wind of change The world closing in Did you ever think That we could be so close,like brothers The future's in the air I can feel it everywhere Blowing with the wind of change Chorus: Take me to the magic of the moment On a glory night Where the children of tomorrow dream away In the wind of change Walking down the street Distant memories Are buried in the past forever I fallow the Moskva Down to Gorky Park Listening to the wind of change Take me to the magic of the moment On a glory night Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams With you and me Take me to the magic of the moment On a glory night Where the children of tomorrow dream away In the wind of change The wind of change blows straight Into the face of time Like a storm wind that will ring The freedom bell for peace of mind Let your balalaika s...

Deep within i hear The sounds of feet dancing I hear them anklets on those feet As i lose myself to these thoughts Lost am I in love for Him Slave am I to His thoughts Oh Lord release me from this These chains of attchments Let me join them gopis In their dance of love Let me delve in your memory May You take me in Thy arms I cry for Thee in mirth Love lorn have I been Without Thy presence And I hear Thy feet danicing Amongst them gopis my Lord You dance my Lord Take me along Krishna May I also be lost in Thy bliss I hear them feet with anklets I hear them dancing in Love I hear them in my mind I hear them full of bliss within Om Tat Sat

Black Sabbath N. I. B. Lyrics Oh yeah! Some people say my love cannot be true Please believe me, my love, and Ill show you I will give you those things you thought unreal The sun, the moon, the stars all bear my seal Oh yeah! Follow me now and you will not regret Leaving the life you led before we met You are the first to have this love of mine Forever with me till the end of time Your love for me has just got to be real Before you know the way Im going to feel Im going to feel Im going to feel Oh yeah! Now I have you with me, under my power Our love grows stronger now with every hour Look into my eyes, you will see who I am My name is lucifer, please take my hand Oh yeah! Follow me now and you will not regret Leaving the life you led before we met You are the first to have this love of mine Forever with me till the end of time Your love for me has just got to be real Before you know the way Im going to feel Im going to feel Im going to feel Oh...

I wait for you I seek Thee in books I search for you in shadows I imagine you in my being Yet I see not Thee in myself Yet I find no satisfaction I repeat Thy name in the mind I sing out Your name like never before This search continues Yet You hide from me Where from am I to find solace Where in lies the Truth In me say Your guides In me say Your devotees In me say the wind In me says my mind Yet I am not satisfied As I am just my own memory I is an illusion lost in signals I is a mistake in time Yet I am alive These references to memory is all I think I am Yet I exist but the references Show me the way oh Lord Lost I am in this maze of me mine and myself You as me beholds my mind Yet I as You is a puzzle I seek You in my actions I seek You in those results I am lost in this confusion... Show me the way Oh Arunachala!

So close, no matter how far Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters Never opened myself this way Life is ours, we live it our way All these words I don't just say and nothing else matters Trust I seek and I find in you Every day for us something new Open mind for a different view and nothing else matters never cared for what they do never cared for what they know but I know So close, no matter how far Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters never cared for what they do never cared for what they know but I know Never opened myself this way Life is ours, we live it our way All these words I don't just say Trust I seek and I find in you Every day for us, something new Open mind for a different view and nothing else matters never cared for what they say never cared for games they play never cared for what they do never cared for what ...

EVANESCENCE "Anywhere" - LYRICS Dear my love, haven't you wanted to be with me And dear my love, haven't you longed to be free I can't keep pretending that I don't even know you And at sweet night, you are my own Take my hand [CHORUS:] We're leaving here tonight There's no need to tell anyone They'd only hold us down So by the morning light We'll be half way to anywhere Where love is more than just your name I have dreamt of a place for you and I No one knows who we are there All I want is to give my life only to you I've dreamt so long I cannot dream anymore Let's run away, I'll take you there We're leaving here tonight There's no need to tell anyone They'd only hold us down So by the mornings light We'll be half way to anywhere Where no one needs a reason Forget this life Come with me Don't look back you're safe now Unlock your heart Drop your guard No one's left to...

The music plays in my head Out of rhythm and in sync With desires unborn in my mind And yearn to bud into my life These thoughts they seem so real Yet they transit into nothingess When Your Light comes over Making me aware of the presence The thoughts light up brighter Burning strong and light this mind Surfacing the darkness lurking within I long for those seconds of pure Light The music lures my mind back To the darkness that beckons within I see myself fade into decay While You stand and stay ever aside Your presence is always the path You are always the direction Roads or thorns You direct my feet Good or bad You expose me to facts Where is astray if You are me What can taint the space within If I am just the Light of Life Can the wind leave tracks around Ye mind thy sins are burnt Oh thoughts you're origins are blessed My actions they are His grace The results are His gifts to Life Where is the Lust What for is greed Whom what is to hate When All is my dream! Oh what wonder th...

Paulo: A life without a cause is a life without an effect CR: a life is simply life irrespective of cause and effect! It is ones own prerogative to see meaning in it by associating cause and effect! Only activity and results can be viewed in the light of cause and effect! Life needs no cause or effect. It just exists!

I wait for you my love Minute on minute passes by I count irresistibly To hold you in my arms To feel the passion of love Passing through me to you To taste the love you let go As I let our love fulfill This fantasy I nurture A dream within my head Reality may rule otherwise Yet I wait for those few moments I know not any other way To shower my love to you But to hold you in my arms And let the animal take over What this passion brings To each other is known Burning through our senses The body reacting to love Where do we get from there Is not the big question It is to live every minute intensely And be aware of the Divine working What breaks free is the ego To let go of structures To hold on to nothing substantial But trust faith and love Every moment luminous to love Pours forth the great Truth That we hold nothing within But the love for each other in full I love you for these words to evoke Such passions within your mind I wait for your ...

I witness Thee in dance In movement In rhythm The world as I know it Revolves which I care not how She is in motion Decay is her direction Yet change directed by You Gives her life renewed Wave upon wave of destruction Yet she springs back to life For You are her base In the motion Thee blesseth Oh Lord how else would One think Of You but in dance so serene Yet so magnificent to 'see' Spinning within this ball of flame I can see You Oh Lord conditioned To my senses as Me in my form Magnificent for my own satisfaction Yet what You are only You knoweth The sounds playing forth The fire burning that is played The snakes hissing Thy intent And Thy hands blessing my safety As my mind wanders like your stag You deliver the blow with Your axe To hold me fixated to You The here and now rooted to Truth Oh Lord may I be burnt in Thy dance May this not leave any trace of presence But for Thy dance may I not be remembered Yet I seek Thee to live through me May You dance in my form May You ...

I see You Lord A picture of movement A show of grace A vision striking me with awe I fear this sight Huge and luminous Thy hair flying in circles Stuck like tentacles to time The forehead clear and calm Thy eye closed in Joy The sharp nose as though breathless And only the smile calms me Fire blazing around Thee Consuming every essence of existence To me these elements in time Have come to reassure me of life Yet You care not for This Bhakta Lost in the quest for Bliss You burn up all my comfort Not hearing my pleas to Thee Oh Lord crush me with Thy raised feet Or dissolve This body in Thy dance I yearn for something Which Thee say am Me I care not for this vision As Thy presence evokes fear I care only to be As Thee gracing Thy fields I happen to see now my identity as Thy reflection Of luminous Infinite Awareness In a mind identified to Thy fields I am but Thy reflection Held in a spectacle of time Viewing a world The senses project In Thy L...

Slave am I Oh Krishna To these thoughts of You I crave not anymore For men or women I hold back myself To imagine You as all To be in Thy presence To serve Your interests Disappointed am I Oh Lord For You dont care to instruct me You stay away from my yearnings Do You doubt my Love Krishna? I stick to such thoughts Until You roll Thy dice And I roll into Thy game Like a tumbling rock I fall Yet Oh Lord I have Pulled back and fell At Thy feet pleading For nothing but Thy Love Hold not from me Lord Thy embrace full and strong I am such a selfish being That I want nothing but You for me The fear of Thy words Has hit me hard For Thee does not speak You whisper that shall not be heard Yet I have understood And stand shuderring For Thee shall manifest in Me As Love for All in acts kind I stand bewildered As wretched I am Greed stands inbetween now Thee and Thy acts of Love Bless me with courage Lord For Thee are within Bless with directions For I am clearly lost Om Tat Sat

I have always wondered why so many people keep writing about roses, clouds and love. I set on to write down something different or so I thought. Then I started feeling lonely as I have always been trying to stand out of the crowd! I have never felt included because I was(considered myself) always special. I have expressed thoughts only to myself and became self centered. I was(in my mind) always the saviour and hence became a cynic! What had I been all these years? I had misunderstood everything about the rose! I had failed to see the beauty of the rose and try to express it as much as I understood. I had not seen the world as beautiful as it should be. I had imagined the rose within a contorted self centered world which I wanted to be in control of(!!!) which I have never appreciated at all. I think I now see clearly the beauty of this rose, this thing called life, to the extent I have understood and I am happy that I stood amongst the crowd rather than away from it holding ha...

From Paulo Coelho's Blog A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I’ve been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light. I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me. An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc. There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted. I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me. I don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things. He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back. Work cures everything. by Henri Matisse (1869 – 1954 )

From Paulo Coelho's Blog A Celtic Prayer May God give you… For every storm, a rainbow, For every tear, a smile, For every care, a promise, And a blessing in each trial. For every problem life sends, A faithful friend to share, For every sigh, a sweet song, And an answer for each prayer. An Old Celtic Blessing May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Am I so used to the concept of logic Am I a person devoid of will Am I so scared that I need a reason To carry on what I do Do I need a validation for life What do I have to prove and for what Do I dissolve into nothingness If I just exist and be... Am I the bane for His grand plan Was I programmed to be yearning like this Time seems to be an infinite loop And I only pray that a path exists Years and years I have been in doubt All along hoping for Thy arms To grab my fate and change it And take away all my responsibilities Then Truth hit me between my eyes And I see clearly without my delusions The world just as it is in broad daylight Smiling without no reason at all Someone once said on enlightenment As the relief when you drop the load Willingly carried on ones own back And looking back and laughing out loud He also said it seems still laughing That after enlightenment the One carried The dropped load he once was burdened And proceeds willfully with his relief intact What more do I ...

I shiver to see into my mind That which I think is within Sometimes, most of the time I say it to be me, confused The noises within Says things to me I dont want to know Dont want to be It puts me to fear when I am happy It makes me to be courageous When I should be scared It says I should not be here when I should And screams when I am silent And I am scared now to look within But I know now one thing And that I am sure My mind is not a part of me Its just memory, a tool I know not how to use it still And I have wielded it too freely And it rolls now, uncontrolled Like a film projecting a scene Someone said your mind is your best friend I say it is my tool My strength, my gift I Thank the Almighty for this! May I be given the knowledge To wield Thy powers Through this mind Oh Lord Thine is this instrument Steady now, I rest Om Shanthi Shanthi Shanthihi Om Tat Sat

Its been a long time Since i've wrote on Love I was never down on Love And then she came along Held on to everything mine Took away every detail That were my past And tells me back hers Words seem to be lost When shes around I struggle to speak out Anything in my mind I confessed finally My love for her I write for the first time This song of Love I'm so happy now For I've lost control I dont worry anymore For my hold slipped away Ever have I written Wanting Love Ever have these words been lost Seeking Love Now when shes around Its like I'm asleep In her arms gently She ... In my arms I love You Om Tat Sat

Where is heaven and hell Where are the Gods I so much pray to What for do we follow these rituals and rites In word and deed leaving aside the spirit of love I see Him now in the babe born in sewers I see Him now begging for food I see You sleeping lazily I see Your hand in the hatred of men I see Thy grace in the bullet that kills I feel the impact of the terror You spread I face Your greed in the scams and loot It hurts to know the rape of innocense Oh Lord how can I stop You? You who witness every act that hurts You who carry out these actions of 'sin' You who started this maze called life You who acted Your part to live You who still act as though You forgot You who love for thats Your name So where is this place called heaven Opposed from hell Somewhere people dream to be or not to be I see now Your play to act both roles In the here and now you've hid these worlds I seek Thee to see this world In the context of Love I pray for courage to bring Thy Love I hold my thoug...

Much has been done Which deserves to be forgotten Much has been said Which must be pursued Much is beyond me That I cannot do Do I want to do everything I think in vain.. Half way through in all these thoughts Questions I seek without direction to solve When shall I realize that timeless Truth That all solutions lie within You I seek Thee doubts flooding the mind I pray to Thee without surrendering my pride Show me the way holding my hands I seem to be scared of this responsibility to live I wait.. Om Tat Sat

Days pass on into nights Summer into rains Happiness into sorrow And God decides to sleep Can you be awake Oh Lord All the time to this world Or do You alternate as well Between Light and Dark? What should I seek Oh Lord Thee who I believe regins supreme Or a life that breeds and lives To deteriorate into lust and greed Seeking You also seems to lure Thoughts of power and control For Thee I see in imperfect ways Coloured by my ignorant needs Then I define You in terms That takes eons to understand And wrap You up in stories Passed on from Mother to Daughter and Son Yet I have not overcome this question Do You ever sleep at all Or into eternity You are awake To mans meandering ways in Lust Thee I seek Oh Lord To light my path ahead I drop this sense of pride And stand naked for Your grace I allow for time to speak Your words whispered in the mind To choose actions and words That scream of Love for the world May Thy hand grace this fool May Thy Love rain my tarried soul May thoughts that...

There is a quest for power A force that disappeared From visible sphere That began this journey Through space and time This power dark and formidable I suppressed him the dark one For he taught me pain In the face of love Then I sought him for long To gain his might.. Words of hate and force Spilled on space Trapped in time I hid them Memory though functions within And desire once again sprouts To set him free Demons in my head sprang and thrived Feelings so dark kept awake my nights So confident was I of my path That God I had questioned not He seemed to watch and smile For I was one but in a million in quest Seeds of love where within my heart That which silently rooted deeper Into the void they went for Him And buds of light emerged bright He manifested as paths and words From the outside bombarding my senses and mind Long have I read and cried His books and men who guided His kin Saturated I feel I should slow down For my within beckons I see inside Lo and behold appears those thou...

The mind whispers continously from dawn to dusk. What is this mind, I question. A tool ... A tool just like a spanner, a computer or even maybe a vehicle. Is this a realm I can enter and exit .like a world post mortem I wish to believe. Neural signals or unchannelled energy these thoughts seem to make me feel alive What this spark of life I call me 'wants' I am not aware, yet I seek something hurling myself on a path I know not. I pray that I am guided by His Invisible hand and I pray that there is a purpose for my intellect says it is a waste without reason to carry on Oh what a situation to be in. Some say the bird on the branch watching and bird on the branch eating are the functioning in the brain and some say the watching one is Atman and the moving Jiva What does this have to do with my path I know not yet I carry on scratching my head a bit. If this moment were all eternity and ther here and now encapsulates time then I the conscious entity am Shiva!! Somewhere somehow ...

These waves that rise and fall Hissing constantly Sometimes roaring Soothing at some other The froths that appear Colouring the surface For a few moments Only to subside and die Do we care for that wave For it leaps out of the depths The ocean pulls it under While the wave tries to fly Out into the sky and crashing hard Only to become the ocean again This life I call mine Seems as much the same as this wave Rising and screaming to live To prove to achieve Only to fall back hard And aceept that it ends Yet suppose the wave 'knows' Suppose she 'realizes' She is the power of the ocean That as though rises And as though falls Thus making herself known That she is alive and bursting with life She the wave is the ocean itself And becomes boundless If only I can understand in the same way I become He, nay I am He Om Tat Sat

Erode Prabhakaran What one offers to me with devotion (bhakti), I will accept it. - Krishna, (Gita, 9:26; Bhagawatam). He accepted the skin of banana from Vidhura. He accepted sand from yashodha. He accepted one morsel of rise from Droupadi. He accepted the Thulasi leaf from Rukmini. ...He accepted a handful of beaten-rice from Kuchela (Sudhama). # Rajiv Ramaswamy He even accepted the curse of Gandhari!! and then granted the request of Kunti :) # Erode Prabhakaran nice. actually this will be a good place to list these under this discussion. He accepted the garland from Godha (kodai nachiyaar, AandaL). He accepted the bitten frutis from Sabari (as Rama). Lord God who accepts everything that is offered He who holds dear those who offer What do I offer Oh Lord That remains which is not yours I then offer the only thing I claim mine I offer You these thoughts that emanate from this bosom I offer this being which I say Me May 'this' not ever be that You be no...

I gaze inwards to see And get dissolved in He He who dreams of me Looks outwards into His dream And looks at a face and thinks 'Me' I am... Om Tat Sat

Conflicts swing and swerve the mind. The result is that either the mind tends to melt, or it remains extremely rigid. Both are not auspicious. The right response will be to understand the conflicts and assimilate their impact. Allow the mind to look at the world for what it is, not for what it should be. Let all persons, places and events strike the mind with their respective forces. Have love, and express it when the mind is moved by that sentiment. Feel sympathy, and express it too as much as you can, by words, actions and sacrifices. Help, if that is possible. Otherwise, express your helplessness. Even if such a confession is not verbally made, feelings to that effect should emerge from the mind. Even under conflict, be sympathetic to the needs and sufferings of others. Try to mitigate others' pain to the extent you can. But realize your limitations and, within your own mind, come to a harmony with the situation. Assess your personality with its worth and...

As long as I live in the world Working like a common man Sailing through its ups and downs May I live like Maha Vishnu on Earth Sreedevi by His side When I reject the world one day And walk the path of the renunciate Dancing to the tunes of the heart May I live like Lord Shiva in penance Shakti seated by His side Om Tat Sat

Does it matter how He is called Does it matter what name one calls Him Does it matter what language holds good Does it matter whether one is able to speak at all Does it matter what position one holds Does it matter whether one is dressed at all Does it matter whether there is any thing Other than total Love for Him from within Every sound made speaks of Him Every action resonates calling out for Him Every origination of thought is directed to Him Every second etches more of His Love to memory Even time bears as an imagination Offering itself into eternity for Him Hence He is AUM sound itself Call Him what you may Act like however You please He is manifest in all as Love His is what the world is In His mirth we live May this life be directed to Him May I drink of this cup of life May this life be filled with Love I see Him now Om Tat Sat

That which is hated keeps coming at you That which is Loved is taken away For that which is hated is but yourself And that which is Loved is not other than You So long as anything can be objectified It is in a constant state of flux This moment when All becomes but One The whole play of Life Unfolds And like wind playing and moving within space The whole Universe moves within You Shri Gurubhyon Namah Harihi Om

Oh Lord! Help us see the Truth Help us pass through this storm Created by our own faults Our shortcomings and negligence On that which is our bread We bow before Thee for Your help To make us yearn for Knowledge To see through this misery The light of a better tomorrow A company of learned people Yet groping in the dark Our miserable scene We ourselves have walked into Help us see the light Help us cross this time Help us be ever prepared To see through ignorance And have energy to succeed Help us oh Lord, You are all this I am.... Sat Chit Ananda

I read recently that the human brains potential is the cause for the human problems. We as a species have been searching for something and have always been unsatisfied no matter what we do and we keep pushing the limits to find a solution to the problem. So goes the rattle... What the hell are we searching for...? Happiness? Fame? Control? Overlordship? A bit of everything I guess ... I have been trying to define what I wanted in life for almost 8 years now and I havent got anywhere... I am still doing what most people do.. live Still there is something missing! Satisfaction.. I guess thats why I write all these nonsense here on the blog to see whether I have changed.. The more I write the more I am recoding the fact the satisfaction is missing... The more I am delving into this subject of search the more I seem to be clear that the purpose of life is simple and I am only complicating it by trying to be someone else. .. existence ... is common factor, consciousness is a common factor b...

http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/01/21/on-a-mental-institution/comment-page-3/#comment-641170 Paulo Coelho When I was young, my parents sent me to a mental institution three times ( 1966, 1967, 1968). The reasons in my medical files are banal. It was said that I was isolated, hostile and miserable at school. I was not crazy but I was rather just a 17-year-old who really wanted to become a writer. Because no one understood this, I was locked up for months and fed with tranquilizers. The therapy merely consisted of giving me electroshocks. I promised to myself that one day I would write about this experience, so young people will understand that we have to fight for our own dreams from a very early stage of our lives. When I realeased “Veronika decides to die” , a book that was a metaphor of my experience in a lunatic asylum, the press started asking me if I forgave my parents. In fact, I did not need to forgive...

Should I throw myself into the battlefield To overcome this fear of longing Should I turn myself into an ascetic To overcome this constant yearning Seek and Ye shall find Has been told by the ancients And I feel I have saturated my passion To continue in this meaningless search The outside seems to hold fewer answers The results sought outside being temporary The inside seems to be deep and dark And inward I have never turned myself Dip the intellect into this unknown well Dark and deep is the silence within Raising doubts on my own sanity I have wantonly stayed away from delving .. A time has come now today Where words hold no meaning Without my interpretions And I know not whats mine Without knowing whats deeper within Where from this audacity I know not For I question whats been told I know not Whether these noises Are Intution or my foolishness Attributed to my past I wont know for sure Unless I seek inwards now And mine these dark insides For answers I have sought To the eternal p...

Guruguha The teacher in the cave of my heart He holds his spear high His smile brilliant His poise fearless His eyes loving And His hand outstretched to receive me May You bless me Oh Lord Muruga Shanmuga Gurupara Vadivela You are called Who knows what name pleases You Yet I know my heart yearns for You Son of God You are May this brilliance of Yours Burn this Identity away in You May Your Love enhance every thought Into its full nature of Love And I shall merge in Thee What more do I seek This reminder in my mind persists In between this yearning for You What this is I am not sure May you enlighten me Oh Lord Asato ma Sat Gamaya Tamaso ma Jyotir Gamaya Mrityor ma Amritam Gamaya Om Shanthi Shanthi Shanthihi Om Tat Sat

Saturday, {Sunday?} 8 April 1962 In our conversations, don Juan consistently used or referred to the phrase “man of knowledge”, but never explained what he meant by it. I asked him about it. “A man of knowledge is one who has followed truthfully the hardships of learning,” he said. “A man who has, without rushing or without faltering, gone as far as he can in unravelling the secrets of power and knowledge.” “Can anyone be a man of knowledge?” “No, not anyone.” “Then what must a man do to become a man of knowledge?” “He must challenge and defeat his four natural enemies.” “Will he be a man of knowledge after defeating these four enemies?” “Yes. A man can call himself a man of knowledge only if he is capable of defeating all four of them.” “Then, can anybody who defeats these enemies be a man of knowledge?” “Anybody who defeats them becomes a man of knowledge.” “But are there any special requirements a man must fulfill before fighting with these enemies?” “No. Anyone can try to become a ...

She whirls around me Threatening and frightening Every cell in my being With her tongue outstretched Her eyes breathe fire And I could sense her breath Every step I try to take Her swords thrusts deeper in my throat The world around me spins And with it my logic and reason Seem to twist and turn into noise And I slowly get the feeling of madness Have I become greedy Have I suddenly become numb Am I a failure or a loser To have succumbed to the fear within Blood splashes around me As my senses whirl without direction Signals i feel move within In a meaningless blizzard of confusion I seek meaning of all this I seek to clear the air I seek peace and tranquility And she tears my confidence away Stripped of wealth and knowledge She has brought me to Your feet Oh Shiva You are the Tamer of Kali Into Gauri she transforms with Your gaze I seek Thee for peace Within without and beyond I seek to see Your dance Oh Shiva Allow this Divine vision to me She dances on You Oh Lord Your dance is might...

As I search for answers within I seem to bleed my life Of its juice to live As the search moves from physical To the mental plane And to the nooks of memory The dirt from within has started To expose itself To manifest in forms and shape Tangible yet without invoking fear Should I accept fate for what it is Or should i fight this head on Will a logical decison be termed evasive Or should i foolishly carry on the fight My soul searching and greed fulfulling Has stopped being parallel anymore Each overlap the other So it seems I am now a man without direction As i hang in limbo Out of place out of sight Killing my own life Yet still thirsty for more Oh Lord I pray to Thee Show me the way For I have reached my wits end This confusion has stopped me from functioning May I be blessed to know and accept what I cannot change and not waste my time and energy on it May I be able to recognize what I must change and invest my all into that which deserves change therby making the world a better pl...

With the morning sun Comes these thoughts Waking into a world unknown Yet with a lot of expectations The sun brings cheer into the heart Brightening the skies and the clouds The known from the unknown Yet there is a fear in the mind The waters shine in the suns reflection Mirroring the beautiful sky with it In these waters life resumes Expectant of the future The wind kisses the waters Pushing and shoving in places The light breeze moving around As though breathing around the waters The winds push the fire blazing bright From the pyres of yesteryears death Feeding the fire with its freshness Alive the flames lick the sky I who am this witness Watch in sorrow as my past dies In the flames of knowledge As this new reference dawns in me Hopes there are in its millions But they recede in respect to the elements That flame the desires of life In a mind tormented by fate These thoughts that dawn today In the fla...