Emotions

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