Pebbles in a stream

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We're all just pebbles in a stream
Earth burnt and chilled
Made hard and rigid
Chipped by time and pushed away
To be thrown away from the parent rock
In bits, crude and sharp
Until time chips away the edges
As air and water, the elements in motion
Brought together and formed as pebbles
Edges round and surface smooth
We cuddle in with other stones
Until time as a stream separate us
To be pushed away again into change
Until time flows over and all the hardness is gone
As clay we form and mould ourselves into nature
Until that too disintegrates into space
And we become one with space

We know not why we are together
We know not why we travel through time
We know not why we change so
We know not what such a journey fulfills

It is true we are now pebbles
And together we remain in this moment
It is love that has brought us together
The same love that shall move us on
We are the same my love
Hold on to every moment in joy
Let us be in this moment for we recognize the Truth In Love

We are but pebbles in a stream
Why we remain together and how long
Shall be determined by the stream of time And Love

So long my loved one
It is time to move on

Sat Chit Ananda

Offering- Arpan

I offer Thee a seat, wash Thy feet
Chandan (sandal paste), kumkum recognizing Thy Divinity,
I chant and pray offering flowers at Thy feet
An external devotion visible to the eye
Judged and commented by others

Yet there is unhappiness, a feeling of being incomplete
The awareness of ignorance and prejudice within un-adressed
A knowledge that whatever that could be offered by me as mine into you're feet is already Thine

Today I offer Thee what is truly mine
My thoughts good, bad, fowl, pleasant
My emotions, my disturbances, my sorrow,my anger
for these are truly mine aware only to Thee
Hence worthy to be offered to Thee for worship

For now I pray to give me the knowledge, the patience, the forbearance, the understanding and acceptance
That all that is going within the mind is a product of my own doing and that I truly deserve such a situation
And all that I offer to you that is good is You're own doing in Thy Infinite Kindness

While i offer to Thee all the blessed offerings externally as prescribed
I offer Thee internally all my shortcomings

Now I am truly happy with this prayer for I pray with an own heart through all the disturbances that You are my final destination and I offer myself whole heartedly to Thee

Kaayena Vaacha Manas Indriyeerva
Budhyatvanava prakruteysvabhavad
Karomi Yad Yad Sakalam Parasmay
Narayanayeti Samarpayaami

Visualize - incomplete Oct 2012

Him I try to reach
He keeps moving further away
Him I search in places
And He is missing when I reach there

Him I try to see with the fleshy eyes
Him I dream to hold to do my whimsical. ..

Can I wake up in thy arms

Can I wake up in thy arms
Will I see the deep blue oceans
In thy gaze
The ever expansive skies
In you're love for me
The fresh streams giving life
In thy tears of joy
The light kisses of the breeze
As our lips lock
The first warmth of the morning sun
In making love to you

Can I ever compare the richness of nature
In our mortal love
Can I search for the meaning of  infinite
In our relationship
Can this journey of togetherness
Give meaning to life

I drop this search
I give up this restraint
For our love needs no meaning
I am Vishnu and you Lakshmi
I am Shiva and you Shakthi
I am Brahma and you Saraswati
We are one not two
We are A-dwaita

Now tell me
Can I wake up in thy arms

Om Tat Sat

Veil

does He walk into my world as a child
does He slip into my life as a friend

does He test me as a foe

does He just stand passively as a stranger

Whom do i ask these questions

Oh Lord.. .You are the babe,  the friend, the foe or any form of life

Why then this agony my Lord

Show me the way

For i Cannot be but You and You me

i am Thy reflection an apparition a blip in Your Dream

Oh Lord, shed this veil.. .I seek Thee

Om Tat Sat

Being ... just being

When words fail
When words dont come
When words lose their meaning
When words just fall short
When life suddenly is just a moment
When that thought just doesnt make sense
When the mind is full and the brain doesnt connect
When the heart just doesnt slow
When that feeling within just doesnt make sense

That sense of being Divine
yet alive to the pains of life
That sense where the world is just a dream
yet being deep in the problems of the past
That sense where the Gods are just good friends
yet the devil stares back saying am still around
That sense when being alive itself is a gift
A sense of being closest to infinity

I am that...
Sivoham

Good News

Every one has a bit of good news in them

The good news is that
You really don't know
How great you can be
How much you can love
What you can accomplish
What your potential its!! !

Anne  Frank

William Blake

He who binds to himself a joy

Doth the wine life destroy

But he who kisses the Joy as it flies

Lives in Eternity`s sunrise

Looking for the Gifts

Look for the gifts in everything, especially when you are facing what appears to be a negative situation. Everything that we attract causes us to grow, which means that ultimately everything is for our own good. Adjusting to a new path and a new direction will require new qualities and strengths, and these qualities are always exactly what we need to acquire in order to accomplish the great things ahead in our life. Rhonda Byrne - Author of The Secret

Destiny

You are what your deep driving desire is. As its your desire so is your will.  as is your will so is your act.  As is your act so is your destiny

Kathopanishad

Ashok Soota @ Zen Garden

Life its meant to be a flow; every flow is meant to be uneven and therein lies the capacity to make progress

Subroto Bagchi

Thought

What we seek as our highest goal depends upon what we believe ourselves to be - Sri Ramanuja

All that we are is tree result of what we have thought - Buddha

When we believe we are the mind, no matter what we are doing, part of the mind cannot help but chew over the same problems over and over.  - Eknath Easwaran

My first meaningful gratitude

Only in adversity do we realize that nothing we try works as effectively and efficiently when things are good.

In such situations alone, when the whole  world seems so hopeless, that we appreciate better the sun's heat, the soft kisses of the breeze, the innocent  meaningless laughter of the children, the green plants, the untiring ant and the whole world as it is.

Our success and failure merge into an imagined world and the beauty that the world really is comes fully alive in our minds

Oh Lord God ! Thank you for adversity. ...

Vichaara-saadhana

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

Question: Swamiji , you said that developing the right attitude should be the technique for eliminating passion and prejudice when executing our actions. However, many a time, emotions seem to overcome us and we act upon them. At times, it seems as though we are helpless! How can we avoid this?

Poojya Swamiji: Both attitude and aim are something you have to decide upon and grow in your mind fondly, judiciously. This itself is an introspectional process, vichaara-saadhana. Understand how vichaara becomes saadhana. Vichaara is a process of inner churning. Think and reflect: "What is life, and what are its aims? What is an activity, and how does it relate to life?" Pursue vichaara until you become clear. Once the answer or outcome gets infused into the mind, it will irresistibly govern all actions that you perform.

Culture of any attitude is just like culture of truth, truthfulness. Vichaara is itself a pursuit, by which the mind changes drastically. Let counter emotions surge or try to surge. Once you know they are against spiritual growth, in that very understanding, the need to remove them is implied. Then act upon the findings. That is all.

In fact, is this not like driving your car? Every time you have to turn, you must reduce the speed and sometimes apply the brake; sometimes you want to give space for others to overtake; some times you slow down and allow pedestrians to cross. Are you not doing all these? Does it not mean making the necessary adjustments? Likewise, deal with the `counter-emotions' too. What is the difference? Where is the difficulty?

In other words, along with objective interactions, you will also have a `mind-checking' and `attitude-correcting' process at work. That only enhances your worth, ability and effectiveness. Your actions become not only objectively productive, but also subjectively enriching and elevating.

If you are able to do it well, can you imagine, how lofty, great and powerful will the interactions then be? You will be led to inner expansion. All the great epic creations have flowed from such benevolent inner expanse. Valmiki welcomed and nursed Sita, Lava and Kusha, with such a mind. Kanva Maharshi looked after Shakuntala also likewise.

Thoughts

I do not have anything to write now
I can't even find the thoughts within
The words that I know make no sense
For eternity cannot rest is words

Varuvaay - You shall come

Do I see you as a man
Or the mountain in the north
Or do I pray to you as the life
That is the visible world

Do I hold you as the thoughts divine
or do I see you in the elements
that make up this world
Or is it just a small symbol

Do I feel you in the senses
That make up my human input
Or do I pray to you as the consciousness  within
That rests not even if the mindas disappears in sleep

Or do I just pray to you as the One
in deep mediation with Shakthi by Your side
Or do I see you as One seated on a bull
With the hosts of demons by Your side

Show me Thy form
For I am mad in this state
Dance Oh Lord on this form of mine
Let me see Thy dance from below Thy feet!

Oh Shiva! Oh Shankara! Oh Nataraja!
I am...
Om Tat Sat