The Still Mind Sees the Real!

The moon is seen in a thousand ponds,

Yet, only the one in the sky is real!

The reflecting mind sees only a thousand reflections,

While the still mind sees the real!

Digital painting courtesy: Achintya Giridhar Kini

Look to the Changeless!

The Wise One broke the silence.
With infinite love, said he,
“People come and they go,
Attitudes, relationships, outlooks,
All are subject to change.
So look not to mere personalities,
But to that which animates them all!”

You can’t have your cake and eat it too!

Where the heart works,
The brain does not!
And where the brain is present,
The heart is not!

Make Space for Wisdom!

A vessel already full,

Can take in no more!

 

A dictionary can’t be wise

Any more than a library, enlightened!

 

Only a famished stomach,

Can be satiated with food!

 

Water collects in hollows,

Not on top of hills!

 

Erudition enlightens not,

Direct experience does!

 

A humble, sincere heart,

Can find its core of gold!

 

To empty oneself of learning,

Is to make space for wisdom!

They hold no honey, my own!

Plastic flowers on the highway,

So striking to the eye,

In every hue of the rainbow,

In myriad colours galore!

Soon cars pull up,

People tumble out,

Amidst many Oohs and Aahs,

Little haggling and bickering,

Bouquets adorn dashboards,

And on rear decks, sit many more!

The bright blooms nod their heads,

As the cars speed away!

A mother and son walk by,

The boy tugging at her hand,

“Mommy, mommy, where are the bees?

I don’t see any!”

With a smile, the mother replies,

“These flowers, so bright and beckoning,

They hold no honey, my own!”

Ever In Your Heart!

Ever in your heart,
In every cell of your being,
He plays hide and seek!
Keep on calling,
Patience your name,
End the play he will,
And reveal Himself to you,
Reveal Himself as you!

A Misty Dawn

Waking to a misty dawn,

In thrilling stillness, I hear,

Dewdrops dripping off trees,

Bulbuls calling, ‘Wake up!

Enjoy the moment',

While the Wagtail sings,

Sweetly, ‘All is well!

Good morning to you!’