Seeker

Light Within

No matter how dark, the thoughts are in You
Remember the light will always shine through
For You are not your thoughts.

You are not your body, your wealth or career
Your are not your dreams and not your fear
You are more than that.

Imagine You remove all those things,
All those identies and labels and emotions,
What are You?

You are not your religion or caste or skin,
You are not your family, they too will go-
What is that, which remains?

Some call it essence, some call it soul,
Some call it God and others a light…
You’ve spoken with it.

It speaks through You, sees through You,
Some would argue it is the real You…
Don’t tell me You haven’t spoken!

As one start to go deep within,
Past the memories, thoughts and dreams
It’s there in the still, still there.

Identify with the real You
The sooner the better, You’ll be glad you met her,
For the light always shines through.

Burden

I asked her why she does it?
Why carry such a burden…
It will cause your boat to sink!
She said, it’s mine to carry,
I know that I can carry it.
And I know what people think…

But I don’t see it as a burden,
I could never leave it-
It is a part of me.
I said, I don’t agree love,
Some things are best forgotten,
Throw it into the sea!

Our problems and our worries,
Why do we choose to take them,
When we could travel free?
She said, I don’t know how to,
I’ve held them for so long now-
I don’t know how to just be!

Look darling, just let go once,
These things can be discarded,
You needn’t hold on tight…
She thought about it for a minute,
Then looked at me and smiled,
Said, I think you might be right.

As the petals unfolded…
The fragrance swayed and played,
No one knows, quite how the rose,
Is able to persuade…
So much natural beauty,
It is often used to adorn…
But what I want to focus on,
Is the fate of the thorn-

Ugly, pointed, painful, sharp,
Yet it sits with the king,
The rose just gives beauty-
The thorn can only sting!
I sometimes stop to wonder,
Lord how lucky can I be?
I am nothing but a thorn,
Yet still You have kept me.

And it’s only because of You,
That I am tolerated,
Otherwise the fate of thorns,
Is only to be hated.
In Your grace You bless me,
You’ve given me some room,
That I am also picked with You,
That I’m closest when You bloom.

And now I’ve started dreaming too…
And with Your grace who knows,
One day perhaps this thorn of Yours
Will grow to be a rose.

Breathe

That moment…
That moment just now,
It’s gone.
Extinguished!
All that remains is the smoke,
That after smell, like a joke…
Reminding us where it once was.
Why do we hold on?
Why do we sit pondering…

Wondering what we:

Could of,
Should of,
Would of…

It’s done, it’s over,
There is no light there anymore.
To hold on is to lose completely,,
To be filled with that smoke
It will do nothing, but choke.
Breathe,
Let it out…
And take in your next breath,
Your next moment,
That is what life is about.

Dedicated to all those who unfortunately cannot let go, I know some things are harder to let go of, there has been pain, hurt, betrayal, trust broken, expectations not met… but who are you hurting most?

If anyone has ever forgiven, they realise that by doing so they benefit themselves more than the person they are forgiving.

Why because now you can finally move on and declutter that space in your head you filled with resentment.

Friendship

So many times on my journey
I forgot the light…
I tried to go, tried to grow,
To the left, to the right.
But the friends I am blessed with
And my family that’s so strong,
Were always around me
Helping me along.

And look just how far we’ve come,
Look at you! Look at me!
In nature we’re rooted
What have we contributed?
Can we grow into a life giving tree…

We are not where we want to be, but we are not where we were, thankyou to all friends and family on friendship day who have helped guide along.

Set your Mind Free…

Do you run after happiness
Or does happiness run after you?
Are you stuck in the same old thoughts-
Or are you always creating anew?
If you are worried today my friend,
And don’t worry about how I know…
The solution is really not that hard,
Trust in God and let go!
You see whatever is going to happen,
Is beyond both you and me…
Don’t shackle yourself in tomorrow’s concerns,
Relax and set your mind free:

1.Remember, it may never happen!
2.If it does it will be for the best-
3.It could have been so much worse,
4. Never forget, that you’re blessed!

Optimistic…

I’d never seen the darkness

For all I’d known was light

Forever the happy optimist,

In the end it’d be alright!

So was it, I did not see it?

Or was it, I was in denial?

Or perhaps it was always I,

Who carried the light in my smile!

Beloved

For the flower of youth is never so dear
As when it turns to the Sun and righteousness nears
For Love is enough to remove all divisions
God is too great for just one religion
And this love it pervades in the space between us
You thought this was empty but it’s flowing with Mastt
So I will smile and remember that some Suns don’t set
And I will thank Nirankar for all the times that we met
May our moments together never dwell as tears
Because Love is forever and Love is still here

Your rhymes are an effigy

Of light and of melodies,

Symphonies of instruments alive in your identity

So incredibly attentively you document your energy

Refreshingly, professedly

You expose the complexities of life and of truth

That there never was a me, there was only ever You

Mind the Gap

I was sat upon a train and God came sat beside me…

I did not even notice until, He asked, “how long would this ride be?”

I questioned if it was really God, for God would already know….

How long it took, how much it was and where the train would go!

Maybe I was blessed? A test! To see how much I knew…

Maybe I could help God out… in an instant my ego grew.

God said nothing, as I went about, trying to explain…

The timetable, the speed, the make, the workings of a train.

Now I know where I went wrong, and where it was I failed-

The moment that I thought, I knew- is where I was derailed.

O Lord each time you test me, it’s humility I lack-
I replace love with arrogance and I start to go off track.
And You in whom I travel, in whom the world is bound…
Do nothing to prove Yourself, You make not a single sound.
How can You say nothing, when all is done by You?
I’m proud over the smallest things and want the world to view.

Well I managed to stop talking, long enough to ask…
Lord what do You want to teach? What should be my task?
God replied, “No one but me, knows anything about their ride…
Then how can you all plan ahead, when this is what I decide?” I paused to think and ponder and then I replied with this… “O Lord, if I don’t plan at all, then won’t I fail and miss?”
God said, “What if I say the next stop is it? Or pull the emergency chord?”
What of all your plans then friend? What becomes of all your hoard?” I realised I lived on borrowed time, I asked God to forgive,
I thanked God for all I’d been given and asked God, “how should I live?” “Live each moment, in the moment, treat others with love and care…
Be thankful, kind and non judgemental and the light in you please share.
Don’t approach others with selfish intent, no agenda’s or clever techniques…
If you try and poke holes in others, your devotion and love, it leaks.” “The station doesn’t come to you, its you who has to reach,
Your job is not to get side tracked, just follow what I teach.”
I apologised and God got up, I accepted that God reigns,
I am now mindful, I mind the gaps, as I travel on life’s trains.