Rise and shine

( A student once remarked out of fear what if I fail? I write this for her)

To stumble to fall is the way of life
To pick yourself up and move despite the strife
Is what you make out of life
Its is okay to fail too
For failure is a prelude to success
Every slip, every fall in the path
Is a but a spur in the path
Of success

Accept the victory and the failure with equal poise
Never complacent with either

That is the way to go
The way to move on
To create your own destiny

GURU PURNIMA

Remember this day with gratitude and reverence
Remember my Master’s ever-smiling form
His Compassion for one and all
His boundless Grace
He kindled a lamp in me
Of Love
Of Truth
Of Knowledge

Remember all Masters
for the Truth they unfold
In their Eternal Presence
With gratitude and reverence

Some with a name
Buddha, Christ Kabir and many more too
The nameless rishis of yore too
Who express the Truth that is
Simply with no intent
For a patent

Reverence for the Truth That flowsThrough them
And reaches
Just as the Ganges flows down from Shiva’s locks
Eternally
To reach each and every one
That wishes to Know

HAPPY GURU PURNIMA!

(We in India dedicate this day to offer our respects and love to our Masters who share their Knowledge with us )

Two feet have I
To walk this world
Two hands serve this world
To work and worship

One spiritual the other material
One sets the other into motion
Like one foot moves the other
Feet move

Together matter and spirit

How can i be only spiritual
Or only worldly
Two parts of a complete whole
Just one
Each supports the other
Incomplete without each other