Lockdown diaries...1

Lockdown diaries

Have been put in my place!
Never thought Existence would show me my place this way
As roads and parks empty
The human footfalls fall silent
In walk in deer to graze in peace
Fish swim freely where once the whir of boats forced them away

A tiny virus invisible slapped us in a way
We are yet to figure out how and why
Drove us all in
Showed a mirror how much
We took for granted
How much we cribbed and ranted
Of things that seem stupid now
When the virus struck all we wanted to was food
While we scampered back to our homes
Forgotten were the grumblings
The “deadlines” turned to real deathlines
Wondering will i escape this death line?


Corona showed me to fold my hands in prayer
To seek help from anywhere .
Hope Existence is kind enough to spare us
Prayer on my lips hope in my heart
Good wishes for all
Good health

No Man is so rich
That he can afford Everything

Nor is there a man who can afford Nothing

Between Everything and Nothing
Lies Life

Where each of us have Something

To  GIVE

To Make our Existence COMPLETE

Renounce

‘Renounce for then shall you be liberated’

Renounce anger,

Renounce fear,

For that is the seed of anger

Fear is born from lack of trust

True fearlessness comes not from sheer bravado

empowered by ego

But simple child-like trust in Existence

Like a baby monkey that clings to its mother’s belly

As she leaps from tree to tree

True sanyas is to accept with Love and gratitude

All as the One

To share this world with all

For they are yours, to own yet share with all

This world is then a place to love and care

For there is just One

When anger comes flaming hot and red
Know that this too will pass

When fear comes turning feet cold with dread
Know that this too will pass

When joy shines brilliant as the sun

Know that this too shall pass

When dark sorrow glooms

As though no flower shall ever bloom

Know that this too will pass

Impermanent colors of emotions

washed down by the waters of time

Sprayed on a permanent canvas of Consciousness

Consciousness that remains untouched by all

A witness colored by none.

Shut down

When the “enter” key got stuck

A number of windows opened

One after another

Like a mind gone berserk

With a million thoughts all at once

In a million directions

To move on

The only way was to shut down

For a while

Both the comp and the mind

To connect back to the source

In silent mediation

Even if it be for  just a while.

Jai Ganesh

One so tall

One so huge

Breathtakingly awesome

With gentle wonderful eyes

That speak so beautifully

Of Love and compassion unlimited

A silence that is eternal

Magnificence of divinity in each

See Ganesha is the idol and in all that those

Around

That cheer loud and dance in joy

Omnipresence indeed!!

They clap and dance when he comes

And sing and dance when he leaves

Symbolize life and celebration

Celebration in birth and dissolution

There is brilliance in a worm

Beauty and grace

In that which in mundane terms

Is a pest

To a mind that seeks ‘a cause’

And use in everything---

Pet to some

Pest to some

Life sustains life