Hiranmayi

No stranger you were Stood as a spotless mirror Existence placed me Simply infront of you Stylish it may appear To wear the shades and stand In this world of polarities naked truth blinded Outside as a mirror Inside as a pointer Both in and out You are there silently Working miracles of mystery Simply letting the shades drop The rest to unfold To my ownself Now, here i am Naked as ever Naturally beautiful Nothing, it is....

T’was battered and scarred, and the auctioneer Thought it scarcely worth his while To waste much time on the old violin, But held it up with a smile. "What am I bidden, good folks," he cried, "Who’ll start the bidding for me?" "A dollar, a dollar," then, two! Only two? "Two dollars, and who’ll make it three? "Three dollars, once; three dollars, twice; Going for three . . . "But no, From the room, far back, a grey haired man Came forward and picked up the bow; Then, wiping the dust from the old violin, And tightening the loose strings, He played a melody pure and sweet As a caroling angel sings. The music ceased, and the auctioneer, With a voice that was quiet and low, Said: "What am I bid for the old violin?" And he held it up with the bow. "A thousand dollars, and who’ll make it two? Two thousand! And who’ll make it three? Three thousand, once; three thousand, twice; And going and gone," said he. The peopl...

Neither a victim of your own ignorance Nor a victim of someone else's ignorance Clarity that clears the path paves the way to just be letting the unfolding happen as its meant to be Responding in awareness to the needs of the moment Rejecting none, accepting none simply being available to the One! Oh!! what a freedom Indeed it is....

A beautiful story that i heard and i would like to share it here. A lady walks into the market and was astonished to see a man carving a fish out of a huge log of wood. She just could not believe her eyes and stops to strike a conversation with him. She asks him if its ok to talk to him and the man says its perfectly fine. So, she asks him,"how is it you are able to carve this fish without even a picture or a model infront of you". The man replies," I am a fisherman and i am only removing that which is not the fish. The fish unveils on its own." Oh, My!! what a simple pointer yet so powerful ! All that one needs to do is to be aware of who you are and just keep removing that which you are not. Rest reveals by its ownself . You do nothing. Adi Sankara keeps reminding the same process with " Neti , neti ".(not this, not this)

Beyond the beauty of that statue Exists the stillness that's here and now.. May be its the sculptor's skill That captures the eyes at first But not for long, Its the same eyes simply choose to close gently to slip and slide within the depths of silence... Amidst the bhajans and devotees the all pervading serenity lets you know who you are! may you experience The Shivam , you are before you lay down as shavam !

Do not accept exceptions Do not react and reject exceptions Learn to embrace Exception... Thats the way creation is... Embracing exceptions May enable the benediction To remain exceptional Untouched by the polarities Of pleasure and pain Of explanations and examples... Exceptionally aware of The truth alone Silently witnessing The facts around... Freedom to exit Is nolonger a division Simply an extension Right here and now....

Transient in time and space yet ingrained as real in mind An event named as New year new for some old for others as time and space would place them in this world begun, yet to begin born and gone as countdown goes all happening, simply transient know it WELL let the world's event unfold to truth to know the unreal and to be the Real May the grace the benediction of the Masters bestow the awareness as the Best of all wishes to happen...