Finding the Soul Sept. 14, 2014   And in that silence I in silence dwelt. Time fled, the days, the weeks, the lonely hours, Immersed in peace by the Samadhi knelt Surrounded by the fragrance of the flowers, The incense spires rising in the night, Pounding of the sea against the shore, The raucous crows ready to take flight; All this I too experienced, but more, An offering of self as one alone Meets a vastness, hears a voice within, A being from far births yet faintly known, Saying, "Discard the vain idea of sin, For deep in you is hid the holy grail. Finding the soul life's mission cannot fail."

The Great and Luminous Door June 13, 2014 Pain lingers long, forever some would say, Secures a special place within the heart Opens on night and closes out the day. However hard we try it will not depart. Are we not more than sentiment and sighs Of longing for a time when calm shall rule, I cannot believe that something in us dies With each unconscious act as Nature's tool. I believe - within my soul - I know, That only love can erase the sorrowed past. The more we are able to love the more we grow Becoming love, unlimited and vast In which all errors are erased, all sins Transformed, a modicum of peace attaine

Another Spring September 22, 2014   To see the newness springing from the earth Is joy beyond all reckoning As I return to welcome by the flowers And greet the advent of another Spring. Can gratitude accumulate in force As wonderment increases walking by Each new blossom brilliantly unveiled, A feast of Nature to the awakened eye. When first I saw the hyacinths, a child Enraptured by fragrance I seemed to hear them say "We are the pride of beauty, admire us, Kneel young soul, and join us as we pray And listen to the symphony of light, For in the seed there waits the yearning bloom, The bud prepares the fi

Open the Heart June 5, 2014 I witness the turbulence of designing mind, Its vain desires, its striving to achieve. What brought us here, what secret still to find Hidden through the years in which we weave Our empty dreams beneath an indifferent sky. How do we reach in our allotted years The destined place, the seat of sanctity From which is banished all our human fears, Where frustrate hopes and human longings turn Towards prayer and aspiration of the soul, The easy path of satisfactions spurn When looms before us the eternal goal. The days are dwindling down, can we awake To beauty on this hallowed field of life, Open

In the Silence of My Soul May 6, 2014 Because I cannot see you now should doubt Allow the flame you lit it me burn out, Obliterate the Presence I could feel In moments when the Grace would softly steal Upon me in the vastness of the night. Must I await the advent of a light That burns away the veils I chose to wear Refusing to surrender to your care. The road is long but why else are we here For with each day I feel you drawing near And in the silence of my soul I wait For you alone on whom I meditate.

O Moon September 13, 2014   Hanging there in your ethereal dress White against the stellar blue of space Poet’s muse and lover’s last lament When haunted by the beauty of a face; Has man defiled you with his heavy feet Trampling boldly on your sacred dust To learn the secrets you have hidden well In his insatiable conquering lust. And yet who can defile your mystic spell The reflection of your enigmatic smile Waxing, waning through the solar years Bear with us impatient men awhile For soon a new-born sun will grace our days And lover and beloved will sing your praise.

All Living Things Complete April 6, 2014 If I could meet thee not alone in trance Look on thy perfect beauty, the romance Of life, the music that was born in me Would sing and sorrow could no longer be. The earth is thine of that my soul is sure And being thine will once again be pure, Her lands, her lakes, her seas, her skies, pristine Her body radiant, apparelled in green, Her austere mountain peaks of solitude Her rivers and plains all wondrously renewed To welcome once again your lotus feet And thy touch of love all living things complete.

The Dawn September 15, 2014   I knew her once in olden times When stars had just begun to flame I chanted odes upon her name In sun-bright worlds, in gentler climes. Where is she now the heart would know When the soul of me is lost and lone And yet I sense she has not gone For in my dreams to her I go. The senselessness of warring days Seems to eclipse the new-born light But those blessed with the inner sight Live in wonder, kneel in praise. They see what our unsighted eyes Or minds by ego-sated greed, The flower bursting from the seed, The dawn that fills with joy the skies.

Songs as Yet Unsung March 21, 2014 I sawsorrowclinging to an aged face And beauty dimmed through the long dying years, A body so bowed there lingered not a trace Of former beauty but the scarring tears Of hopelessness consigned to welcome death. Then I saw children filled with inner light Expressive of soul’s joy with every breath Who lived with wonder and the daring flight To unknown worlds where beauty lives and Grace Is benefactor of our earthly days. I saw the new-born of a coming race And knelt before a cradle filled with praise, The Avatars I met of a golden age In a Pondicherry Ashram by the sea, Enveloping

Release the Past May 16, 2014 I see before me as in a waking dream A face once known but lost through spinning time How long, I wonder before we meet again As through unremembered births we slowly climb The golden stairway through the realms of space To rest, perhaps to recollect the past, Our insufficiencies and wayward turns, The dreams of youth that could not hope to last, The melodies we brought from other spheres The fragrances of love, the taste of bliss, The triumphs and tears of adolescent years. How long I wonder before we can transform These houses of clay that soon return to dust To build the temple for a form