If life is cyclical
a mere play
an inexorable Leela
Then
What is this phenomenon
of recurring births and deaths
that the Scriptures talk about?
What is Salvation
that everyone wants to attain?
I asked Amma.
Amma replied:
While being physically alive
everyone goes through
without volition
millions of microscopic cycles
of the birth and death marvel
Most remain oblivious to this wonder
What? I asked perplexed
Amma explained:
In between the heartbeats
incarnating birth and death
is the tiny space
encapsulating the cosmos
where Life lives majestically
in myriad forms and impulses
Remember,
Life is in the Now
of cause and effect
Not in the past nor in the future
Be Silent and Listen*
To what Life wants to say
Meditate on the experience
Get not attached
Simply immerse
Become the Witness
Relax
Then? I asked overwhelmed
Amma went on:
Then
There will be
Nothing more to know
Nothing to gain, nothing to Lose
All conceptual debates
of birth, death, cycles, salvation
known and unknown
will adjourn and merge
in the abyss of silence
The Leela will march on
with the vibrance and radiance
of its own glory
Amma suggested:
Try it!
… and, the quest goes on …
* Simply rearranged, the alphabets used to write “Silent” and “Listen” are same.
Perhaps to listen comprehensively one must indeed be truly silent.
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Read also: Amma's Gospel | Why Pray?
Illustration by Niloufer Wadia |
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This is all we need to know about meditation and experiencing the infinite leela "here and now."
Very complex subject handled in a comprehensive, poetic way.
I salute the poet in you which mirrors the spiritual.
Thanks for sharing.
Aneeta Chakrabarty
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The resemblance between 'listen' and 'silent' is very wonderful. The quest knows no limits. It encouters a series of riddles in time's powers. A highly philosophical poem gushed from your poem.
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Highly philosophical subject, put in simple, beautiful words. Kudos bhayi.
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Very captivating lines . Every line of your poem is very charming.
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VERY WELL COMPOSED! -RAJ, NEW DELHI
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The most complex issues rendered so beautifully... Gushing out straight from the recesses of your heart and delicately intertwined with the knowledge of the mind result - as an overwhelming experience for both.. the reader and the writer. Wow! congrats!
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Jab tak saansa hai tab tak aas hai, as long as the breath so long the hope is, after that whatever be it shall have to face. Samsara, its sukha, dukha, what to say about for being trapped into the mire of Maya with Sundari as beloved wife? There is is no way out. Just keep you seeing the Divine Leela as a child, an innocent child quite ignorant of and leaving it all into the hands of his.
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The human life cycle starts at alpha and continues till omega.The poem covers the cycle in a fascinating and profound way. Congrats!! Frank Barar,
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This cycles may be just one continuum of 'is'. Once you identify with that, then births, deaths and what come in between are just sequences within this continuum. Just thinking aloud.
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Poetic expression of the eternal cycle...
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A wonderful spiritual poem.
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In deed "The Leela will march on with the vibrance and radiance of its own glory" sums up life, so it seems.
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I don't believe in the rebirth. I believe in Life is in the Now of cause and effect Not in the past nor in the future Nice poem, superbly narrated
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Quest must continue, for above Someone is watchful ...
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Wow RKji, the profundity of this 'Quest' asking for more from you on the philosophy of life! It makes one muse over the content after reading..thank you!
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Rajenda is connected to the creative forces of the universe that opens his mind to receive some of the answers to many deep questions most people struggle to answer.
He translates the messages with his insightful poetry that is a pure delight, illuminating the readers thoughts into the soul's divine fountain that dwells within the eternal moment.
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Every thing is in the Supreme Being, Amma. Only pray trusting divinity.
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