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Ardhnarishwara sketch credit - Artist SR Mehta, downloaded from internet 

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Ancient wisdom ~ as above, so below So if God exists, He must be within Contemplating calmly in stillness slow Relinquishing all knowing, we begin Poised in the bardo, our inner eye sees Head ovoid is in fact a cosmic egg In it is dormant soul, sleeping at ease Though for freedom, it earnestly does beg When soul seeks God alone, we see egg split From it emerges, male and female forms One becomes two, when lamp of love is lit Their descent to heart gives rise to bliss storms Heart’s search for joy, in this way satisfied Ego shorn, twice born, soul’s tale simplified ____ Ego shorn, twice born, soul’s tale simplified Bliss energised, we become living light From fetters that bound us, soul is untied Truth of existence is seen by clear sight Bliss imbibed must be assimilated God’s bountiful grace pervades body prism Heightened rapture fills us, heart’s elated Ascent is enabled by magnetism Attention softens, with love we conform Voids within fill as we surrender will A sublime energy grid loops our form Our mindful eye becomes tranquil and still Embodied within then, is light of Self Music of the spheres, plays on by itself ___ Music of the spheres, plays on by itself Nodes gyrate and polarities rotate There remains no agenda on our shelf Each breath we take, finds us at heaven’s gate The dance divine is a playful parlance As a receptor, we enjoy the show Twin aspects within us attain balance Wisdom transcending mind, we get to know Ardhnarishwara, is what we become Male and female aspects, entwined as one The void is our home, where we are welcome Our self-existent light shines like the sun Nothing need be done, love leads, we follow Ancient wisdom ~ as above, so below

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Date: 10/3/2023 2:11:00 PM
a deep and spiritual poem. There's so much wisdom in many of the lines...hard for me to select just one. This versa I was particularly drawn to: Attention softens, with love we conform....Voids within fill as we surrender will...A sublime energy grid loops our form...Our mindful eye becomes tranquil and still I agree...a mindful eye becomes tranquil. Surrending my ego is a must. Outstanding!*!
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Date: 10/3/2023 6:19:00 PM
Thank you, Sara. It is as it is ~ literally, not metaphorically
Date: 10/3/2023 3:48:00 AM
https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/9251/ardhanarishvara
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