Best Equanimous Poems

I celebrate the nimbus clouds
     stealthly gathering in a silent sky.
No great claps of thunder to shock
     my senses, no lightning bursts,
As the rain begins like tender tears
     then cascades in stormy sheets.

Let...

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wobbling
   earth
      Phoebus
          slipover
               &
          ...

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"You're lucky to have a daughter like her"
No she was not lucky
She alone knows the number of ribs her body broke over the years
She alone knows the amount of water her skin pores shed
She alone knows the degree of burns her single heart hugged in...

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Those who live an artistic life are genuinely soul-aware. 
It is as vital to the human spirit as is the air. 
Artistry, sculpture, and landscape design are creative,
That's around spiritedness that pulls and is probative.

Bury my heart in the wounded knee where even harm,
Battered gallows have histrionic...

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When in verdant valleys or in verdure environs
When basking in birds, beauteous flowers, fruits
When in sunrise and sunsets splendid splendour you delight
Then despite sounds in surrounds you feel serene

When your faith in the lord is firm
When you feel all happenings as gift of God
When you...

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heart contractions arise 
because we react
to nonevents
which we notice
is it not wonderful
that we’re offered a chance
to overcome illusionary adversity
within this lucid earth life dream
thereby becoming enabled 
to remain equanimous
in midst of storms
we take as real
till we awake
so be it

07-April-2023...

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“ego borne urges, simply follow base instinct
the monk may be found roaming the love throb precinct”

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Constant vigil of our reflex response
positions us at the crossroad of choice,
one instinct driven, the other conscience.
Hermit, to retain equanimous poise,
we would do well to hark our inner voice.
All contractions...

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Joys,
sorrows , 
good and bad, 
are dualisms
present since eternity. We all seek
good sans bad, ever thought which is better?
Hardships strengthens,
shows life truths,
ends our 
sins.
~~~~~
When 
we think 
positive,
are calm even
in miseries, they vanish on their own.
Root cause of miseries are our desires.
When desireless,
our mind is
full of
bliss.
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If...

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a game of chess
the brain wins or loses
it has nothing to do with us
since mind is merely an instrument
which has nothing to do with who we are
and therefore we remain equanimous
irrespective of game’s outcome
as we also recall in surprise 
it was not so in the...

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Written: June 30, 2024 For Unseeking Seeker Contest

Quote by Aristotle "Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom"

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relativity
evokes response
heart yet equanimous 

the witness is desireless 
in, within but not of
dance of illusions

27-April-2023...

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were it not for 
the vibrant bliss current
would we remain equanimous 
in the face of adversities
twirled about by fate...

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3.07
“Strange that knowing lust
as an enemy of knowledge,
one so weak and nearing death 
should still crave sensual pleasure”

3.13
“Why should a person of steady mind, 
who sees the nothingness of objects, 
prefer one thing to another?”

3.14
“He who is unattached,
untouched by opposites,
free of desire,
experiences neither pleasure nor...

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[Sponsor : Crystol Woods
Placed 5th in Contest]


 I C E : Ode to Self

few Hearts can fancy dress their
nakedness in icicle Presence
fewer minds will slip into cemetery’s dusk 
soul appears, no hectic heady harkening
 glancing what is needed or already seeded
I n s I g...

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Conditioned to believe in this or that
Caste, colour and creed determines response
Narrow views and specious logic fall flat
Before the monk, who joy pulse does ensconce 

In all honesty, have we felt within
Ignition renewal continual 
As bliss bubbles thus burst upon our skin
Viewing each life breath...

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