Teachings from a Guru
Laugh when you still can for the world will make you cry
Do something different even when you feel it’s not worth the try
Don’t be a part of some gossip where people want to pry
Words of wisdom will come to few
But from someone’s life you can pick up a cue
Live a life so simple that there
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Categories:
guru, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
The True Master
Putting you above me
Your feet at my head
Is the natural thing to do
When your mastery
Is revealed.
But it’s all relative
As you put others above you and
Others put themselves below me.
That’s why it’s called
The wheel of life.
When I step back
And my emotions settle
I see that no one is The Master
But that each can instead
Be the appropriate messenger.
(9/1/24)
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Categories:
guru, metaphor, psychological, spiritual,
Form: Narrative
Ember of Intellectual Acuity
A spark ignited when our paths first crossed,
Your knowledge kindled, my ignorance tossed.
From a timid flicker to a steady glow,
Our bond, like embers, began to grow.
Your wisdom blazed, a guiding light so bright,
Illuminating truths are once hidden from sight.
In learning's heart, our spirits intertwined,
A sacred fire of mentor and mind.
But time, relentless, feeds on mortal
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Categories:
guru, teacher, tribute,
Form: Couplet
The guru chakra
The guru chakra is the master’s seat
Positioned between our crown and third eye
As of God’s will, he regulates bliss heat
Teaching our presence how to wingless fly
Our master represents the light of God
He erases our doubts and all our fears
The day ego dies in mind-body pod
To our dismay, our teacher disappears
As we ascend, all
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Categories:
guru, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
When Silence Speaks
The leader, philosophical and wise,
Ends his speech after a long silent pause,
His true followers with half open eyes
Responding with admiring oohs and aahs.
Turn up the mic on the silence to hear
A leader's lust for worship and control,
Minds whirring like a quickly turning gear,
'Bout how what he said put them in this hole.
Hear tapping ant feet,
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Categories:
guru, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Sonnet
TRAVEL GURU
USA busway
East Coast to West Coast
Greyhound Bus vision
Lots of scenery in reason
It took four days
Hour by Hour
Time didn’t sour
That is what I call a vacation getaway
I reclined and was relaxed
No stress nor perplexed
Major cities and towns stopped along the way
No carry nor care in being estray
The hound bus with the scent for the open road
It
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Categories:
guru, adventure, america, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
Guru chakra
the Guru chakra throbs steadily
reassuring heart and gentling mind
soma nectar trickles, pheromones mingle
our pristine presence is with existence aligned
the vertical magnetic grid, over front and back
petal by petal, unveils its beauteous hues
all soul does is witness the unfoldment
bliss the flavour of our heart’s muse
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Categories:
guru, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Gawking At the Mallard Duck Guru
He is a guru the other ducks said
Sitting there in silence like stop sign red.
Are you sure he’s okay? I think he looks dead.
Shhh! They told the brown goose named Old Fred.
Why are his fingers put into circles like that?
We are unsure said a dog, a mouse and a cat.
Animals were coming all over to
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Categories:
guru, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Guru Chakra
Guru chakra announces the master’s presence
Subtle, soft, humming tingling, rapture ineffable
Joyous peace, infused by sublime bliss incense
In-form nodes entwine in intimate dance affable
It is here wherefrom love magnetism is regulated
Constant flux of soma nectar within body flowing
Dormant conduits spring to life feeling now elated
Thoughts recede and heart’s aura begins glowing
18-April-2023
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Categories:
guru, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
On Learning To Become a Guru
On learning to become a guru...
The following artfully crafted back in the day
(actually poetic endeavor presented below
written a few scant years ago) in response to
unexpected positive feedback received on
the most popular social media platform.
Unbeknownst to this unsuspecting witty mortal,
a reverberation attributed to butterfly effect
linkedin to hotmail twittering Facebook member,
who resides within Bhutan, his dignified volition
accorded
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Categories:
guru, adventure, age, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Tunggul Irang Exceptor
When blackened at that time,
as the fate of this country,
In the Dai Nippon colonial era,
the baby was born.
Childbirth is true fate.
breastfeeding as God's gift,
laudatory nature and remarkable deeds.
Nothing for partus sequitur ventrem,
children born not to slaves.
Mom, who nine-monthed him,
happy and grateful.
The baby was exceptional.
The Colonial Army never sets claws,
unexpected obstacles,
grounding and sinking.
Where?
Who?
Naqaba, walked,
followed a
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Categories:
guru, character, for him, leadership,
Form: Free verse
Satsang, In the Company of the Truth
Satsang, in the company of the Truth
One word from you is enough,
enlivened with your intention,
to stop the mind from its fluttering.
Chant.
Repeat the Name. -
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Categories:
guru, faith, god, joy, life,
Form: Free verse
Guru Purnima
Guru Purnima
Day set aside to honor gurus
but I have so many
where would I begin?
I meet them daily
strangers whose eyes tell a story
beggars who enlighten me
life’s partners
I learn from the songbirds
the turtle crossing the road
the playful chipmunks
each being teaches me something
I learn how to listen to my heart
I learn how to follow my soul
I learn how
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Categories:
guru, silence,
Form: Free verse
Self-Taught Guru
Self-Taught Guru
Once upon a time. there was
Ramanujan’s method: intuitive and
without formal demonstrations.
this simple inner dimension proves that
Each one of us
is a self-taught Genius
All of this begins with a mind that unblocks
a portal of infinite space-time
to attain vortex of insight
Practice Giving More to your truest and dearest pursuit
Practice Asking for More from the chosen one
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Categories:
guru, giving, heart, power,
Form: Free verse
Space Jokes: Serious Jokes About Space
I
The universe has no center; even if it did, it would be similar to going in circles around the equator
II
But the equator is earth-bound; even then the equator is an imaginary east- west line. Or it the Equator a west-east line?
III
The universe is expanding, but really on the outside only. It's like a canvas art
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Categories:
guru, stars, sun, time, universe,
Form: Didactic
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