Long Erst Poems

1  Where are we

The path appears as we walk upon it,
crystallising right before our soul’s eye,
enabled for those with resolve and grit,
who to attain God, are ready to die.

If the God-search task seems like...

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Heart, tempestuous and wild
Delights in the dance of contrast
Although knowing it will not last
Frolics about like a playful child

Mother and Father join the play
Name of the game is separation 
Hide and seek, before their union
Foiled...

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Is not God a concept, till we see Him?
How will memorising scriptures assist?
Conditioned beliefs make our soul’s light dim.
Love alone is real and that’s life’s gist.
A Hindu believes God takes many forms,
whilst for a Christian,...

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15.8
“Have faith, my son, have faith
You are Awareness alone
the Self, the One
You are the Lord of Nature”

15.9
“The body is made of worldly stuff
It comes, it lingers, it goes
The Self neither comes nor goes, yet remains
Why...

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Name, a label, for mind-body identity,
which across past lives, we have had many,
as also gender rotation, for an experience spherical,
so this time around, now assimilating our earth life sojourn,
given pseudonym humbly confesses, there is much...

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Pre-puberty years
Playful innocence 
Warm ready embrace
Quarrels, aberrations 
Rapidly erased
An uncluttered mind
Open, forgiving heart
Reborn each morn anew

Growing up, ego manifests
Taught to be street smart 
Testosterone levels high
Feral instincts prevail
In the game of one-upmanship 
Need to win...

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Within this vast Universe
Each limited entity sings it's verse
But who we really are, we do not know
So let us find out together, in stillness slow

We are bestowed with senses five and mind
However, we are restricted...

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Ripples intrude in silence without cause,
strange since serpentine desire spirals rest,
so in witness mode, from our heart abode,
awareness self-aware, just looking on,
flows in and out of these dream forms with ease,
relinquishing thought that’s ego begot.

Attached...

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                        We know not who we are and yet we spar,
 ...

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If we know ourself, we’ll know the universe
but if our inquiry seeks to go in deep,
recognising touch divine does not rehearse,
we begin by letting musings inward seep,
that by melding with the void, penning soul’s verse,
between...

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3/23/17


Skilled like James T. Kirk
Fred Durst
And William Randolph Hearst

Putting in work
And occasionally going berserk
In and out of dirt

For all that it's worth
Respect the universe
And Earth
Regardless of if times keep getting worse

Is there such a thing...

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earth bound, desires twirl us around
looking to heavens, feet on ground
cyclic joy and pain, cause of fear
afraid to lose, what we hold dear
joy in permanence, never found

illumined sages speak of soul
scriptures affirm we may be...

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“Truth simple, if we but rest turbid mind
Leaving all deluded knowing behind” 
~ quote by poet 
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Reveal and conceal, is the game divine 
Pangs of separation and rapture of union
Life becomes simple when with love...

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What I'd like to give you, is an ounce of my perfume
in return for a mere whiff of the soma nectar divine
that breath by breath dialogue with soul may resume
vibrant with magnetic rapture, as bliss...

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Fleeting is joy and traumatic is pain
We oscillate between desires and fears
Granted free will but soon boon becomes bane
Challenges of earth life drives us to tears
We set goals but horizon disappears 
Like a spoilt child,...

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Body decays, it’s clear we’ve lost our way 
A wasted life, measuring loss and gain
Unable to keep dark fear forms at bay
Gift of free will boon, has since become bane
We’re bound hand to foot by...

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Love alone is real, so let’s rest thought
Then poised in the void, our soul’s free from stain
Vaporised self, no longer by fear fraught
Equal to us then are both sun and rain
Erst fears and desires, all...

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What is this strange place we find ourself in
Vast space, linear time, therein confined
Trapped in the open, we are free within
Bemused by illusions, consciousness blind
Weary we are now, going through life’s grind
Something’s not right here,...

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Ambling along an unknown forested terrain
attention softened, humming a happy tune
I was drawn to a clearing of divine beauty
when four demonic forms blocked my path
seeking settlement of karmic debts owed
before I proceed to set foot...

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Pitter patter fall dew drops of love’s rain,
bringing along with each drop, gifts of grace,
imbibed by heart, if it be free from stain,
having no mundane earthy goals to chase.
Unconscious minds, floundering in deep trance,
as yet...

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Granted gift of life, we must take our chance
How long should we in stark darkness flounder
Head and heart misaligned, stooped is our stance
Ego cravings continue to plunder
Leaving soul desolate, hearts asunder
God omnipresent must be here...

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“plunge in now, into the current
reclaim true self, luminescent”
 _ quote by poet
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heart throbs soar when blessings in-pour
consciousness core, seeking encore
let’s out as gasp, failing to grasp
fleeting illusions cannot clasp 
down on all fours, we...

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Born free and playful, our soul was complete
Reaching out to one and all, joy replete 
Illumined was our soul, divine entwined
Dispersing love, nothing to be divined
Giving rather than taking, was the norm
Immersed deep in a...

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Within our heart, we feel I Am presence
Our hand goes there automatically 
Soul enlivened by light of innocence 
Joyous love pulse glowing magically

Star of David, our sacred heart symbol
Ancient wisdom; as above, so below 
Soundless...

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Nimble desires inimical 
Conscience sounds a warning alarm
Free will adroitly pulse disarms
Nestled in bliss ineffable 

Discord within and all around
Soul presence within body sighs
Our heart sinks, fallen from erst highs
Fierce winds abound, wherein soul bound

Wherefrom...

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