Tamas
...The untended plant
withers away, leaf by leaf ~
a time of indifference.
Why do we falter,
poised at the divine altar,
blaming it on gravity?...
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Categories:
tamas, introspection,
Form: Sedoka
Thought of the day
...enslaved by tamas guna after birth ~
we sail not through life bubbling in carefree mirth...
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Categories:
tamas, introspection, spiritual,
Form: Couplet
Zen mode
...we notice our body getting tired
with lethargy engulfing feeble form
bliss pulsations yet remain vibrant
to this strange paradox we conform
as is inevitable tamas yields to bliss
there is not...
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Categories:
tamas, introspection, joy,
Form: Rhyme
Zen mode
...moment to moment
we detect lethargy
of the tamas guna
and are astonished
how gravity confines
the light of our being
in dungeons of darkness
to fulfil needs of feeble form
wherein at this ...
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Categories:
tamas, introspection, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Overcoming Tamas
...Of Gunas three, Tamas holds sway,
cajoling consciousness to rest,
though the child in us wants to play,
of zest and zeal we’re dispossessed.
Heart contracted and soul’s stance stooped,
we have...
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Categories:
tamas, introspection, philosophy,
Form: Rispetto
Zen Mode
...here we are, abiding in bliss energised stillness
then an earthy agenda calls upon us to act
for there is a mundane task to be performed
in as ordained in our earth life role we so chose
hesi...
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Categories:
tamas, i am, introspection,
Form: Free verse
The Gunas
...The Gunas three twirl us around
Hemmed in, all we may do is to respond
In waking, dream and deep sleep states
Mindful not to trauma bond
Tamas or sloth, a measure of our instinct
Stupor and i...
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Categories:
tamas, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Nonchalant Eye
...denial of what is as is unfolding
clinging to that that never was
glue of ego spawned identity
we see these tamas spirals
attempting to anchor us
in fear and darkness
our nonchalant e...
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Categories:
tamas, celebration, fear, joy,
Form: Free verse
The Flying Flakes of Wishes
...Flakes fly around— of old wishes,
Unfulfilled and still far from dead,
Borne by age-old rickety bed,
Burdens of old dreams still anguish.
In teeming tamas, a lone head,
Old wishes free from a lo...
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Categories:
tamas, desire,
Form: Sonnet
The Vaporised Self
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Beholder, vapour
witnesses stupor.
Magnetism form spears;
Tamas disappears.
Thus feeling complete,
soul negates defeat,
for save bliss throbs dear,
there is no one here.
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Categories:
tamas, spiritual,
Form: Jueju
Tamas
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Weighed down by the Guna Tamas
Stuporousness and animus
Veil of darkness shrouding the light
Dispelled by soul’s light, luminous
Desires quelled, heart lotus shines bright
Suffused ...
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Categories:
tamas, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Rubaiyat
Myth of Churning of Ocean
...There was a war between Gods and demons,
The Hindu mythology says with reasons;
This went for long with full-fledged fights,
Each troop spending sleepless nights;
Dead remained dead and the gods...
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Categories:
tamas, myth, mythology,
Form: Free verse
Longing For Life
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Life is consciousness
All encompassing
In each realm
That is
Upon earth
Related to man
In the third density
Vital life breath is love
Love employs no force
Allows us to c...
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Categories:
tamas, life, love, spiritual, ,
Form: Free verse
Unforced Error
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Unforced error, due to stupor
Tamas Guna holds sway
Be a winner, not a loser
The divine entwined way
Love suffused awareness
One with the That oneness
Dispels stuporousness
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Categories:
tamas, introspection, muse, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
The Gunas Three
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The Gunas three, twirl us around
Sattva, Rajas, Tamas
Rapturous bliss, in each state found
Love and light, our compass
Slow down the pendulum
Of this here body prism
Tranquil co...
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Categories:
tamas, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
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