Zen Poems | Examples

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the flow of time impacts us not
in as that we pursue no goal
we continue at a slow trot
allowing God to guide our role

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that in dark woods of mind we don’t get lost ~
bliss magnetism causes heart to defrost

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we’re fooled not by caress of bliss sedate ~
it’s power is potent when in full spate


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soma nectar drips from crown to third eye
we sense clearly sound of one hand clapping
the cosmic gong Om fills the empty sky
accomplished with ease when mind is napping

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Here and now in feeble form dome
Mindfully subtle body comb 
Invoking thus bliss magnetism 
Giving rise to the mantra Om

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third eye to crown becomes a seamless whole
thus the concept of chakras is destroyed
we playfully go about our life role
shining as pure consciousness unalloyed
vibrant in aloneness in the vast void
witnessing, noticing, celebrating
hum of kundalini unabating


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the source, omnipresent, is still 
what moves is mind, in realm dual
call this truth whatever we will
it is stillness in renewal

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petal by petal, we metamorphose 
we awaken whilst in blissful repose

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peep from both ends of the keyhole
as formless consciousness aware
we discover there’s no one there
and yet strangely presence feels whole

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as divine magnetism at play 
bliss pulsations delightful stay
but since the strobes are sensory
therefore for transcendence we pray

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our three eyes triangulate
and yet we must lie in wait
to transmute as living light
and garner spherical sight

who knows when the egg will hatch
where all we do is detach
soul presence from the ego
through pathways we alone know 

breath by breath as we align
we know there’s no finish line
as ascension continues
displaying beauteous hues

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resting mind that weighs and sizes
at source wherefrom bliss arises
we rest as presence self-aware
imbibing offered surprises

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in the this here now
a bliss bubble appears
it dances awhile
and then disappears 

unfamiliar scents
catch our attention
yet do not silent heartbeats
deserve a mention

we neither seek nor negate
offerings of heaven
as magnetism navigates
body chakras seven

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an impulse
any
astonishing

it should not be
and yet is
bubbling

the what is
is what it is
simmering

we continue
effortlessly thus
witnessing

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liken pure being as a pillar of light
around which myriad worlds as thought forms swirl
where the stillness point pulsates with bliss delight
while our polarities at rest in heart curl
as sublime intent before emanation
our awareness self-aware in cessation
which we recognise as divine magnetism 
illumining head to toe mind-body prism

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