The Self

 

Concentrate within,

think within, talk within,

search for knowledge

and wisdom within.

Act with a motive from within,

what we are searching for,

what we are most anxious of,

lies within us.

One actually needs no one,

one need not search afar,

one need not travel far,

one need not fall apart.

To find love, to find joy,

to find knowledge,

to find wisdom,

 to find peace;

one must reach 

the self within.

 

For the real quest

is the journey to

the core of the heart.

The real search is

the search within

oneself.

When the envy is conquered,

when the Supreme Lord is pleased,

The supreme Self is reached;

One is allowed to have peace,

to be tranquil and joyful,

to be without want or need;

to be fearless,

to be complete 

and whole.

 

Today I was allowed

to have a glimpse of the self;

today, for a moment, I was at peace;

today I’m allowed to be at the door

of The Kingdom.

Today,

is the day to celebrate;

Today is one of those days when

I is at the entrance of God's abode

Today, I am complete, I am joyful.

What have I done that pleased you?

For me to have such a precious gift;

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Thank you, O Most Merciful One.

 

Never let me let go, dear God.

You know how weak and fragile

at times I can become.

My arrogance is the hindrance

and my utmost adversary;

The root, the greatest allurement

that separates me from your most

pleasurable company.

 

Let me be nearby

this door forever;

Let me be eternally

at this ground remain.

If this is the only place

where I am allowed to be;

If my devotion had but gone

barely up to this heights;

You know very well, Oh Lord;

"I am easy," "I’m not the kind

who dream there could be more.”

Right now, my dream

is complete and satisfied;

Right now, this part

of your mystical ocean

is so fit and enough

for the stretching

of my new found wings.

 

One day,
I may again dream.
One day, I may again rise.
One day, I shall 

once again be restless.
I shall pursue a new horizon,
if my desires cannot be contained.
Freedom is your gift and curse, O Lord.
Good and bad are the same mercies.
Both are from you. Therefore,
it is irrelevant where 

freedom will lead me.
Oh, Most Restless Wanderer,
who is in everything and everywhere;
Everywhere, where you are,
is where I’d rather be.

.... 

 

My transcendental version of 

Eric Clapton's "Please Be With Me"

Haribol