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The Repetitions Called Life


How many things we repeatDay after dayAlmost untiringly;This constant needTo keep replenishingAmidst this evanescence,Never questioning;How mysterious?

Life, Poem, Poetry, World

Glorious World by Hermann Hesse


I feel it again and again, no matterWhether I am old or young:A mountain range in the night,On the balcony … More

Glorious World, Herman Hesse, Poem, Poetry, World

The Paradox


God sent us hereOn this earthTo be human(and humane?). But we are anxiousTo get to heavenTo be Godlike. We forgetTo … More

Being Human, Heaven, Humaneness, Kingdom on earth, Poem, Poetry

Four Poems


Half-Hearted LivingTime rolls on, unmindfully,While I engage with my dilemmasOn what I should doOr not do, in this world,A world … More

Advaita, Philosophy, Poem, Poetry, Ten Commandments

My Beloved, My Friend! (मिरे हमदम मिरे दोस्त) by Faiz Ahmed Faiz (Original with English translation)


Original below the English Translation:My Beloved, My Friend!Faiz Ahmed FaizIf only I could be certain, my beloved, my friend,If only … More

मिरे हमदम मिरे दोस्त!, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Friendship, Poem, Poetry

My Last Post Here & Everywhere Else


I cast off my moorings And set sail In silence In silence In silence…

Poem, Poetry

The Such Thing As the Ridiculous Question by Siaara Freeman


Where are you from??? …….. When I say ancestors, let’s be clear:…….. I mean slaves. I’m talkin’ Tennessee…….. cotton & Louisiana suga. I mean … More

African Americans, America, Blacks, Negroes, Poem, Poetry, Siaara Freeman, Slavery, USA

Sam Upanishad


They know notBig Bang, they sayAn unproven theoryWho knows how it beganAnd what was there or notBefore it began. Forms … More

Advaita, Brahman, Change, God, Metaphysics, Nonduality, Ontology, Philosophy, Poem, Poetry, Sam Upanishad, Self, Upanishad, World

A Long Story Short (My Autobiography)


I was born.God knows why. I am living.God knows how. I will die.God knows when.

Autobiography, Life, Poem, Poetry

The Mirage Within a Mirage


This thirst for richesThis thirst for loveThis thirst for powerThis thirst for nameThis thirstThis unquenchable thirstUnslakable it seemsEncountering as one … More

Desire, Longing, Maya, Poem, Poetry, World

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