We are busy with the luxury of things.
Their number and multiple faces bring
To us confusion we call knowledge. Say:
God created the world, pinned night to day,
Made mountains to weigh it down, seas
Category: mysticism
MYSTIC POEMS: “Tell me, what are you doing now, Mind?” by Mahendranath Battacharya
“Tell me, what are you doing now, Mind?” Tell me, what are you doing now, Mind, sitting there with a blind eye? There’s someone in your own house but you’re so oblivious you’ve never noticed! There’s a secret path with a small room at the end — and what an amazing sight inside:…
MYSTIC POEMS: “Awake! awake O sleeper of the land of shadows” by William Blake
“Awake! awake O sleeper of the land of shadows (from Jerusalem)” Awake! awake O sleeper of the land of shadows, wake! expand! I am in you and you in me, mutual in love divine: Fibres of love from man to man thro Albions pleasant land. In all the dark Atlantic vale down from the…
POEMS: “The Mystic Rose” by Elsa Barker
“The Mystic Rose” I, woman, am that wonder-breathing rose That blossoms in the garden of the King. In all the world there is no lovelier thing, And the learned stars no secret can disclose Deeper than mine–that almost no one knows. The perfume of my petals in the spring Is inspiration to all bards that…
MYSTIC POEMS: “He who knows Love” by Elsa Barker
“He who knows Love” He who knows Love–becomes Love, and his eyes Behold Love in the heart of everyone, Even the loveless: as the light of the sun Is one with all it touches. He is wise With undivided wisdom, for he lies In Wisdom’s arms. His wanderings are done, For he has found the…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “Come”
“Come” Every day I am astonished by how little I know, and discouraged, obedient as I am to the demand to know more — always more. But then there is the slow seep of light from the day, and I look to the west where the hills are darkening, setting their shoulders to the night,…
Brief excerpt from the Book “The Prophet’s Candle” by Daniel: – “The ant and the stars”…
The ant and the stars… And upon an evening, long after the sun had kissed the earth farewell, did the child speak unto the Mystic: “How many are the stars upon this night, and oh so small and meaningless do I feel beside the vastness of their splendor.” But the Mystic answered: The selfsame…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “Leave the familiar for a while” by Hafiz
Leave the familiar for a while.
Let your senses and bodies stretch out
Like a welcomed season
Onto the meadows and shores and hills.
Open up to the Roof.
MYSTICAL POEMS: “I have found the sea” by Tukaram
I have found the sea I have found the sea, An ocean limitless. I have opened a treasury unending, Its jewels blaze with the luster of a thousand thousand suns, And they blaze here, in my soul. Of a sudden, Without any effort of mine own, I have heard the eternal Secret, I have…
MYSTIC POEMS: “At last I shall listen” by Sri Chinmoy (Chinmoy Kumar Ghose)
“At last I shall listen” My past is heavy with The lifeless Meaning. A frightened thought My fast-approaching future Is. I have the body and soul Of hope completely in my Thoughts. I shout at the top of my lungs. My soul embodies the weight of Despair. At last I am now learning the…
MYSTIC POEMS: “Between the conscious and the unconscious, the mind has put up a swing” by Kabir
“Between the conscious and the unconscious, the mind has put up a swing” Between the conscious and the unconscious, the mind has put up a swing: all earth creatures, even the supernovas, sway between these two trees, and it never winds down. Angels, animals, humans, insects by the million, also the wheeling sun and…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “I touch God in my song” by Rabindranath Tagore
The butterfly counts not months but moments,
and has time enough.
