
Come as a Breath
1Come as a gold spangled breath of presence A mist of an unseen gold, Out colouring every hue of ‘I’ness […]
Come as a gold spangled breath of presence A mist of an unseen gold, Out colouring every hue of ‘I’ness […]
Recently I stumbled across a singer just by chance – Snatam Kaur. I know music is very subjective and we […]
The veil parted momentarily, To reveal a silver white shore of peace My mind tired, my limbs aching, I longed […]
Always indeed it is the higher Power that acts. Our sense of personal effort and aspiration comes from the attempt […]
Thank you to my distinguished friends, President Amy Gutmann, Provost Vincent Price and Rev. Charles Howard for inviting me to […]
I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest […]
O with what joy do I remember Thee! And with what infinite gratitude recall Thy all-embracing look, Thy wonderous smile, […]
The human body has been sometimes visualised as a chariot with horses as the vital–nervous forces driving it. The rein […]
Man is a strange creature, to say the least. A mix of demon and god, he is yet to find […]
The mental intelligence and its main power of reason cannot change the principle and persistent character of human life, it […]
All sadhana and spiritual effort lays stress on the importance of self-giving to the Divine. But this is not easy […]
Have you noticed how instinctive some of our reactions are? No one has to tell us to behave in such […]
Some of us are not fortunate enough to leave everything and move to the Ashram in sole pursuit of the […]
The Guru once wished to put his disciples through a test. Giving a coconut to each one of them, he […]
What can I worship you with? I tried songs woven with words But the words themselves became a veil behind […]
Having cast aside the trinkets of the world, I lie in His arms contentedly curled. Draping around me His light, […]
Not all of us experience the call to the Path in the same manner. Sri Aurobindo tells us of some […]
Sri Ramakrishna walked across the paddy-fields in the vicinity of the Dakshineswar Temple. A few disciples were with him. To […]
Sadhana in its deepest sense is independent of all outer circumstances. It is our ideas of circumstances and attitude towards […]
As the New Year begins, one wonders what all one can ask for from the Divine. Please God, let it […]
We run, we hide, we pretend we can’t see. But we cannot ever fool ourselves enough into believing that He […]
It is said that the most difficult path to walk on is the one that leads to the Divine. Despite […]
Aspiration A yearning for Thee An infant awareness aspiring Responding timely To a blind faith old A heavy handed silence […]
Why this begging for alms of human love When your sweetness waits to descend from above? Why are my ears […]
There are three kinds of blindness in the world of men. The first is the one which robs a man […]
I hear You breathe In the void of silence Echoes vaguely light Awake and still I sit To miss not […]
Recently, the ruling government in India inducted some fresh faces into the cabinet of which there were some celebrated more […]
Many of us are prone to working better when under pressure – the self imposed or external deadlines induce a […]
We feel that the aspiration we have for the Divine is only in our thoughts and feelings. But is it […]