Guest guest Posted June 20, 2003 Report Share Posted June 20, 2003 Namaste! Having mastered the art of profuse verbiage, I've decided to try my hand at pithy poetry. Would anybody care to comment on my first ever poem? Don't worry about my feelings. Dissolve your body Dissolve your brain Melt back into the Infinite Consciousness Like the salt in the sea If you don't like it that much, please be understanding, as I hardly ever read poetry and know little about it. (I do know one thing: a real poem does NOT have to rhyme!) If this poem sounds a bit morbid, please remember that our body and brain WILL dissolve one day. Wise Advaitins know that was always the case. Only the delusion of maya ever gave body and brain their illusory solidity and substance. Also, some critics may say that 'brain' should be replaced by 'mind'. But I kept 'brain' because it has more impact ... this is called 'poetic license'. By the way, where did everybody go on this list? Vacation? Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2003 Report Share Posted June 20, 2003 Hey Benjamin, I like it. But you should put a disclaimer on it: Do not try this at home! ;-) Joe Benjamin Root <orion777ben wrote: Namaste! Having mastered the art of profuse verbiage, I've decided to try my hand at pithy poetry. Would anybody care to comment on my first ever poem? Don't worry about my feelings. Dissolve your body Dissolve your brain Melt back into the Infinite Consciousness Like the salt in the sea If you don't like it that much, please be understanding, as I hardly ever read poetry and know little about it. (I do know one thing: a real poem does NOT have to rhyme!) If this poem sounds a bit morbid, please remember that our body and brain WILL dissolve one day. Wise Advaitins know that was always the case. Only the delusion of maya ever gave body and brain their illusory solidity and substance. Also, some critics may say that 'brain' should be replaced by 'mind'. But I kept 'brain' because it has more impact ... this is called 'poetic license'. By the way, where did everybody go on this list? Vacation? Om! Benjamin Sponsor Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ To Post a message send an email to : advaitin Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2003 Report Share Posted June 20, 2003 Namaste Sri Benjamin: When the person attempts to write poems, that is a good indicator of spiritual maturity. The poet always writes the poem for his/enjoyment but he/she is well connected to the world and brings joy to everyone. The poets have dissolved their mind and body and they are more aware than ordinary people about their surroundings. I suggest that some poems of Rabindranath Tagore, a great poet from India (who is also a Vedantin) can provide the necessary inspirations to improve your poetry! Two examples and a list of sites with his poems are provided below. Enjoy! Warmest regards, Ram Chandran Where the Mind is without Fear ============================== Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action-- Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake. A Mind All Logic: ================= A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. Websites with Tagore's writings: http://hasok.tripod.com/writings-1.html advaitin, Benjamin Root <orion777ben> wrote: > > Namaste! > > Having mastered the art of profuse verbiage, I've decided to try my > hand at pithy poetry. > > Would anybody care to comment on my first ever poem? Don't worry > about my feelings. > > > Dissolve your body > Dissolve your brain > Melt back into the Infinite Consciousness > Like the salt in the sea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2003 Report Share Posted June 21, 2003 Namaste Sri Ram! This demonstrates the legendary tolerance of Hindus, that I was encouraged instead of scolded for that silly poem! I have been meaning to read the legendary Tagore for quite a while, and your advice presents the perfect occasion. I might add that in addition to being a Vedantin, he also won a Nobel Prize in Literature. More info at: http://www.nobel.se/literature/articles/sen/index.html Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2003 Report Share Posted June 21, 2003 Namaste: We the human beings express less toleance in comparison to all other species in the nature. Our life is full of unforeseen events where we have no control over them. However instead of accepting the facts of life, we want to resist those fact. Jnanis accept the facts with zero resistance and avoid disappointments and overexcitements. Our acceptance of facts of life is mixed. Sometimes we accept them with some initial resistance (tolerance). At other times, we couldn't cope up with the facts, first try to hide them, pretend as though it didn't happen, and finally anger bursts out from the generated heat from our resistance (intolerance). The legendary tolerance of Hindus could be attributed to the lessons that they learnt from the Upanishadic wisdom - "Don't force the world to change; the only change that the world needs is you!" Warmest regards, Ram Chandran advaitin, Benjamin Root <orion777ben> wrote: > > Namaste Sri Ram! > > This demonstrates the legendary tolerance of Hindus, that I > was encouraged instead of scolded for that silly poem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2003 Report Share Posted June 22, 2003 Namaste! Sri Ram said: >The legendary tolerance of Hindus could be attributed >to the lessons that they learnt from the Upanishadic wisdom >- "Don't force the world to change; the only change that >the world needs is you!" I think this statement goes much deeper than may appear at first sight. Often those who preach peace and meditation are accused of social irresponsibility. 'People are hungry and dying from war and disease', they say. 'We need to fix those social problems first before worrying about a silly luxury like religion or spirituality', they say. I believe that social problems and even environmental problems ultimately arise from our disturbed minds. If everybody was seriously pursuing inner peace, then problems would solve themselves. People would start to trust each other and to be more honest about themselves, and even the most intractable problems, such as the Mideast or Kashmir or poverty, would start to get better. In most conflicts, the guilt is rarely all on one side. For example, in the Mideast, one can blame the locals for religious intolerance and a refusal to embrace democratic values and human rights. (Even with repressive dictatorships locking dissidents up, it is still discouraging to see so few signs of a hidden desire for humanitarian principles.) But on the other hand, it is true that the Western powers have been greedy in the past with imperialism and today with putting security and oil needs ahead of everything else (so that e.g. they are too willing to form alliances with said dictatorships). Well, I guess I am veering into politics, which is out of the scope of this list, but the main point is that with an all around lack of spirituality and sincere desire for peace and cooperation and integrity, everybody ends up being guilty of contributing to some extent to the general trouble. And if wars were eliminated, immense resources would be freed up for education and social progress. But the rich must care about the welfare of society (e.g making generous scholarships available), and the poor must also be serious about education and abiding by the law (no theft, looting, riots, insolence or violence in class, refusal to study, etc.). So the point is that in many concrete ways, the world's problems mostly emanate from an all-around refusal to pursue a spiritual life of inner peace and meditation and outward responsibility regarding our duty to society. These two aspects are, of course, closely related, with the outer proceeding from the inner. Utopia starts within. Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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