Guest guest Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 ODE TO TSUNAMI You came uncalled To sweep us in your folds And drag us to depths unknown. You came uncalled To crush our dreams And snatch treasures >From our helpless hold. Tsunami! We had heard of you In our school days As one striking far off lands And seen you in movies That our wizards make To fill their coffers full As a speeding wall That makes humans flee To the safety of mountain heights. But never even in the worst Of our nightmares Did we ever suspect You would give us a breakfast call To smash our little tea-cups Filled with care and mirth And topple sunshades of comfort Along havens we frequent To watch delightful sunsets. Never did we suspect You are ruthlessly careless To wipe off the ones Who look at the sun And plead every morn For nothing but light alone. Tsunami, why were you So unkind and cruel Even to babes Hugging their moms In blissful slumber In forlorn huts Along our golden coasts? You are madness unleashed To upend our dreams Upturned on a brittle world Where no more are granted Method and sense of certainty. For we now suspect the breeze For the storm, the murmur of the sea For dangers unknown, Whose bosom with carefree ease Our folks used to fathom For pearls and wisdom >From days unknown. The sea was our mother And now she has frowned; The wrinkles on her face Make us shudder and flee Like ants before the storm On to safer yet uncertain planes. A delight on our TV screens, Tsunami, overnight You have become a mortal fright. We dare no more entertain Faith on this lonely oasis Of the cosmos, where till you came Certainty was our walking stick. Roofless in these wintry nights, While we shiver on shaky heights Of temporary comfort Away from the seas, A tsunami surges in our hearts To sing and roar an ancient song. A song of wisdom we forgot In our haste for false comforts, Rampage for wealth and might Powered by false sense of right, Blood for blood we paid, Head for head we reaped And shamed the beasts we caged. For we were cocksure All morns are full of sunshine Just made for our comfort, For we took it granted Paradise was our right, Till you came, Tsunami, With your teaching stick. We call you an act of God And yet pursue our erstwhile wonts As though it is all that He wants. We count the pennies lost As we rummage our flattened coasts And rebuild the resorts lost Shedding tears for have-nots. Lo, bereft our inside lies Lost of the Light that shines Tsunamis and the like Alike like sunshine and delight. Teach us, Tsunami, again Waving your powerful whip That shine and cloud are alike, So are feared death and birth, In the bosom of the Lord Where breeze and hurricane originate Sing your song again and again To our mortal deafness So we hearken To the Godness we are, So we don't shiver And mourn when again Our morns fail to shine. Make us sing this song, Again and again, So we shall face With a tight upperlip The destiny of the dinosaurs If He so wills. For, we then no more fear Extinction on this oasis As we sure will survive As the spark that shines The world and the tsunami you. PraNAms. Madathil Nair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 hariH OM! dear friends, i was about to post the following when i noticed nair-ji's extraordinary ODE TO TSUNAMI.. i will post it since it [sychronistically] may represent, in part, a commentary for it. we are all heartstruck by the human suffering as a result of this disaster, and rightly so. it is in our livingrooms every day and night on tv. however, what is out of sight does not affect us? every day there are colossal tragedies. an average of over 120,000 people die *each day* from malnutrition alone. it is only when the media brings tragedy to our attention that we are moved and compassion arises! as per our List objectives, i would like to point out that in fact oftentimes the world can teach us enormously valuable lessons about the very path to moksha! how does this particular event reveal such applicable significance? i offer this theory as a premise for my point: [i believe that] the Earth itself is a living Being with virtually all the characteristics of the archetypal jiva, complete with all the attending chakras and koshas. and if we pay attention to its various natural events, they usually reveal obvious and important lessons. (e.g. the 4 hurricanes in florida and the floods in texas have meanings i won't go into....) however, this tsunami event reveals the following: it occurred in the midst of tourist season. tourists are usually affluent. affluence implicates the penchant for prosperity. prosperity of material possessions. such possessions are rooted in two things: the belief that happiness can be derived thereof; and the belief that such confers status. status is the aggrandizement of the ego. therefore money is NOT the ROOT of all "evil," it is the ego that is the true root of "evil." (i put evil in quotes because i do not ascribe to such, for its meaning implies "one knowingly performing ill-conceived action(s)." such is an oxymoronic idea! for, true knowledge is incapable doing harm. the ego is the cause of all human strife, from the individual to the collective: the personal ego, the familial, racial, cultural, religious and national ego. it creates flags, badges, anthems and sects. it divides and conquers. and unless it becomes attenuated soon, our planet, under the directive of sanatkumara, will have no choice but to teach us the lesson the hard way. and the USA will be the first hit, precisely because of the phenomenon of ego --> status - -> greed --> money mobilization/monopolization. namaste, frank __________________ advaitin, "Madathil Rajendran Nair" <madathilnair> wrote: > > ODE TO TSUNAMI > > You came uncalled > To sweep us in your folds > And drag us to depths unknown. > You came uncalled > To crush our dreams > And snatch treasures > From our helpless hold. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Dear Madathil Nair, thank you for the message.... Everybody is concerned about the Tsunami... let us pray for peace and harmony.... Regards and love Marc advaitin, "Madathil Rajendran Nair" <madathilnair> wrote: > > ODE TO TSUNAMI > > You came uncalled > To sweep us in your folds > And drag us to depths unknown. > You came uncalled > To crush our dreams > And snatch treasures > From our helpless hold. > > Tsunami! We had heard of you > In our school days > As one striking far off lands > And seen you in movies > That our wizards make > To fill their coffers full > As a speeding wall > That makes humans flee > To the safety of mountain heights. > > But never even in the worst > Of our nightmares > Did we ever suspect > You would give us a breakfast call > To smash our little tea-cups > Filled with care and mirth > And topple sunshades of comfort > Along havens we frequent > To watch delightful sunsets. > > Never did we suspect > You are ruthlessly careless > To wipe off the ones > Who look at the sun > And plead every morn > For nothing but light alone. > > Tsunami, why were you > So unkind and cruel > Even to babes > Hugging their moms > In blissful slumber > In forlorn huts > Along our golden coasts? > > You are madness unleashed > To upend our dreams > Upturned on a brittle world > Where no more are granted > Method and sense of certainty. > > For we now suspect the breeze > For the storm, the murmur of the sea > For dangers unknown, > Whose bosom with carefree ease > Our folks used to fathom > For pearls and wisdom > From days unknown. > > The sea was our mother > And now she has frowned; > The wrinkles on her face > Make us shudder and flee > Like ants before the storm > On to safer yet uncertain planes. > > A delight on our TV screens, > Tsunami, overnight > You have become a mortal fright. > We dare no more entertain > Faith on this lonely oasis > Of the cosmos, where till you came > Certainty was our walking stick. > > Roofless in these wintry nights, > While we shiver on shaky heights > Of temporary comfort > Away from the seas, > A tsunami surges in our hearts > To sing and roar an ancient song. > > A song of wisdom we forgot > In our haste for false comforts, > Rampage for wealth and might > Powered by false sense of right, > Blood for blood we paid, > Head for head we reaped > And shamed the beasts we caged. > > For we were cocksure > All morns are full of sunshine > Just made for our comfort, > For we took it granted > Paradise was our right, > Till you came, Tsunami, > With your teaching stick. > > We call you an act of God > And yet pursue our erstwhile wonts > As though it is all that He wants. > We count the pennies lost > As we rummage our flattened coasts > And rebuild the resorts lost > Shedding tears for have-nots. > Lo, bereft our inside lies > Lost of the Light that shines > Tsunamis and the like > Alike like sunshine and delight. > > Teach us, Tsunami, again > Waving your powerful whip > That shine and cloud are alike, > So are feared death and birth, > In the bosom of the Lord > Where breeze and hurricane originate > > Sing your song again and again > To our mortal deafness > So we hearken > To the Godness we are, > So we don't shiver > And mourn when again > Our morns fail to shine. > > Make us sing this song, > Again and again, > So we shall face > With a tight upperlip > The destiny of the dinosaurs > If He so wills. > For, we then no more fear > Extinction on this oasis > As we sure will survive > As the spark that shines > The world and the tsunami you. > > PraNAms. > > Madathil Nair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Namaste dear Sri Nair: Yes Indeed! that it is! It is He who made Tsunami, It is He who made you to sing! It is He who injected the Kindness Through illusive calamities and Forced us to act spontaneously, And to offer our help and support to Those that need the most! Let me thank Him by thanking you! Warmest regards, Ram Chandran advaitin, "Madathil Rajendran Nair" <madathilnair> wrote: > > ODE TO TSUNAMI > > ..... > Make us sing this song, > Again and again, > So we shall face > With a tight upperlip > The destiny of the dinosaurs > If He so wills. > For, we then no more fear > Extinction on this oasis > As we sure will survive > As the spark that shines > The world and the tsunami you. > > PraNAms. > > Madathil Nair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 advaitin, "frank maiello" <egodust> wrote: > > hariH OM! dear friends, > > i was about to post the following when i noticed nair-ji's > extraordinary ODE TO TSUNAMI.. > > i will post it since it [sychronistically] may represent, in part, a > commentary for it. > > [...] > > i offer this theory as a premise for my point: [i believe that] the > Earth itself is a living Being with virtually all the ... > [...] > > namaste, > frank > namaste shri Frank-ji, You have expressed beautifully the thoughts that I also to for a long time. I believe quite firmly that the Earth indeed is a living vibrant being. She can wipe us all out at a moment's notice with a simple flick of Her hand. We the humans are just a small patch of irritation on Her skin, a small infestation in patches scattered around on the skin. As the tsunami and other actions of the mother Earth have shown over the history, this sort of skin irritation can be got rid of, not even requiring an antibiotic, but a simple shower or a local wash. The humans once they start thinking that they rule the Earth will be and are given lessons to curb the ego and recognize their very tiny place and role in the Earth's activities. They should learn to live in harmony not only among themselves but also with other things both caitanya and jaDa that make Earth their home. I share your thoughts fully as expressed in your post. My congratulations also to shri madathil-ji for such a spontaneous poem. Regards Gummuluru Murthy -------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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