THE BIRD SHALL RETURN

“O! God, please give me
True grace and solace
Every turmoil so that
I can then face.”

Lugubrious tidings,
Catastrophes outside,
Inner misgivings
Still I hide.

That which could have
Set me free
As you said once
Has left my lips
Like a barbaric bird
Wild and carefree

I bow down to you
My quivery hands
Reach out to you
May truth be each word!
When I open my heart to you

And then shall
Your grace
Set me free truly
And peace will light
The darkness clearly

The bird shall
Then return
With wings of Faith
And alight softly
Upon my lips
And through all clutter
My heart will feel
It’s peaceful flutter.


---Shilpi, 28 Dec, 2009

The Taper and the Spiritual illumination

In this article, I would like to talk about the two opposite interpretations(as I perceive it)of a burning candle eventually melting away in thin air.

The first interpretation is that of the candle sacrificing itself to light up the surroundings.(true altruism and feeling of compassion for other beings makes them sacrifice themselves only to let the light burning, to let the show going on...laying out their own lives, eschewing their desires and material prosperity, and doing greater service to world by lighting up the darkness of the world, the darkness of abject poverty, scarcity, darkness of unwise minds, to name a few..)So in a way, when they have the right true intentions to give away the light, they chose to sacrifice and burn willingly and happily(and it is their fears, doubts and miseries which burn away thus cleansing them) and emanating the lasting light, the steady light, the true light, light of the Lord.
The light of sacrifice and love.


The second view is that of a lesser light/glow on candle's outside but inside melts away with each moment. The wax inside burns away and is symbolic of pain (like many people in today's world, glowing up on outside, shining their riches, proud of their bounties assimilated over time in this material world, but inside, hollowing out, burning, and dissolving away due to lack of the spiritual substance). So, here the light is just a reflection and does not has its provenance in candle in deeper sense.That light is just an impermanent light, a light whose glory wont persist long, or give away the true light to the world..
The light of selfishness and pride.

It is to the taper that burneth, sacrificeth, that the Lord shines its light through, making it as His Light.
While, those who hanker after the glow of material pleasures, cause its pseudo-light to enshroud His light. They ultimately burn away, without getting the "Spiritual illumination from the Lord", as they chose to serve themselves rather than the humanity and the Lord.

Does the wax in your taper have the spiritual substance in it?




Act now, chose to illuminate your soul with Him, because He is the Light. And then you shall find your darkest fears, sorrows, doubts, disbeliefs, burn away....



He is the oil which will keep your lamp burning; He is the wax for your taper to shine brilliant lights.




So, what do you choose to be...?
The taper which burns beautifully by free will, hoping for a healed, brighter world....
OR
The taper which, on the inside hollows out, reflecting the glow of its material riches..?.

Jiske aane se....

A song, whose rhythms reverberate in corners of my heart...Since last few days, I seemed to hear the echoes more and realized the song I was trying to remember...a song...romantic.... aromatic...of love....and amazingly refreshing with its music...from an old movie Diljale....listen to it folks...

Jiske aane se - soch raha hoon kis se poochu - Diljale