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After seeing my Gurus in _2011_, _2013_ and _2018_, here is me once again full of thoughts on the way to the place they consecrated and sanctified.
From the line "we are all learners, doers, teachers", it can be inferred that
We are also writers, movers and builders. We build mental structures and
They in turn manifest in the physical plane. Never let your drink taste flat,
Rather, fill your cup to the brim and write the blueprint of you destiny. Mend
Quick from the maladies of our bittersweet past and blossom into the One
Who has no past, and yet knows of the past of one and all and of possible
Futures too. Strive hard to set things in motion, guided by that radiant Sun.
We are not guaranteed of a bright future immediately and yet, it is probable
That if we strive our hardest and learn to collaborate, we can weave the fabric
Of a Life Divine here on Earth (Ea). Perhaps we are only enacting the plans
Of some Divine / Grand Architect with whom we agreed to build brick by brick
The grandeur that can be our tomorrow. Now get up from the sidelines and dance.
Dance on evergreen lawns as the Cosmic Dancer / Goddess did before time
Was established. Equanimity may indeed be the need of the day, and yet emotions
Cascade and eddy within us as we grapple to wrest the meaning of a life sublime.
Focus on the road in front of you, and fight tooth and nail for even small wins.
The Dark Forces are waiting to set upon the steadfast, such is the law of the way,
Yet if our faith is founded in a bedrock of hope and illumined positivity is our nature,
Then glorious will be the battle as we gain inch by inch the LOVE that is here to stay.
So, dear friends maintain poise and a font of dynamism for that should be our stature.
Pieces in "Powers Within:"
- 19. Love An earnest plea to love one another "for it is only when we express love that we become closer to our true self".
- 20. Teeming With Life How the world can be if Builders (Change Agents) were all given a chance to "reshape that stream of activity around us until the possibility of greatness is achieved".
- 23. Perfection Another poem in the Spirit series, Perfection tells us how life can be when we are inspired - "deep seated in our mind it liberates".
- 39. Striving As the poem ends, it makes you ponder "in striving we find we've grown, our hearts widening, - our minds reaching to the far galaxies glimmering".
- 43. Toi For my teachers Sri Aurobindo and Mirra Alfassa, written at their ashram in Pondicherry. "We seem on the brink - of total annihilation our pilot extinguished with no time to pause and think - to follow our highest right as dictated by that voice from within".
- 89. Time travelling Jointly, Outside Auroville. "Come back and let's build that tomorrow - A vision so fierce as to fill our marrow - Remember our true path as once we were led - Blood sweat and tears, so easily shed".
- 189. Dawn On this pristine world your blessings send,O lord
- 199. Warriors Wake up and live ecstatic, Life can be fantastic.
- 5. Musings Musings Interrupted (thoughts on the way to Pondicherry in 2013 - spiritual pilgrimage)
- 12. Let There Be Love Random trip on love and caring for our fellow human.
- 14. Quality A plea not to judge other on religious grounds, but to let a true spirit of harmony reign
- 31. ID 2018 Imran's message / video of Independance Day 2018
- 35. Messages 2020 Messages on Independance day and 2020 Eid
- 1. Cry Liberty
- 2. Joyland Welcome
- 3. Catalyst
- 6. Harmonizing Quality
- 267. Power Supreme A prayer for the power to go out and do good in this world.
- 269. Sensitives On how a brighter future is possible if we let breathe the sensitive side inside us.
- 303. Devakalam Look to your lordand let hisheaven manifest faster.
- 305. WOW I'll help you instead of reeling from the light.
- 323. Matter or Spirit Imploring us to fashion things with our own hands and be filled with passion - for that is when spirit arises in matter.
- 347. Sincerity Embodying a future spirit, this poem speaks of desirable qualities, offering hope that "just when your faith is flagging, an angel appearing... Out of nowhere will give you a boost and you the pinnacle will surmount"
- 349. Let Go2 This one about letting go our lower tendencies and living in the light
- 352. Courage A from the heart confession about my less than perfect self / appreciation for the family that loves and supports me.
- 376. Aspirations Feeling lost, I soon pick up my spirits as I think of my gurus and their legacy
- 390. Ananda About fighting for truth and Mother Earth, this one ends with a strong call to have a day "glorious as we dreamt. When we decided to fight for good"
- 405. Build Another poem inspired by my Gurus, on the special day when I visited the city they sanctified and hallowed.
- 465. The Poets Daemon Enough talk of daemons and sprites and spirits that would possess a poets imagination, lead him to daydream and continually obsess - What these fellows need is some strong grounding in reality.
- 506. Weep Plea from a pacifist to humanity to spread love not be embroiled in hate.