465 The Poets Daemon
While we usually speak of exercising demons inside
And finding an inspiring muse, to, our verse guide,
We forget the value of the demon that strengthens us
And fume and fret and think of new ways to simply fuss.
For often in our lusting for recognition we forget to let
The pen flow, as lightning fast we free ourselves and get
Closer to finding that authentic swing that will allow
An expression of the Future Poetry, as The Divine in us does sow.
In an enchanting tale of travel across the worlds I once read,
About how consciousness wielded properly could have you led
From one world to another where, in some, daemons existed
As real life animal personas you could talk to and not be twisted
By this or other asuric force, they spoke to your heart
As a whisper of your soul or psyche, leading you to depart
From the beaten path and instead awaken to the inner light
Whereby you'd learn to dance in swirls and eddies, to your delight.
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,
Where the stark pain of every last creature can be healed of the world's insanity.
What | Info |
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Topic | Powers Within |
Date | 11 Sep 2022 |
Work | impelled |
Collection | walk |
Dedication | MSA |
Category | Spirit |
RhymeScheme | Consecutive |
Description | 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. |
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.