Poetry Chaikhana Blog

Don’t mistake information for knowledge.

Information is important,
but knowledge is the stuff of life.

All objects, all people
that tug at your desire:
unzip them.
See what tumbles out.

Be just selfish enough
to insist on what is
spiritually important to you.

Don’t resent the work.
It gives you the strength to stand
whole and silent
before the Mystery.

How can you settle into yourself
without
self-acceptance?

We are always in trance.
The trick is to shift
from low trance
to high trance.

Learn how to
not be hypnotized
by your own thoughts.

Even our masks reveal us.

We can choose
the world we live in
and the way
we live in the world.

Why strive for the perfect
thought or action?
The perfection you seek
is found in stillness.

Language is the first tool wielded
and the last chain escaped.

The path of forgiveness
is the path of freedom.

Forgiveness is a rebellion
against the ego’s self-importance.

We are interconnected.
Our experiences
are always shared experiences.

It is impossible to settle
into the present
without first cultivating
contentment.

The mediocre and the mundane:
treasures for awareness.

One day all effort will cease
and the Earth shall recognize
its inherent heavenly nature.

Everything is an opportunity
for awareness.