Poetry Chaikhana Blog

We must be open-minded, open-hearted,
curious, courageous, quiet, poised…
and humble enough to not notice
our own sweet melting.

Let every experience
be fuel for the fire
of love.

Right action heals
in ways that even “success” cannot match.

What can one do but stand
in silent awe of the vision that emerges,
showing us how much bigger we are
than even our best stories?

No story can contain you.

Innocence is not naiveté.
Naiveté must be carefully removed.
Innocence is our true nature.

We become what we love.

Everything else is just movement.

Stillness is
the real praise, and prayer, and presence.

Discover how big the life is
hidden in the small places
that populate each day.

Regardless of belief or faith,
everyone is agnostic
until gnosis.

Psychic stillness is so difficult because it makes us naked
to ourselves.
This is why self-acceptance is essential.
Otherwise, we never give ourselves permission to be still.

The slow realization
of a lifetime lived with attention:
the satisfaction of simple moments.

Even in our stumblings,
in our rebellions and unconsciousness,
there is a smoldering nugget of awareness
that calls out for remembrance.

Absolutism is not an expression of faith,
it is a symptom of a lack of faith.

Find the joy
that quietly glows in your chest,
the joy that glows with brazen disregard
for your lurching tears and laughter.

Being a pacifist
does not mean being a passivist.

Meditation is not what you do,
it is what you are.