Poetry Chaikhana Blog

When we don’t practice gratitude,
the world around us seems alien and unwelcoming,
and we shut down in self-protection.

Gratitude opens us to reality.

The final key
to the final door
is finally found within yourself.
This is the rule.

Action proceeds from stillness.

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

A true seeker is only satisfied
with direct perception.

As long as you have compassion
you can’t be far off course.

Each step
is part of the journey.

May our eyes see, though our hearts break.
May our hearts break, that they may open.
May our hearts bleed, that we know
life flows through them.

Even our masks reveal us.

We spend most of our lives striving so hard
to earn our own permission to be at rest
where we are
— when we could have done it all along.

bliss heals

We embody
each other.

Real freedom carries the flavor of timelessness.

Do that
which makes your life
holy.

Balance must be discovered
anew
each day.

Every word is an incantation,
each thought a spell.
Use your magic
wisely.

A miracle isn’t an event or an experience.
It is a moment of recognition:
We glimpse the wider reality,
and what we witness washes us away.