Poetry Chaikhana Blog

We need to retrain our eyes to see
the spaces between and the secrets behind.

Ask: “What does the Eternal One
want to experience
through me?”

Faith is recognizing that we are always, irrevocably
being drawn into the Divine Embrace.

Grace is what occurs
when we stop obstructing that natural process.

Anything that is beyond question
should immediately be questioned.

The great burden in life
is the false self.
Drop it and see
how limitless you are.

The mystic’s awareness
does not sift reality,
it bathes in it.

The space of uncertainty
is where magic happens.

Relax
until you find yourself saying —

this moment is enough.

It is the struggle to attain spiritual awakening
that makes us strong enough to actually receive it.

Knowing our work, let’s be impatient to begin
and supremely patient in its accomplishment.
Knowing our work, what cause is there
for anything but joy in turning to it each day?

In your pursuit of God,
sometimes — you must be extreme;
always — you must be supremely balanced.

Awareness settles into the heart,
touching everything
without reaching out to do so.

Sure, there may be changes worth making —
in your life, in the world.
At the same time, courageously, even foolishly,
accept what is.

Remember: Language
is not your first language.

Faith has nothing to do with belief.
Faith is surrendering
your fears and hopes
to the Divine Life flowing through you.

When everything is deliberate,
everything works together
to awaken the awareness of liberation.

The solution to religious extremism
is to reawaken that sweet, secret, sacred bliss within,
to gently and generously share it with others,
to create environments that invite
the continuing quest.