This Precious Ground.

 
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The Madness of Mind 

So often,

the madness of the mind

would have you believe

in such

wildly

silly

things:

 

Thinking that you are a fish 

who is thirsty or drowning or,

 

like a ray of sunlight

who is blind and cold or,

 

a pair of lovers who

feel themselves desperately

separate;

 

like two eyes

or two rain drops

falling from the same sky—

 

feeling an impossible distance

as they descend

toward

the

sea.

 

The mind continues to fool you

into accepting such fantasies.

 

As if you were a bird fearing the sky;

with wings that never unfurl,

you might actually forget

to sing

aloud.

 

Or maybe you are like a star

who looks despairingly

into the deep darkness

and thinks of itself

the same in

likeness.

 

The thoughts can perform all sorts

of wonderful miracles like that.

 

Standing in front of you and the world

as a mask or costume

that for a brief

flash of a life

you could

overlook

the very

stuff 

that

 

you

 

are

 

made

 

of

.

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This Precious Ground

 

You,

 

you are at the edge

of a wave

that has been rolling

since before even

time began.

 

The edge,

 

not the end.

 

The wave rolls on and

on and out and

in and you

are now

here…

 

Come down,

 

close to the floor.

 

I know it's dark,

But reach out,

 

find my hand

 

and kiss this

precious ground

with me.

 

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Somehow Seamless

 

I watch and I watch

the fabric carefully

being sewn.

 

Delicate fingertips wisp

from form to form

and I see it all

woven

as one.

 

Woven together,

a time and a space

and a life and a breath.

 

The entire tapestry revealed

in all its elegance and yet...

 

somehow seamless.


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A Fancy Party Trick

 

I do not know

 

who turned on the tap,

 

yet,

 

in an instant,

 

out poured the whole

 

tapestry!

 

A delicate ambrosia

 

permeating every being.

 

Stars strung like ripe fruits across

 

the canopy of the

 

cosmos.

 

Numinous and luminous

 

I could not help but to have certitude

 

that the chaos

 

was all just

 

a fancy

 

party

 

trick.

 

To teach us that balance

 

really means to quiver

 

throughout an

 

eternity that

 

has no

 

center.

 
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About Jayananda:

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Certified ERYT-500 studying in depth in India traditional Hatha, Ashtanga Vinyasa, Satyananda and Sivanada styles of Yoga to bring about an approach based in tradition yet modern in it’s understanding. From the Philosophies of the scriptures to neuroscience and transpersonal therapy we find just how our practice rooted in this quality of meditation will transform our life.

A published author of three works of poetry Jayā’s words have been celebrated as joyful reminders of the path we walk.

Check out one of his poetry books here, and stay tuned for his upcoming poetry book entitled: "Garden of the Stars - Poems from the Play of Life".