Lalleshwari Poems

Impart not esoteric truth to fools,
Nor on molasses feed an ass.
Do not sow seed in sandy beds,
Nor waste your oil on cakes of bran.
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Tickled by the sparks of Shiva consciousness
On pasing through six chakras to seventh, (the inner Moon)
My desire deepened and I
Moulded my nature by pranayamas: (Deep breathing)
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Thousand times I asked my Guru,
What's HIS name, who's called Nothing?
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Coursing in emptiness,
I, Lalla,
dropped off body and mind,

and stepped into the Secret Self.
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Dying and giving birth go on
inside the one consciousness,
but most people misunderstand
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Why do you grope thus like the blind?
Pray, doubt not what I say to you:
If you are wise, enter within
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Deception, hypocracy, untruth,
I shunned and, to my mind,
I gave the same message,
In my lifetime, I found Him as
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Countless times we come, and
Limitless times we should go,
In movement we should remain,
Day after day and, night after night;
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Which are the flowers and from which florists?
With which flowers should we
Adore HIM in obeisance?
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Keep your mind intent upon
the path that leads to immortality.
Should it stray from the path,
it will fall into evil ways.
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