You have stripped me bare,
And I have cleared this field of love for you.
But where are you? Where are you?
...
Locked in my heart forever, this is my sentence.
A life within myself, when you walk the earth.
Why did you come to torture me so?
You should have stayed in the heavens,
...
You have come to be my mirror,
To show me all that I am.
I should hate you for the pain you have caused me.
But because I love you,
...
My Beloved, you have stripped me bare more than once in this life.
At times, you have left me near lifeless. I could not feel even my own heart beating in my chest.
...
You have turned my days to nights,
And my nights are filled with sorrow and longing.
This is my existence.
...
The seed of love you sewed lifetimes ago
Has blossomed.
Thy petals extend outwards in all directions,
...
Rip the mortal coils of love from me.
Rid me of the deep thorns of desire.
They are all distractions from My One Beloved.
...
The madness of love has struck me.
Beloveds, I am coming for you;
To sing, dance, laugh, cry
...
You are the greatest of love songs.
You are the most perfect rose.
You are the stillness of a full moon sky.
...
You are the eclipse of my heart and mind.
As in the heavens, eclipse of my being you are.
You are the two that become one.
...
Expand me in boundless love.
Take me to the expanse of expression,
And fill me beyond the universe of your creation.
"I will come again, " is what you said.
...
Swami Adi Narayan is a lover of God. His poetic expressions of love emanate from his direct and intimate experiences of union and communion with his Divine Beloved. Each poem is a contemplation, a heart-transmission, and a meditation opening the gateway for the reader to dive deep within themselves and arrive at a place of love, joy and silence. Swami Ji is the author of The Beloved: A Song of Eternal Love, and his work appears in journals such as Harbinger Asylum, STARK, and The Best of Spiritual Writers Network. Visit Swami Ji online at www.swamiadinarayan.com.)
Where Are You
You have stripped me bare,
And I have cleared this field of love for you.
But where are you? Where are you?
Have I erred in my feeling?
Have I erred in my loving?
The pain of aloneness says I have.
Have I misread your desire for me?
Have I gone mad without knowing?
Or, was it just an empty heart's hallucination?
Where is My Love?
Where is My Love?
Just being is the most beautiful thing in the world. No posturing, no pretending, no leaping beyond what your natural gifts are. No regrets nor aspiring to be more. Just being gives peace, gentle joy and gracefulness.
One must do practice in the waking world and become a walking, living, breathing meditator. Not a person just sitting with their eyes closed, but the meditator with his eyes open in the world and acting in the world from a place of peace, compassion, kindness and most importantly, the place of being awareness. Only then does one become a true meditator in life.
True strength does not come from bypassing our suffering. By entering into the eye of the storm and abiding in awareness, there you will gain wisdom and peace. Your suffering is in service to your evolution. It is always doing that very thing. Why not meet it? Face it. And you will evolve from it.
Eyes of love in a loveless world. Blindness would be sweeter.
Become an offering into the river of life
Thank for beautiful poems.