AWAKENING AND EMOTIONS

[Pravin Kumar]

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Awakening and Emotions

A reader said she could conduct emotion,
Like turning it on and off with a switch.
But they just rise from the ocean,
When witnessed they do not cause a glitch.

She continued that this muting
Of emotions left a wooden feeling,
In Truth they do not need transmuting,
For Awareness never requires healing.

As with This you identify,
Negative emotions will gradually abate,
Some will still come, I can’t deny,
But if not followed they will not grate.

Mental and physical pain are a fact of life,
But Awareness they cannot affect,
With ‘no story’ they cause no needless strife,
Just let them be, no need them to reject.

Emotions add colour to living,
Without them existence could seem dull,
The positive ones much joy are giving,
Whilst on the others we need not mull.

As you awaken your focus will change,
From seeking pleasure gratification,
To accepting ‘what is’, however strange,
And enjoyment of all things in manifestation.

Also love from Eros will tend to transmute,
To Agape, that is for the universal,
Rather than the individual, however cute,
So that one can truly love, and serve, all.
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A poem from 'Poetry From Awakening and Beyond' based on a chapter of 'Awakening and Beyond'. For more see comments on photos.

Colin Drake