FACETS OF ENLIGHTENMENT

[Pravin Kumar]

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Facets of Enlightenment

Enlightenment has myriad facets,
Awake - as Awareness Pure,
The end of clinging to all assets,
Of misidentification the cure.

No separate self or free will,
End of seeking - yielding peace,
To the ego a bitter pill,
In which all ‘becomings’ cease.

Past and future lose their hold,
Accepting all, living in the now,
Surrendering to what may unfold,
‘Here in the moment’ is the ‘how’.

Realizing nonduality, for all is one,
Consciousness – Awareness when at rest,
In motion manifesting just for fun,
As cosmic energy filled with zest.

Thus ‘others’ are truly of the same essence,
Leading to universal love divine,
The constant, conscious, perceiving presence,
Common to all, not ‘yours’ or ‘mine’.

So compassion from this naturally appears,
As identification with ‘small self’ goes.
Ending self-concern and existential fears,
Contentment and fulfilment shows.

Freedom, peace and joy appear,
Of The Absolute, no longer veiled,
The source and ground of all that’s here,
By circumstances uncurtailed.

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A poem from 'Poetry From The Simplicity of Awakening' based on a chapter of 'The Simplicity of Awakening'.

I write (and read) these posts, based on my meditations and contemplations, as much for my own benefit as for that of 'others'. For this helps to keep me 'awake' in this illusory, and impermanent, world ... our perception of which is based purely on our physical, and mental, configuration.

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COLIN DRAKE