Subtleties of Karma

The Law of Karma prevails till a purpose is to serve
Handing out in just measure whatever we do deserve
Until we are not one with our own breath
The cycle repeats itself; birth and death

It surpasses every line of defense
Seems blind and brutal; but not to take offense
It is equal to all; it knows no difference
Subtly it works driven by Love immense

Else how can we explain a little babe born lame?
What has it done to deserve such blame?
Unfold the past; there lies the reason
Those in suffering, take heart, those are the chosen

The fruits of our actions are what we have in hand
We fret and fume because we fail to understand
Conscious actions; in our minds we ought to keep
Seers of yore have said, “What you sow, so you reap”

Karma sees to it that energy follows thought
Suffering can end if the mind is brought to naught
Self enquiry and contemplation transpires
What a waste it is to hold selfish desires

Any of our actions will never go in vain
Unknowingly we inflict upon another pain
There is no other; only a collective conscious Self
So what we do unto another, we do unto our self

The past need not project into the future
The present is the gift we are given to nurture
Accepting the present; the past it can dissolve
The purpose of Karma is this; that all of us evolve

19th Oct 2009

Musings

Not to be in need of anything or another to be at peace is  liberation.

Breaking Free

Breaking Free  

Caught up in life quite mundane
Searching for true happiness, finding only pain
I’m forced to live where I can not be me
I wish I could just break free

Competition everywhere for which I don’t care
It’s not true that I can not dare
The joy of life robbed to prove our ability
I wish I could just break free

We fight for a nickel, we fight for a dime
We fight for space and for time
We fight for imaginary boundary
I wish I could just break free

In the past has been waged many a war
Many a time not knowing what we fight for
So inhuman, cruel and gory
I wish I could just break free

I dream of a land peaceful and serene
Unpolluted, calm, pure and clean
Living a life which produces no debris
I wish I could just break free

Drinking from streams which are crystal clear
Wandering about anywhere without any fear
Verdant expanses of land with many a fruit tree
I wish I could just break free

Lying under the moonless sky gazing at stars
Or at the full moon with all its scars
Late into the night till it all becomes bleary
I wish I could just break free

It’s beautiful though with all the strife
With what’s amiss if accept life
With whatever there is if we agree
It’s not in the future, we are already free.

26.07.2009
Pepal Tree