Dil Se

I am depressed and I am crying

For the people today are often lying.

They crush and trample to reach to the top

Nothing you can do to make them stop.

Greed for money and need for more

True love for that they will forego.

Money and power is all they want

Desperate they are if they simply can’t.

They forget the favours and obligations

They don’t care about any repercussions.

When their object is finally achieved

They don’t care if you are deceived.

You may then from any roof-top shout

For them you are now used and out.

Will You be my Valentine God

Not just today but everyday, I pray.

Wake up in bed with You beside me

You hug me, I embrace you

How heavenly would that be!

I dress up beautiful and do the right things

To keep you happy so your affection doesn’t tilt

I say “I LOVE YOU” everyday

You do things to protect me in every way

The smell of your roses is so divine

Everything around is so sublime.

Today you walk with me

And we go to the beach

I look at the waves

And enjoy things once beyond my reach.

We danced to celestial music

Tonight and every night

You hold me and I embrace you nice and tight

Your face is so gentle – O! so kind

There is no one else like You, I can ever find.

This romance between us should last lifetime and beyond

I will do everything to keep you within me and around.

Will You be my Valentine God?

Not just today but everyday I pray.

Yesterday I had a vision of Him

Coming down from the skies above us

The room was shining with His divine light

All around so clear and bright.

I stood there motionless

He put his mantle on my head. He smiled

A smile that would light the entire universe

I asked Him where He came from

He is always around He replied.

In the humming of the birds

In the shuffle of the leaves

In the music of the hymns

In the sunrise and the sunset.

In the tide of the waves

In the drops of the rain

In every church, mosque or temple

In all animals as in every human.

It is only Him and Him alone

Stretch your hand and you will reach Him

Close your eyes and you will see Him

Open the window of your heart and you will find Him.

But then why are His humans fighting

For Him, when it is only Him in different forms?

They do not realize that The Creator of the universe

Cannot be confined to a single house.

He is everywhere, He has no boundaries

Feel Him, see Him, experience Him

Desire to be with Him

“Those with true love and desire for me

Shall always find me anywhere they be”

Saying this he went away

Leaving behind Him a train of light.

So peaceful and serene the thought even today

When oh when will everything be this way.

Recite the name of the great good Lord

Everything else is then of no accord.

Recitation of “Naam” is of highest merit

With it eternal joy, peace, divine wisdom you inherit.

Happy is the man who in his heart “Naam” he cherishes

Grief, disease, greed of maya, then simply perishes.

Mool Mantra – “Naam” is God, the sole supreme being

the perfect personality

The creator, the sustainer, the ultimate reality.

He is eternal truth, protector of the universe the unincarnated

He is fathomless, timeless, limitless, with no malice added.

When Naam resides in you

Everything worth desiring is bestowed on you.

Men of God cherish His name

Detached they are from grief, joy or fame.

Humility now becomes their great quality

The true souls then serve all humanity.

Faith in the Lord gives inner strength

Transitory is worldly pleasure His name is real wealth.

Contemplation of the name divine

With meditation reach a stage pure and sublime.

He in whose heart resides divine name

Nectar flows from his words – he earns true fame.

It is through divine grace, we discover true Guru Himself

Through Him we find God within ourselves..

With loving devotion when we recite

To attain “Param – Pad” is then insight.

Company of pious people helps to achieve this goal

These Gurmukhs are at one with God’s supreme soul.

When you reach that beautiful stage

You see only Him in every one and every place.

You are then free from transmigration

This is the road to complete salvation.

Bestowed upon us is this precious gift of His

Sukhmani – the Ultimate Jewel of Bliss.

Dear Lord

Salutations to you – The Eternal, The Merciful

The King of Kings, Master of every destiny.

I love you with all my heart dear Lord

You are the source of love and life dear Lord.

I need you constantly

I miss you deeply.

I love you with great intensity

I want to be in a state of ecstasy.

I want to see you – The invincible

Though I know you are invisible.

For you are the faith of humanity

None can fathom your mystery.

The light of every soul

To see you forever is my goal.

The sweetness of every nectar

Our Lord and protector.

I long to be with you

As the love of all longing is only you.

You are the cause of all unions

Yet I long for our communion.

You are the source of creation companion, existence

To whom the greatest bow in reverence.

Mysterious are your ways

You are beyond time and space.

Forever I see is only you

In my eyes in my words in everything I do.

You the sovereign of three universes or more

Pure and Perfect splendid in your grandeur.

I cannot touch you in form or whole

Yet I can feel your strength in my soul.

You are the Lord of knowledge and wisdom

So tell me who am I from where do I come?

Why have you put me in this cycle of birth rebirth?

What is my purpose on this earth?

As you are the source of all happiness too

Grant me the happiness to be with you.

I long for you to take me in your arms

Or place the mantle on my head

I will know then I am blessed.

Blessed to be your precious one

When my work in this world is done

I will know you are there to hold me then.

Hold my hand and be by my side

Hold my hand and be my guide.

Guide me to the ways of the other world then

Till then my longing for you will never end.

Do the wicked realize their deeds

The pain and anguish they cause

Do they realize that all this leads

To nothing but their downfall.

They have all the reason

To justify every action

They do not think it is wrong

Not even for a fraction.

They are cunning and conniving

They scheme and they plot

Nothing you can do

To make them stop.

They will lie through their teeth

To get what they need

They do all the wrongs with a straight face

And will not care about any disgrace.

They will use any means

To achieve their desire

Their actions then are akin

To those of a vampire.

Evil within is reflected outside

Hardcore faces have cruelty inside

The end for these people is really bad

The plight of theirs is now so sad.

It is then too late to help them out

They may even cry or shout

Heaven and hell is here on this earth

Nothing is left for birth or rebirth.

Wicked exist in the world they say

Is the price that goodness has to pay

For if only good remain to stay

Who would appreciate goodness today.

Hence the wicked, wild and their “wonderful” ways

Are what some people still choose to adopt these days.

Good thoughts in your head

Positivity in the mind

Desire to connect

Forever with the divine.

Smile on your face

Prayers on your lips always

Love in your heart

Gratitude for His grace.

Meditate on His name to be one with Him

Discover then another world within

Let your thoughts be sublimed by the spirit of God

The only way to be with the Lord.

Sublimity is the echo of the soul

To reach there is the ultimate goal

These are the ingredients that play a great role

For the diet I know of mind and soul.

This morning when I went within myself

I saw a little figure close to my heart

Smiling waving, with a twinkle in the eye

Simple yet naughty sometimes

Sweet yet serene

I went deeper to see who it could be

Is this reflection of me or is this.

Him residing within me?

Why are we born on this earth – this planet force?

Why are we created?

When we ultimately merge with the source?

Why are we puppets with strings in His Hands?

To move us how and where He can.

Why is our life pre-ordained?

Why actions by us are by Him determined?

Why does the sun rise when the moon sets?

Why seasons change and winds blow west?

Why the cyclones, why the earthquakes?

Why the pandemic with growing pace?

I am blessed with everything

Though all belongs to Him – I own nothing

I have no cause to criticize or complain

Yet I have this question simple and plain.

What is the reason behind our existence?

Is it simply to enjoy His benevolence?

Why are we in this temporary destination?

Why this exercise is the question?

We work hard and rest a while

But is this all completely futile?

Who then are we and what is our purpose?

Is it only for spiritual discourse?

Why are our lives so varied?

Pleasure and pain both are carried.

Why are some poor and others rich then?

Why are some birds, some animals, others women and men?

What is the story of Karma, birth and re-birth?

These are mysteries of life to unearth.

Each being has a different purpose in life

Each being has a different message to recite

Different theories people propound

Mind, body and soul connection to be found

Disconnect mind and body and the soul will answers find

As you are then free from pains of body and mind.

If this theory is actually true

Then maybe we should meditate more too

Find ourselves deep within us

And get the answers that we must

To reach this stage is not very easy

With the life we lead that is so busy.

Find the time and delve within selves

And what we discover may be answers themselves

May be I am ignorant I do not know

Will some wise man explain me though?

Is this the theory I want to know

Will the Good Lord tell me so?

Old age can also be a lot of fun

To share experiences with the young

To forewarn and forearm us of what lies ahead

To help and guide us through the times we dread

To teach us from the varied experiences

So that we have less grievances.

To tell the young what is at stake

So that we do not make the same mistake

Each grey hair has a story to tell

Each wrinkle has thought to sell.

Then why do some dread this stage of life?

Be it either a husband or a wife.

Why is old age bespectacled and shriveled up?

Hunch back and hard of hearing

Incessant and incoherent chatter

Which has really no bearing.

Why does it seem all sickly and senile?

Everything around to become futile

It has its problems it has its plight

Nothing to which we cannot put up a fight.

Why can we not accept it?

Why is it depressing?

It is simply coming closer to God

That in fact is progressing.

It is a stage to sit and relax

Rocking grandchildren on their backs

Time to enjoy away from the mad race

Knowing the world and its true face.

It is a stage to give into new order

And look for horizons now much broader

Oozing with love and serenity

It is almost near divinity.

Love everyone and live in peace

Enjoy the nature and the breeze

Think of the Lord and pray for everyone

Old age can also be a lot of fun!