Showing posts with label Nirmala. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nirmala. Show all posts

Thursday, February 23, 2012

words do not come






words do not come
there is no need for profound utterances or
deep truths
here is an ordinary evening
why spoil it with dramatic overstatement

the silence amidst the noise
the gem at the core 
of every experience
is polished by simple attention
into shining magnificence





~ Nirmala
from Gifts with no Giver: A Love affair with Truth




Wednesday, November 9, 2011

too simple for words







truth is too simple for words
before thought gets tangled up in nouns and 
verbs
there is a wordless sound
a deep breathless sigh
of overwhelming relief
to find the end of fiction
in this ordinary
yet extraordinary moment
when words are recognized
as words
and truth is recognized
as everything else




~ Nirmala
with thanks to poetry chaikhana
Nirmala is a contemporary spiritual teacher in the nondualist Advaita tradition. 
He traces his spiritual lineage through Neelam and H.W.L. Poonja to Ramana Maharshi.


Saturday, March 27, 2010

the tired wanderer


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the tired wanderer
loses the strength to go on
and in surrendering to hopelessness
is surprised
to finally feel at home
the troubled philosopher
finds nothing to believe in
and in unexpected silence
just smiles
at the still unanswered questions

the saddened lover
faces the loss of illusion once again
and in dying to passion
falls in love
with love itself




~ Nirmala
from: 'Gifts with No Giver'
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