The SELF

Concentrate within,

think within, talk within,

search knowledge and wisdom within;

Act motivated from within;

What we are searching

actually lies within.

One really needs no one,

One need not search afar,

One need not travel far,

One need not fall apart;

To find love, to find peace, 
to find knowledge, to find joy, 

to find wisdom; One must only 
reach himself within.

The real journey

Is the journey to

the core of the heart;

the real search is

the search within

oneself.

When the self is conquered

when the Supreme is pleased

The supreme Self is reached;

One is allowed to have peace,

To be tranquil, to be complete,

to be without need,

to be fearless,

To be whole.

Today I am allowed to 

have a glimpse of the self;

today, for a moment, 

I am at peace;

today I am allowed 

to be at the door

of The Kingdom.

A day to celebrate;

For today is one of those days

when I had a glance of joy
seeing His abode.

I am complete, I am joyful;

O Lord, please accept my gratitude,

What have I done that pleased you?

that you gave me such a precious gift;

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Thank you, O Most Merciful One.

Loving Father, 
never let me let go;

You know how weak and fragile

at times I can become;

My arrogance is the hindrance

and my utmost adversary;

The root, the greatest allurement

that brings me around

to everywhere aside from

the place of your most

pleasurable company.

Let me be nearby

this door forever;

Let me be eternally

at this ground remain;

If this is the only place

where I am allowed to be;

If my devotion had but gone

barely up to this heights;

You know very well Most Dear One,

“I am easy, I’m not the kind

who dream there could be more.”

Right now 
my dream is complete; 
As of now, I am satisfied;

Right now this part 
of your mystical ocean

is fit and enough for

the stretching of

 my new found wings.

One day,

I may again dream;

One day, I may again rise;

One day, anew, I'll be restless;

I shall seek for a new horizon,

When my whims can’t be contained;

Freedom is your gift and curse O Lord;
Every action that was done for You,

Good or bad are the same mercy;

No doubt that everything is yours;

So it really doesn't matter 
where it’ll lead me
 as long as you are there.

O Most Restful Wanderer,

who is ever present everywhere;

Everywhere where you are

Is where I’d rather be.