The Light needs no Illumination
without ego, there’s no fight
Give up your battle for salvation
know yourself as boundless Light
We seek nirvanic exaltation
raising life-force to the top
engaged in sacred incantation
karma’s rolling wheel to stop
We practice with determination
scared of world that seems insane
We sit for hours in meditation
eager to escape the pain
through silence, lost in contemplation
source of suffering to find
pursuing quest of liberation
prisoners of our own mind
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Prisoners of our own mind
pursuing quest of liberation
source of suffering to find
through silence, lost in contemplation
Eager to escape the pain
we sit for hours in meditation
Scared of world that seems insane
we practice with determination
Karma’s rolling wheel to stop
engaged in sacred incantation
raising life-force to the top
we seek nirvanic exaltation
Know yourself as boundless Light
give up your battle for salvation
Without ego, there’s no fight
the Light needs no Illumination
Author notes
prompt : Freedom
an approach to the subject of "jivanmukti"
jivanmukta: (Sanskrit) "Liberated soul"
A being who has attained nirvikalpa samadhi - the realization of the Self, Parasiva - and is liberated from rebirth while living in a human body. (Contrasted with videhamukta, one liberated at the point of death.) This attainment is the culmination of lifetimes of intense striving, sadhana and tapas, requiring total renunciation, sannyasa (death to the external world, denoted in the conducting of one's own funeral rites), in the current incarnation.
While completing life in the physical body, the jivanmukta enjoys the ability to reenter nirvikalpa samadhi again and again. At this time, siddhis can be developed which are carried to the inner worlds after mahasamadhi. Such an awakened jnani benefits the population by simply being who he is. When he speaks, he does so without forethought. His wisdom is beyond reason, yet it does not conflict with reason. Nor does he arrive at what he says through the process of reason, but through the process of ajna-chakra sight.
See: jivanmukti, jnana, kaivalya, moksha, Self Realization, Sivasayujya, videhamukti, enlightenment
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Metered Mirror Rhyme in alternating iambic pentameter (with feminine endings) and trochaic tetrameter (with masculine endings)
rhyme scheme : abab acac adad aeae – eaea dada caca baba
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my column suggesting how to play with this form :
http://allpoetry.com/column/show/2191585
my list of poems using Metered Mirror Rhyme :
http://allpoetry.com/list/53255-METERED-MIRROR-RHYME
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border : "sri ma anandamayi"
meet ma anandamayi :
http://www.anandamayi.org/
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Hello Maa.
This is another great piece. Excellent work, some great lines, containing much wisdom, and with multiple meanings which will come to the reader when it is time for them to know it. Only thing I would say or should I say ask is, are you scared of this world, or thankful for it? Great work.
My regards.
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Outstanding and beautiful both words and flow strong imagery this is a lovely form I have read this form before and you have out done yourself just a wondeful take on the prompt Freedom shines on this is stuning a true show of talent love all the author notes thank you for entering
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Brilliant metered mirrored rhyme! I especially loved the way you used both yin and yang in true balance of your thoughts. Reading this both ways gives it very subtle "other"meanings. Your very first line set the tone for the entire penning and it held all truth. Best wishes, my spiritual guide.
Namaste, Blessed Be!
Shana
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Wow!
This is deep!!!! It will take me a few days to mull it over, but I like the theme!
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I can't even imagine the difficulty
of this form. I look at it and try to imagine doing a piece like that. You are fearless in attempting form poetry. Plus, you shared the depth of your thought in it. So, I'll just enjoy and give the nice smiling lady three dancing applauding bunnies.
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The part of me that's a monk and hermit responds to this even while I'm intellectually questioning some of it. All roads lead to the light regardless. Your poem contains the spark of divine light and is refreshing and revitalising. I would have preferred your prompt, mine's chaos!
Peace Georgia
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maa,
your sense of discipline
creates beautiful order.
Your beliefs shine through
the rhythmic lines, reflecting
maa.
Truly enlightening.
Aesthete
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It seems so easy when you write; the form reinterprets the lines for added depth. I enjoyed the repetition of rhymes on Illumination in every stanza.
I have experienced this too - I'm not there yet, but struggle did not move me further ahead.
Best of luck in the challenge.
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