No remote is available

I have remote for my television
To change the channels and enjoy various programs;

I have remote also to change the stations
In World Space satellite radio to enjoy melodious music;

I can switch on my air conditioner to
Cool my room and myself using a remote;

But no remote is available with me
To operate my mind and moods

So that I can change and channelize them
To be peaceful and blissful always

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Culture!

Culture is like a flowing river
it changes with time;

sometimes changes time too;

as sunlight, water, air and earth
change the seed into a sapling
plant, tree and also tree becomes dead wood;

Culture is the cultivated one
differently at different times;

There is no standard culture

We create, follow, recreate,
demolish, destroy culture
depending on our needs
and compulsions;

Culture is not stagnated water

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The Sleep

The sleep is natural to many
But it denies itself to so many

Sleep is calmness within
When ego rests in The Self

Sleep pervades into
Inner recesses of consciousness
And the awareness recedes

The sleep is silence
To happenings
Within and without of the body
Conscious but unaware

The sleep is the experience of the Self
And The Self is the sleep’s seer
Guide and terminator

The sleep is cessation of

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The Alien Languages

Girls acquire
Lovely curves and shapes
To become youthful
As buds bloom
To be flowers.

Flowers and women are alike;
Both possess bodies soft,
Beautiful and attracting;
Their captivating beauties
Hook one closer angling.

Topsy – turvy streams women are
Speedy, moving, energetic
Cool and refreshing

Their sonorous tone
And soft touch
Thrill and make one
Swim in pleasures of depths

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Silence and Language

Silence is our original composition and speech
Languages are the dresses we wear;

What we convey and understand remains the same
Despite the various languages we use;

Words are clothed senses in silence;
Once we decipher, understanding dawns,
Silence, peace and bliss pervade us;

What we experience, mean, understand, conceive,
think, utter, listen, perceive, understand, experience
Through languages and communication are in essence the same.
The manifestations of Silence;

Silence is Divine Mood
Lord's Speech;

Communication with our Self is Silence;
Communication with the rest is

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The Beauty

Beauty is the bliss
Contained in Five letters
Timeless Infinite;
In feasting the eyes
Harmonious and melodious
To the ears
And in the sweet heart
Which lies behind these Joys;

In the nature
The greenery, the rivers and mountains
The flora and fauna
The full moon

Lies beauty In the union of the hearts

And in the intoxication it creates;
and in their separation
pain and hurt Is present beauty
When we get what we desired

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The Limitations

All of us preach
Only few of us can practice;

All of us search
Only few of us can conclude;

All of us sermon
Only few of us can follow;

All of us are students
Only few of us learn and excel;

All of us re-search
Only few of us can invent or discover;

All of us study
Only few of us can become knowledgeable;

All of us compose poetry
Only few of us are famous as poets par excellence;

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Death - The Greatest Leveler

Death gives no concession
Death spares none;
None can impress death
By being anything
To escape its embrace;

Whoever is born
is certain to die;
Death respects no merit;
Skills in writing poetry
Artistic talents or ideological commitments
Marxist, communist, capitalist, feminist, male chauvinist
Terrorist, scientist;
None can save oneself from death;

The winner in beauty contests
Or delighting participant in fashion pageants,
can not seduce death,
She has to shed the body enthralling
And beauty dissolves into five elements;

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The Secret of Time and its Passage

Memory defeats passage of time

Hurts and pains enliven passed times and events
In the form of aches, and rarely are enlivened pleasant experiences had;

Anxiety, fear, apprehension constitute the future;

Past and future are thought forms
In the present continuous,
Arising out of earlier experiences,
And doubts and imaginations about the imminent,
Are mere mental projections
In the present;

The present continuously changes
Every one tenth of a second
As a pulse series of awareness
Replacing past dissolving into future;

Events took place and the ones we imagine may happen

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The Beautiful Romantic Space

Her heart is a beautiful romantic space
Her friendship is a divine love- message;

Is unforgettable flow of ecstasy
And invitation with bliss-giving beauty;

Is pleasant like simple and plain expression
Is tasty like creamy curd;

Shares companionship and makes mind serene
Lovingly caresses that sweet romantic space;

Such cooling is not available
In Ooty, Kodaikanal or Darjeling

Even doing penance in Himalayas
One can not attain such loving place;

The love and care of my beloved
Are natural flows

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