Lakshmi

Master sculptor brings forth your shining spirit through molding, lost-wax method. Your sublime image illustrated with finesse; patina adding splendor over time. O, enchanting goddess smooth, golden glow mirrors your aura. Qualities shine forth of beauty, charm, grace. Kamala, your beloved face exhibits calm acceptance, a countenance of favor for one and all. Wealth, fortune prosperity [...]

There Came A Day

There came a day I took this way. It changed my life profoundly. Parents and teachers, society and such had taught me things that didn’t resonate much. I had been molded in a way that wasn’t entirely me. I wasn’t quite comfortable, things didn’t make sense. But I questioned and explored and read books that [...]

Beyond the Chakras

Channeling life force Transcend beyond the chakras Find eternal bliss Day Twenty-One of Haiku Challenge: http://pendownmythought.blogspot.com/

Universal Mother

Brilliant, bright light pierces my third eye Awakening my vision as never before Awareness is streaming, There’s no longer separation; I’m in a place of nirvana And the world is at peace. A luminous pale, blue light appeared Dancing radiantly and enveloping me wholly Its energy warmth raises my vibration As I feel my kundalini [...]

Nothing’s impossible for the soul…

“Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.” Swami Vivekananda Reading this quote by Swami Vivekananda changed my whole outlook on “sin”.

My Spiritual Guides

    My first guide was Mother, who taught me to pray then I learned about Jesus and the Christian way. Years later, I discovered Yogananda and his teachings of grace, and many more mystical sages and saints. I embraced Mahavatar Babaji, the Kriya guru, who magically maintained his countenance of about age twenty-two. I’ve [...]

The pure, clear white light…

The following is one of my all time favorite passages from “The Tibetan Book of the Dead”. “Remember the clear light, the pure clear white light from which everything in the universe comes, to which everything in the universe returns; the original nature of your own mind.  The natural state of the universe unmanifest.  Let [...]

Safety Precautions…

When I lived in Boston, during my ashram days in the 70s, I started carrying a police whistle and a small billy club with me.  While walking alone from my house to the main ashram (which was about two blocks away and around the corner) for our morning yoga and meditation sadhana, I had had a frightening [...]