RESPONSE TO THE RAGES

On this Gaura Purnima Day I offer this poem:

There is a major unrest on the globe

Public air travel has somewhat slowedReplaced by war missiles in the sky

At a speed that defies species that fly

Hatred has escalated to a major peak

Reducing mountains to a level that's meek

Such rages arise from a misidentification

Perceiving spirit as self is clarification

The mammoth lie is to say "the body is me"

When sticky attachments do not permit one to see

But who wants a pat answer to any problem?

Simplistic, unscientific sentiments are unwelcome

What if trying to tame the mind applies

Where misunderstandings have their goodbyes?

I'm not suggesting to abolish brute defense

That would absolutely make no sense

Cool heads can invoke a pleasant surprise

Through pro-active dialogue comes compromise

Repetitiousness is history's specialty

Let that soul exercise its naked reality

And declare, "I was, I am, I will be,

I give, I live, I forgive and am free"

Rages do persist and spill into the next gen

Contempt knows no end, no exhaustion

Warriors do tire out at a point in time

The new gen picks up and maintains the sword's shine

–By Bhaktimarga Swami

MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU

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