Poem-- Pond River Ocean

The poet in the following verses has tried to describe the different stages of spiritual development of the aspiring soul. The habits and tendencies of the individual are appropriately depicted as three water bodies through varied stages of progression. Most of us live their life like a pond, unmoving, murky and unchanging with no spark of brilliance within. But with the soul-awakening touch of the divine guru, subtle transformations take place in the life of the individual as his life force now starts to flow towards the infinite One. He then experiences unending and immeasurable bliss, which frankly cannot be equated with anything that he has experienced previously. Finally there comes a day when the almighty sends for him, and the soul and super soul are united in perfect harmony as the free-flowing river finally merges into the infinite blue Ocean of peaceful eternity.

Pond River Ocean
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Pond River Ocean,
Past Present Future,
Know thy nature,
To seek the treasure.

The path of life, has stages varied,
Pond River and Ocean, it's the way life goes,
The waters must flow ever unharried,
for at the very end, the divine light glows.

I recall the day, I was but a pond,
without a ripple over the murky surface,
For sweet release and freedom ever I longed
and for His everlasting embrace.

My prayer was granted, now I freely flowed,
ecstasy and bliss etched in my being,
Intuitively now I was endowed,
as I discovered for what I was living.

The ocean still lay miles beyond me,
though ever I thought of nothing more,
The bird ever resilient was not yet free,
I was many a mile form the golden shores.

The time was now, I rightly thought,
to meditate and ponder over ways bygone,
There was one lesson if ever life taught,
Know thy-self, from self be withdrawn.

The river freely flowed over mountains and plains
to me they all now seemed the same,
ever I was replenished by the occasional rains,
I knew for me, He had finally came.

The Pond was my past, the ocean my future,
forever now I shall be uncut and whole,
Ever rejoices now my golden soul,
as I finally sublime in him, my timeless goal.

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Ajinkya Mate