I AM I

I AM I

Dream, dream, dream
When am I going to realize it totally?
No time is real and there is no when
Now, Now
I am neither liberated nor in bondage
I AM I
Whether I am it or not
I AM I
Whether I cry or sit still
Whether I remember or not
Whether I can see the dreams as dreams or not
I AM I
Whether I appear to struggle, forget, live an ordinary life or not
I AM I
Whether I suffer, feel joy, or none of the above, still I AM I
Whether I have a beginning or not, whether I was born & died
I AM I
Whether the skies stay above or become part of the soil or not
Whether the birds sing or the flowers bloom and perfume or not
I AM I
Whether son or daughter, wife or husband, father or mother
I AM I
Kin and kith, a stranger or a friend, child of a mother, or mother of a child
I AM I
Sinner or saint, killer or just
I AM I
Politics, science, education, knowledge, interest in the world or not, so what?
I AM I
Words, sentences, phrases, long and communicating absolutely nothing
I AM I
Morning and night
Sleeping and waking, dreaming all along
I AM I
Years, days, hours, sand in the hourglass
I AM I
Here, there, everywhere,
I AM I
Somebody, nobody, king, beggar or this and that
I AM I
Heaven, hell, earth, sky or the Milky Way
I AM I
While drinking, eating, having sex
I AM I
Mad, intoxicated, out of my mind,
I AM I
Priest, rabbi, holy saint,
I AM I
Frustrated, failing, or succeeding
Feeling the ‘I’ or not
I AM I
Needing you, needing me, needing this or that
Needing God
I AM I
You did good, you are bad, don’t do this or that
I AM I
Thinking, thinking, thinking, still I AM I
Feeling, loving, hating, touching, and seeing
I AM I
I live, I is, I dies
I AM I
Names, forms, places, stages, phases, chapters, periods in life
I AM I
Young age, middle age, old age
I AM I
Married, divorced, belonging to you or you belonging to me
I AM I
This life, last life, next life
I AM I
Ups, downs, laughter, pacifier, tranquilizer
I AM I
Concepts, beliefs, tendencies, habits
I AM I
Call me mother, daughter, wife, call me friend, sister, whore or what you like
I AM I
Love God, serve all or be a bum under a bridge
Still I AM I
Ravana, Hanuman, Arjuna, Kauravas,
Be on this side of the army or that side
I AM I
Every reincarnation, every avatar that came and went
I AM I
No beginning and no end
No cause or reason
I AM I
January 02, 1997

Language of Silence

Words are many, I know because I have stumbled upon them so many times.
Words, we think they communicate but they create confusion, misunderstanding and more.
Why can we not feel the heart more, through a gaze, a touch, a fragrance, or through a moment of Silence?
Why are we so addicted to noise, that Silence makes us fear as if we are left in a dark room?
Silence knows no guilt; it knows no regret.
Silence is like a cover made out of peace.
Silence is a rare art.
Silence is a base to creating.
Silence is a quiet friend, a confidant.
Silence is a loyal companion.
Silence once known, is the secret of the heart’s treasure.
Silence is beyond touch, yet it touches so softly.
Silence is sleeping to the world as we know.
Silence has no opponent; Silence has no need of a second or many.
It is rich, deep and complete.
Silence is greater than life.
Silence is regal, eloquent, and bottomless.
Silence Just IS.


I AM I
January 02, 1997