As I hold the hand of my past to walk into the present

I couldn't help but suspend my actions,
As the siren of memories blew so strong
I flew afar into the further,
As I couldn't hold the self very long.

I would so far reminisce and feel the burden,
Of the bitter bygone memories.
That chained my mind, shackled my soul
Crucified the very being in frequent series.

However, now as I slowly begin
To detach myself from the past,
Attempt to draw the mind into the present,
Wash off the grey shadows that were once cast.

However, strain- when chances upon the mind,
Déjà vu strikes and whispers across,

"This is happening to you again,

So, be fair in what you engross."

I lay startled as the realization dawned,

My very plight, of which I'd fret

Is shinning my path,

So that I no longer regret.

My very shadow,

I strongly shunned

Is beaming through the past,

And giving gentle reprimand.

I know not this eerie call,

Yet I know it's there for me.

A connection with the infamous past though,

But a glowworm for the future, to better see.

'God, Guru and Self are synonymous',

Kept resonating through my mind.

I now learned to embrace my grey,

To not lose what I can find.

Rejoice within the Self

Treading along the known path
Since ages that we can count,
The nature of the self is so bizarre
Magnanimous though, knows no bounds.

As enthusiasm rides up the crest,
Melancholy and pensiveness drags it down the trough.
Swinging between odds and evens,
The mind never introspected to realize the flaw.

Repeating its pattern on and off,
The mind never sees its kind
Until awareness dawns from within,
And consciousness shows its signs.

Caught in the realm of worldliness,
The mind never learned to rest.
Breaking its voluminous chain of thoughts,
To put its orientation at any given test.

The glowing beam is shinning incessantly,
All it needs is an eye
To come in communion with the inner self,
To trigger the awakening of the Divine.

Surrender to the infinite,
And free yourself from all shackles
Allow divinity to pull your cart,
To save the self from any further debacle.

Arise and be awake,
To the stillness of the moment.
As the light penetrates through thy soul,
And the Self fills the scant.

Perceive the essence of the enduring existence
And reach inside to delve,
Dip in the ocean of eternal bliss
'Sat-chit-ananda'- rejoice and be joyous within the very Self.