The perfect gift

Ever wrap the perfect gift

To be mailed

To the Perfect person

With the perfect paper

In the perfect box

With the perfect address

Sealed 3x with the perfect Clear Wide Tape

(Postmaster approved!)

And THEN,

REALIsE

THAT...

The perfect CARD

Which SHOULD have been in

that perfect box

with the perfect paper

is still OUTSIDE,

THE NOW ,

NOT SO PERFECT BOX...

Yes...

Still staring quizzically at YOU

Wondering

how you could have

forgotten such a thing?...

Our Heart is like that sometimes,

So perfectly wrapped,

and yet

we have to cut it

back open

all over again

Dissect it, carefully,

so as not to hurt or destroy

all the BEAUTY that has

already been created

Just to add another

Layer

of

PERFECT LOVE

Before we seal it back up

All

Over

Again.

Narayan

Just Sit There

Just sit there right now.

Don't do a thing.

Just rest.

For your separation from God

Is the hardest work in this world.

Let me bring you trays of food

And something

That you like to drink.

You can use my soft words as a cushion

For your

Head.

Hafiz

Words

Words

are at least five fingers,

in width,

From the heart

of the Goddess

Narayan has learned this...

The Heart's Attachment,

TO ANYTHING

Even

to sweet words

causes

both

Pleasure and  Pain

something we gave up

in preschool

after Hafiz first

took out his big stick

So,

It's really quite simple,

It's time

to climb higher,

Higher

Than those

Enchanting words

And Beautiful Forms,

To the very top of the Tree house,

Where

Our Beloved is Always Dancing

in  Ecstasy...

I will meet you there...

Swaying in Bliss in

the Soft Moonlight...

Catching blue feathers

and

throwing magical stones,

right in my direction.

Narayan

WoW

Where does the real poetry

Come from?

From the amorous sighs

In this moist dark when making love

With Spirit

Where does poetry live?

In the eye that says, "Wow wee,"

In the overpowering felt splendor

Every sane mind knows

When it realizes-our life dance

Is only a few magic Seconds,

From the heart saying,

Shouting,

"I am so Alive!!!"

Hafiz

I Had To Seek The Physician

I had to seek the Physician

because of the pain this world

caused me.

I could not believe what happened when I got there-

I found my Teacher.

Before I left he said,

"Up for a little homework yet?"

"Okay", I replied.

"Well then, try thanking all the people

who have caused you pain.

"They helped you come to me."

Kabir

Toys

Dear One,

Isn't it Time,

To Throw away those silly toys

and give up all that running?

Can you really enjoy

This sweet slow dance

with all the Baggage

you're holding onto?

Stop acting like

that sweet old woman

I saw last week

on Hotel Street

Saving her precious Junk

for that grand occasion

when God himself

finally finds some time

to quietly sit down

and share a shot of cheap rum

with her.

You have already arrived

at the Palace Gate,

and you are holding the Golden ticket,

You could

go inside

Right Now

and

Embrace

your own Beloved.

She has set a Grand Banquet

just for you,

with Everything you ever desired

or even dreamed of,

and yet,

Standing outside...

by the entry,

like a stubborn, fussy child

You pout,

crying and complaining,

Pulling on

Your own beautiful hair

lost in that wild, foolish imagination...

Oh Sweet One,

The Divine Music has started playing,

Can't you hear that Incredible Sound?
Now,

Step Inside Her Palace

Come,

Come and Dance!

Narayan

Quiz answers

OK I'll bite... One word answers (or two for Cheaters)

1. Where is your cell phone? - Desktop

2. Your hair? - justrimmed

3. Your mother? - compassionate

4. Your father? - Blessed

5. Your favorite food? - Thai/Mexican/Indian/Italian

6. Your dream last night? - deeeeep

7. Your favorite drink? - smoothie

8. Your dream/goal? - Liberation

9. What room are you in? - office

10. Your hobby? - Ocean

11. Your fear? - attachment/aversion

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? - Liberated

13. Where were you last night? - Training

14. Something that you aren’t? - Patientdriver

15. Muffins? - cinn. blueberry

16. Wish list item? - vacation

17. Where did you grow up? - New York

18. Last thing you did? - contemplated life

19. What are you wearing? - Smile

20. Your TV? - Off

21. Your pets? - cat/rabbit/fish/gecko's

22. Friends? - Forever

23. Your life? - Blessed

24. Your mood? - Contemplative

25. Missing someone? - Perhaps

26. Vehicle? - Kayak

27. Something you’re not wearing? - Heels

28. Your favorite store? - Arati General
29. Your favorite color? - Blue

30. When was the last time you laughed? - 12:00pm

31. Last time you cried? - Departures...sniff

32. Your best friend? - Many

33. One place that I go to over and over? - Lanikai

34. Favorite place to eat? - BuenoSera

Blisters

Hafiz was dancing

on the beach last night

under the Full Moon

I joined him for a while

and began to get drunk

on the beauty of night

and the coolness of the Moon...

But then Hafiz started laughing

at all my missteps,

and began

kicking sand in my face,

and tripping up my feet...

Hafiz, I yelled,

"What are you doing?

Can't you just let me Dance?

Then,

He  quickly threw me down,

and Yelled,

"Crazy boy,

Can you stay drunk,

with blisters on your feet,

and thorns on your head?!

Fight

for the Goddess

before she

swallows

you whole.."

Narayan

Gypsy Kings

Gypsy Kings

revel in the glory of Love

They don't hold back

their heart's sweet Rasa

In fact,

they are so drunk

chanting

their haunting ballads

that Hafiz

and I

took them out for a spin

last night

and danced the night away.

Narayan

Wherever God lays his glance

Life starts clapping.

The Myriad

Creatures grab their instruments

And join the

Song.

Hafiz

Divine Beauty

I will relish you

in stillness

and gently

 take your divine beauty

into my secret shrine

I will get drunk

on your image

which has been

etched into my soul

Narayan

Children's laughter

If every child

laughed

at the same time

the angels

would dance

so ecstatically

that

we would hear

their beating wings

whirrrrrling

like a set of

new drums.

Narayan

Kisses

Hafiz 

thinks

I have a crush

on you

He told me this

while he was 

feeding his cow...

He might be right

His cow kept

throwing me kisses

and pointing 

to the Moon.

Narayan

Five Days

In five Days

I will be at your feet

surrounded by your Lovers

Twelve years gone by

yet so much

 remains

the same

I  bring on the

chocolate

You bring on

 the Love

Narayan

Needing a mirror

Your Eye 

is so wise

It keeps turning, turning

Needing to touch Beauty.

It keeps turning,

Needing to find a mirror

That will caress you

As I.

Hafiz

Faithful Lover

The Moon came to me last night

With a sweet question.

She said,

"The sun has been my faithful lover

For millions of years.

Whenever I offer my body to him

Brilliant light pours from his heart.

Thousands then notice my happiness

And delight in pointing

Toward my beauty.

Hafiz,

Is it true that our destiny

Is to turn into Light

Itself?

And I replied,

Dear Moon,

Now that your love is maturing,

We need to sit together

Close like this more often

So I might instruct you

How to become

Who you

Are!

Hafiz 

If I Could

If  I

could reach out,

and gently touch

your

Golden Heart,

If I could

wrap you

in a blanket

of Velvet blue light,

If I could drown you

in an ocean of Nectar

I would...

Narayan

No slouching

50 laps a day

last night

in the rain

I did the work

my favorite tapas

stroking through the raindrops

breathe and pull

until the water becomes mana

Hafiz said I had been slouching

too many cookies

not enough crunch
not enough burn

so I do the work

the good work

fine tuning

sharpening

the instrument

for the battles ahead
also

Just in case

he comes after me

with a stick again
Narayan

Busy, Busy Busy

Hafiz came to my office today

and asked me 

if I knew how to Twirl

I laughed and said,

"I am very busy, Hafiz,

I have a business to run

and people to serve"

Perhaps I'll see you tonight

He just sighed and walked away,

muttering under his breath,

"too busy, too busy, too busy for God...

busy,busy,busy"

Later on that evening,

I found him

on a hilltop

overlooking the sea

 dancing ecstatically

twirling

in a Field of wildflowers

Hafiz, I said ,

It's time to go home now,

it will be dark soon

He laughed

 intoxicated

and looked me

 right in the  eye

Crazy Boy, This, THIS IS  my home

dancing and singing 

in the fields with my beloved

spinning around 

 I remember her love

and she fills me with her nectar

Then  he got up and staggered towards me

and grabbed my fine dress shirt

"Crazy Boy,

you serve so many,

but you also have to serve

the Friend

and if you don't steal her away

from the house of rubies

your life is just an empty shell..

Now leave me be

while I twirl...

under the moonlight

with my beloved...

hmmm...

Busy, Busy,Busy..."
Narayan

Response from a Lousy Thief

The greatest thieves
always share their plunder
with their mates
Otherwise hoarding becomes just hard work
In fact,
If I could steal
a smile from my beloved's tender mouth,
or one moment of her ecstatic laughter
If I were to capture
a single moment of her Divine song...

I would share them ALL with YOU
because I've seen your Ruby Heart

Hafiz HAS taught me how to share
So,
Yes,
I WILL take the Moonlight back to my Tree house
and every night I will come back out and
dance in her exquisite beauty

Join me if you feel the sweet longing

because it's much more fun 

than dancing alone


  Hafiz will eventually find out
and that may get  nasty
He's REALLY tough for an old Sufi Saint
and when he found out
that I stole your picture
out of his coat
he chased after me

for miles
swinging a big stick.

Narayan

Among Strong Men

"My soul is like a doe eyed maid

With lips

Still bruised from last night's passion.

Among strong men in the tavern,

I can speak a truth

No one will laugh at:

My heart is like a wild alley cat in heat.

In every possible way I conspire

To know freedom and Love.

Forget about the common reason, Hafiz,

For it only enslaves.

There is something holy deep inside you

That is so ardent and awake,

That needs to lie down naked

Next to God."

Hafiz

Conversations with Hafiz

I spoke with Hafiz tonight

and he said we have to stop meeting like this

under the moonlight

where he dances

He said that If I continued playing with you

I would lose myself in good wine

and that special spot in the small of your back

(the one that makes you giggle)

But HE was drunk again and he had a picture of YOU in his pocket

Hafiz is a rascal!

He laughed

when I asked him about your picture

and said, Narayan, "If you wore the new moon in your hair,

and Venus sparkled on your nose

"If you wore Saturn's golden rings on beautiful slender fingers

and Mars and Jupiter wrapped around your soft ankles

that glowed like blue and red gems

then I would have YOUR picture in my pocket too!"

That's when I knew he was way to drunk to talk to

so I left him snoring in the sand

But thinking back,

I know now why he worships you so...

Wait... Did you know?

why he worships you so?

That the new moon gently rests in your hair

and Venus sparkles on your nose

that Saturn's golden rings adorn your delicate fingers

Well, now that YOU know

you can see my predicament

I took you home a very long time ago

when divine thunder broke down the golden door.

Narayan

Ruby Heart

Hafiz
stole your heart and
put it in his overcoat
inside a golden box
He actually told me that you gave it to him
but it's really hard to tell
because he steals our hearts so well
He showed me his box
under the Moonlight
(after much haggling I'll admit)
And Once I looked
inside his box
I was awestruck
and amazed!

I tried to steal
your ruby heart
from this thief ,
Hafiz
Once I saw its glow within
I could not turn away,
I quickly grabbed
your crimson heart
and Ran a beaten path
Hafiz just turned
and watched me go
Laughing at my folly
After racing hard
for quite some time
I found a quiet spot
Carefully,
I opened up
the box that I had taken
To my despair
To my chagrin
The Sufi's box
was  empty
Your Ruby Heart
had disappeared
like the dew 
In midday light

Before I could contain
 my grief
I felt an inner seething
I ran back to the place I'd left
and found Hafiz
still laughing
Rise up !!
Hafiz, You Rascal!
Rise up Hafiz, You thief!
Give me back
what I deserve
Her ruby heart
so pure, 
I need her light
to help along the Path
Hafiz spoke very sweetly then
Looking deep into my eyes
"Dear One,
Don't you understand
her heart was always yours?"
"This heart belongs to everyone..
Her gentle heart so bright"
Then He pointed up

 into the sky
to Venus
by the Moon

I recognized
her Crimson Heart
Full of Light and 

full of Fire
Hafiz took back
his golden box as he
 Whispered in my ear
".............................................."

Narayan

Cool Down the Madness

If we could understand

just how much

the Goddess loves us,

there would be no fear

If we could hold onto

the bowl of nectar we've been given,

there would be no sorrow

If we could always share

this Divine Gift with others,

there would be no hatred

If we could just remember

we are seeds of the Divine One

we would all grow

into her tapestry of light.

If we could only follow

the rhythm of our heart

then only Her Love would remain

only Her Love would remain...

Sing the Beloved's name

until the universe dissolves

Sing her praises

until nothing else exists

Cool down the madness of the wanderer..

and rid yourself of all petty desires

It's time to come Home!

Can't you hear her calling you?

Meditate with great reverence

on your beloved,

the sweet, sleeping Goddess

She is resting peacefully

in her Ocean of Blue Nectar

right within your heart

Give up chasing

after the shadows of this world

they will only leave you

tired, empty and confused

Seek out the Pure One

Beyond all Time and Space

which is only her creation

Offer her everything

hold nothing back

She will let you drown

in her Ocean of Nectar

She will let you

drown...

in Her Ocean of Love

Cow Fish Party

 

Just jump in!!!

Push through the swirling waves

Dive into the blue

embrace

the emptiness

The Goddess

so full of life

She'll wash away

everything....

Become her lover

Become invisible

let her lead the dance

lose yourself in her

 deep blue light

breathe

and pull closer to the Rasa

breathe

arms getting stronger

lungs getting fuller

breathe

pull stretch

explore infinite beauty

breathe

pure white sand explosions

swirling designs of golden sand

on her velvet floor

you ARE each grain of sand

dancing in the tides

breathe ...

Woooooooo!!!!!!

wait what's that?!

It's a Party!

Everyone's invited

It's a little black cow fish party!

No way!

that's right!

little black cow fisheeees

with big white splotches

doing the mackarena

dive deep and join the party

looks like casual attire

Welcome Welcome!!!

Little black cow fishies

kissing my hands

kissing my feet

blending our movements

in the beloved's tide

Oh how we dance!

Narayan