Sonnets of Light (8/4/14): “Sacred Intoxication”

“Sacred Intoxication”

A Ghazal by Stanley Castro

Oh, what is this?
I am laughing, laughing, laughing!
I am mad, yes, I am mad like this!
Oh, I am dying, yet I am living!

Oh, what is this?
I could not even drink a cup of coffee,
For even the coffee has become God!
Oh, I’ve never been this mad and crazy!

Oh, I have become Mad!
Oh, for all has become God!
My mind’s sanity I have missed,
Don’t let it go back, for it is better like this!

Oh I love you let’s make love!
Oh God, oh God, oh God!
I am crazy what am I saying?!
Indeed, what am I saying, a holy mock?

Dust and gold are no longer,
That even holy speech and obscenity are one!
Oh! What has happened to me, oh God?
Your Fiery Love indeed has made me indeed, mad!

Tula ng Buhay (7/9/14): “Ningas ng Pananabik”

Ningas ng Pananabik

tula ni Stanley Castro

O Irog, naaalala ka,
Naaalala ka’t naluluha!
Wangis mo saan ma’y kita!
Sa piling mo ako’y alila.

Hanap-hanap ka sa tuwina,
Tuwina sa puso’y sinasama.
Sinasama sa panalangin at sinasamo,
Sinasamong ika’y makapiling magpakailanman!

Kahit na sila’y ikaw ay tinataboy,
Kahit diri man kanilang nadarama…
Ikaw ay ipaglalaban, langit man o impyerno!
Ulap at apoy hahamakin para sa’yo!

Puso’y naninibugho sa kasabikan,
Kasabikang ika’y mahagka’t makita!
Kahit na tayo’y pintas ng kalikasan,
Kahit na kalamigan sa puso nila’y nananaig.

Ikaw at tanging ikaw,
Sa’yo at tanging sa’yo.
Aking panunumpa,
Aking buong buhay na i-aalay.

Poetry of Life (6/14/2013): “Every Man and Woman is a Star”

Every Man and Woman is a Star

by Aur IAO

Man, do you know not your origin?
Have you known not of the point from which you came? 
Have you come to gaze upon the Great Unknown from which you were hewn? 

Come and behold: “As Above, So Below”
The Grand mystery of the Cosmos!
Man is the Universal Nous below.

Fashioned, crafted and molded like its Maker above! 
Oh if you only knew, o child, the powers that you bear.
Would your life be the same?

Same as his progenitor Above, what can he do?
What can he achieve?
And what must he fulfill?

To become like his Maker.
To emulate His attributes.
To return to that pristine, primordial state of Divine incomprehensibility!

Reintegration is the Key.
To transmute yourself back into your point of origin.
Ah, the great mystery of Life!

“Every Man and Woman is a Star”, thus said the Wise, Foolish Magus.
Indeed, your Hidden Nature is brimming with splendour Within.
Waiting, waiting for you to heed the call of your Will.

Poetry of Life (3/17/2013): “Remember, O Man”

 

 

 

 

Do you walk the path of the Prophets, oh man?
Do you partake of the divine Image, oh man of good?

Do you remember that you are the Son?
Do you know that within you is the spark of God?

This do I remind, that you may remember.
This do I say, that you may know.

O Holy Firefly, Divine Light-Bearer!
Know thyself, rise from your stature!

You are not what you think you are,
For what you think you are is nothing but a delusion.

There is something greater than what you are;
For the Son of God that you are, oh man.

Therefore, walk the path of those who came before;
Know thy True and most Holy Will.

That you may realize these things,
That you may come to know the Truth within.

This is the Man of whom Allah is pleased, oh son.
The very Image of the Father in Heaven.

Sonnets of Light (1/30/13): “The Song of the Seeker”

The Song of the Seeker

A Ghazal by Oriyahu Yair

Seeker, come at my side;
Search not for anything or anyone else, not ever yourself.

Lover, come at my side
look not from afar, for that which you seek, in truth, is none but Yourself.

Know and realize,
There is no Beloved at all.

Now, contemplate and ask:
“If there is no Beloved, whom does the lover seek?”

Now, let me answer you:
It is none but that Pearl of Pearls that is within Yourself.

Come now, and come to know:
The Lover neither exist.

In this world of illusion, we see nothing but pair of opposites.
For the Seeker that seeks within, and that which he seek is, in truth, none but himself.

Even that which he perceives without, is indeed, the Beloved Himself.
Because in everything and with all, I AM THAT.

Nothing exists before Myself,
therefore, who are you, seeking lover?

Now I will give you an answer:
“I Am that I Am—All That Is.”

Remember this and never stray your thought,
the next morning, you will see yourself married before Me for all eternity.

Sonnets of Light: “The Dance of Romance”

The Dance of Romance

A Ghazal by Oriyahu Yair

Beloved, let us dance.
Dance, dance, dance… Here, in the universe that spins and whirls like the hurricane’s eye.

Beloved, let us dance.
Here in the dance floor of Life, where all dance different steps of the same rhythm.

Beloved, let us dance.
In this melody which all musicians and normal folks alike are intoxicated, left estatic.

Beloved, come on, dance with me!
And in this dance of love, let us transform until all things transform into music itself.

Until You and I becomes nothing but a musical note,
and everyone, dancing in the rhythm that we bring.

I am the Reed flute, the Longing instrument, wailing for union;
And You, Beloved One, are the Sitar of Life, giving harmony to all lifeforms.

So come, let Us join together,
until there is no distinction between the music and the dancer;

Until the Sun and the Moon in no distinction merge in trance of Our music,
Until all things, in existence, transforms into an Orchestra of Love!

Sonnets of Light (1/25/2013): “The Night of Nights”

The Night of Nights

a ghazal by Oriyahu Yair

Last night, I was visited by my Beloved,
and I trembled, seeing His face.

Last night, my Beloved jumped into my bed,
not knowing what to do, I ran across the hallway and into the Garden of Roses.

That night, I was scared by Him,
and my heart was being faster than its normal pace.

The night when He came,
I was naked with another, so shame brought me into the ground.

Oh, the nights of all nights when You came!
Your face was concealed from me and I cannot see You.

Realizing that night when it was You,
I wish to cry, and weep bitterly for my sins.

Oh, what a shameful night, Beloved!
But still, You took me by the hand and kissed me ferociously!

And that night left me in deep wonder,
“Why, amidst my shame, have You done this?”

It was only that night that I have realized,
the profundity of Your Love.

It was that night when I came to my senses,
and experienced the unconditionality of Your divine Love.

And now, at the darkest night of my poor soul,
O, God of my Heart, return from the very depths of my heart and ignite the flame!

At this very darkness, ignite the fervor!
So that the Dawn of the splendour and newness may arise anew.

That in Your captivating Love I may be born again.
That in Your Divine Mercy, I may, once more, rise from the grave of ignorance!

Sonnets of Light (1/16/2013): “The Beginning and the End”

The Beginning and the End

A Sonnet by Lucille Illustre

Before the Rose was there to bloom,
the Seed was there, planted in the Orchard of Pomegranates, and it was the very beginning of You.

Before the child was there to live,
the Seed of Life was there, fermented at the womb, and it was the beginning of You.

Before the Sun was there to set,
The Void of Dawn in its stillness reigns, and it was the beginning of You.

Before the Spoken Word came tumbling out of Your Divine Lips,
It lay hidden at the very bosom of Silence, and it was the beginning of You.

You are the First and the Last,
Besides You there is none!

Oh Primal Source, let me realize this truth,
and let You be my first and only Love;

Betroth me unto Thee, and release my Soul not;
For You, O Beloved, are the Source of this Being.

From whence it came,
Unto It will it peacefully return!

Poetry of Life (1/15/2013): “The Traveler”

The Traveler

by Lucille Illustre

In the road of death have I travelled;
In the sight of darkness have I walked unguided.
I search for the sunlight, but it drifted away from my Eye.
The Illuminating Torch have I lost, Light is no more!

Until a Luminous Being came forth and gave me a Candle;
He asked, “Are you a Traveller?”
“I am lost, and I know not where to go”, I replied.
“Seek the Day, and Quit the Night, Traveller”

And then the Flame of the Candle entered me,
and it became the Flame of my Heart.
And from that Flame, the Eye of my Being awoke;
And now, I see the Path.

Traveller, Traveller,
Wherever you are, bring the Flame with you.
Become a Torchbearer, lead the Way.
Narrow is the Way that leads to Light, become the guide!

Never tarry, don’t be wary.
Though the path be rough.
The Lodge is near for you to rest upon,
can you hear the bells emanating from the Temple?

Walk forward, never lost;
With the Brilliance of Wisdom, how can you be groping?
Let the Light be Your Guide,
Let Life become Your vehicle,
And Love, the fuel of Your mission.

As your journey ends, what can you ever say?
Be thankful that you have lived a life well refined.
And now, look at the edifice that you have built within yourself,
Oh, God treats it now as an apple of His eye.

Poetry of Life (12/3/12): “Song of Gratitude”

Song of Gratitude

a poem by Oriyahu Yair

Thank You, O Master, for this Breath of Life;
I am so indebted, for this Life I owe unto You

Light of Illumination, Life of all the Worlds, Love that transforms!
How can I thank You? No words can ever express this feeling of gratitude.

I am raptured by this so called Existence,
So raptured that I am not aware that It is You Itself!

Expressing Yourself through the smile of a Newborn,
the budding of the Rose,
and the brilliance of the Sun!

How great then, O L-rd, is the sweet mystery of Life! 
Many do not understand, and so they curse.

Yet they do not comprehend the greatness of the Present,
nor the Now wherein You do dwell!

So, we thank You, to Whom all thanksgiving and praise are due.
For revealing to us, the Mysteries of Light!