Happy Anniversary: A Love Letter to Self

Happy Anniversary: A Love Letter to Self

Once upon a time,

a wedding took place

between Satyātma and Mithyātma.

They lived together,

year after year,

celebrating anniversaries,

eating berries,

making merry.

Then, in Saylorsburg,

a wake-up bell rang.

Mithyātma listened,

reflected, understood:

the truth.

Sitting close to Satyātma,

it wrote this love letter:

Oh my true Self,

I am, because of You

I am what I am.

I know; I am.

From this being,

love quietly overflows.

I gathered degrees and pedigrees,

wandered through worldly games,

invested in markets and stocks,

insured body and breath,

alas,

security never arrived.

You are the Life that preserves this body

You are the Truth within this seeming small self

You are the Happiness that is ever present

I searched for You,

in distant pilgrimages

in the silence of closed eyes,

through chants upon chants,

mala after mala,

calling Your name.

Now, I take refuge in You.

Sitting so close to You,

this bud finally blossoms.

I see:

You were never elsewhere.

You are within me.

I am You.

Inspiration

Swami TV class on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12, verse 1

Saguna and Nirguna Upāsana

PS. Today is 56th wedding anniversary of my in-laws

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