The Vision of Annapurna and the End of Illusions (A Spiritual Poetic Journey)

  1. In the passage of many days, A radiant form emerged in grace. Annapurna stood before my eyes, With a gentle smile, serene and wise.
  2. Vast was her gaze like the endless skies, Her face, a lotus blooming bright. I bowed to earth with trembling frame, She spoke to me and called my name.
  3. "O child, you are blessed this day, Ask for a boon, delay no way." In awe, I spoke, my voice so still, "Grant me the truth that frees the will."
  4. With tender words, she gave consent, Then disappeared in divine ascent. A wonder filled my heart and mind, I saw the world, its veils unlined.
  5. Illusions dance in varied hues, The soul deceived by shadowed views. The first: to see the soul apart, From God, its source, its beating heart.
  6. The second: to see the self as bound, To acts, to roles where it is found. The third: to think the body’s strife, Encloses all the soul’s true life.
  7. The fourth: to see the cause transform, When all is One, beyond the form. The fifth: to think the world as real, Apart from Source, the transient wheel.
  8. These five illusions cloud the soul, Until the truth reclaims its goal. Like a mirror reflects but fades the haze, The mind dissolves its fractured gaze.
  9. The image and reflection end, As truth and falsehood cease to blend. Like crystal glowing with hues of red, No doer remains, the ego’s fled.
  10. As space in pots or temples vast, The mind unites, the bonds are cast. Like rope mistaken as the snake, Illusions die, and souls awake.
  11. The world’s distortion seen as clay, No change is real, the One will stay. When truth arrived, my heart was freed, In Brahman’s form, no other creed.
  12. O Nidagha, hear me well, These truths alone the knots dispel. Seek the essence, your soul’s pure name, Reclaim the joy, unbound by fame.
  13. You are the doer, the giver, the free, The knower of truth, eternally. Search your self with constant gaze, And find the light in the timeless blaze.
  14. Ever-pure, the Self remains, No artifice, no worldly chains. "I am Brahman," hold this thought, And let all restless dreams be naught.
  15. For what you see, it cannot last, A fleeting mirage, the shadows cast. Like water’s form in desert sands, Illusions slip from mortal hands.
  16. What is unseen, the mind transcends, Beyond the senses, the silence bends. No objects hold, no forms can bind, The truth resides beyond the mind.
  17. O Nidagha, be the calm within, The space where truth and light begin. No sights, no sounds, no earthly dream, Can match the self’s eternal gleam.
  18. In stillness dwells the perfect peace, Where thoughts dissolve, and turmoils cease. The soul, untouched, serene and pure, Transcends the realms of less and more.
  19. From form to formless, void to whole, The Self embraces the cosmic role. Like waves returning to the sea, It merges back to eternity.
  20. Do not be fooled by fleeting sights, The dawn dissolves the shadowed nights. The soul unshaken, calm and still, Is Truth itself, beyond the will.
  21. Seek not the world; its joys will fade, A castle built on clouds unswayed. Like city dreams that fill the air, No substance lingers anywhere.
  22. What is unseen, still calls the soul, Its silence speaks, complete and whole. The mind, when freed, can see the space, Beyond the senses, beyond the race.
  23. Be as the sky, so vast and clear, Where passing clouds of doubt appear. In endless stillness, wisdom grows, The truth within begins to show.
  24. Let go the bonds, the ego’s hold, Its fleeting tale, its lies retold. The truth remains, untouched by time, The self alone, the verse, the rhyme.
  25. No doer acts, no deeds remain, No form or name, no joy or pain. The self alone, in silence stands, Beyond the reach of mortal hands.
  26. Like crystal clear or mirror bright, The self reflects the truth, the light. But see, no shadows cloud the way, The One remains where none can stray.
  27. From silence born, to silence back, The soul finds peace, its path exact. O Nidagha, seek this perfect shore, Where Self alone exists, no more.
  28. So hear me now, these words so true, The self is pure, complete, and new. Beyond illusions, bonds, and chains, The One alone, the Truth remains.
  29. Like clouds that pass, the mind will clear, Revealing Self, so bright, so near. O Nidagha, take this path today, And merge with Brahman, light’s own ray.
  30. The vision fades, but truth remains, In silence vast, no world, no names. O seeker, let your soul arise, And find the light that never dies.

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