Bliss and Solitude

satchitananda · Sep 12, 2012

Amidst the mountains nestles
A home for the spiritually inclined
The greenery all around
Brings peace to the troubled mind

The patter of refreshing showers
The twittering of birds one hears
So divine is the music
Brings cheer to the eager ears

The verdant mountains in the distance
Part hidden by the clouds
Fresh flowers in myriad colours
In the wind sway about

What money could ever buy
Such ecstasy, such joy,
Such solitude that enriches
The mind and the spirit buoys?

Oh blessed are such hours in these mountains
So far from the bustle, so near to the Heavens above.
Such peace and tranquillity one overwhelms
Than words can ever tell.

rgsrinivasan · Sep 12, 2012

That was nicely worded Satchi. I could feel the serene atmosphere and the tranquility that we yearn for.
So, just trying with my little wit -

So far from all the activity
Lies a place that I like
To go and shun my enmity,
Self pity and other such likes.

What I can't explain in words
Is what I am yearning for.
All my refined and raw words
Have caused enough to spar.

There may be so much less comfort
In there, I don't but really care.
What that serene place could afford
Is something thats so rare.

I don't want to use it as a point
To charge myself and come back.
Instead I want to be always plugged
There and wish there is no comeback.

So simple were my worlds before
That a wish was fulfilled soon.
So happy I was then, years before
Now long to be unwinded soon.

satchitananda · Sep 12, 2012

That was really incredible RGS. You have said what I wanted to say but couldn't. :-D

rgsrinivasan · Sep 13, 2012

Thanks for your generousness Satchi, but I don't agree that you've failed to convey too. Yours is the source which fed to mine. -rgs

Anandchitra · Sep 14, 2012

So beautifull written satchitananda;
You bring to mind the vision of a spiritual life steeped in the mountains amidst nature so grand
personally not being there yet i choose express where i am now with these few words of mine
hope you dont mind

Amidst a life so very routine
I live within spiritually on incline
Washing dishes is no mere descent
Going inwards aspire my ascent
Mop the floor I never not decline
Be with my creator forever I pine;

satchitananda said: ↑

Amidst the mountains nestles
A home for the spiritually inclined
The greenery all around
Brings peace to the troubled mind

The patter of refreshing showers
The twittering of birds one hears
So divine is the music
Brings cheer to the eager ears

The verdant mountains in the distance
Part hidden by the clouds
Fresh flowers in myriad colours
In the wind sway about

What money could ever buy
Such ecstasy, such joy,
Such solitude that enriches
The mind and the spirit buoys?

Oh blessed are such hours in these mountains
So far from the bustle, so near to the Heavens above.
Such peace and tranquillity one overwhelms
Than words can ever tell.
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satchitananda · Sep 14, 2012

Fantastic one Anandchitra. Yes, working for the love of our near and dear ones, slogging it out at home is certainly as spiritual an activity as any other and no one can deny that. One can make as much progress as one wishes to doing any job. Isn't that why Karma Yoga was advocated for those of us who live in the "real" world?