COD
whomsoever is the mostbeautiful of them all
to that one
i do pranama
whomsoever is the most fully conscious
of all the consciousnesses
to them i do pranama
whomsoever is the calmest
of all those who are calm
to them i do pranama
whomsoever is the most loving
so also the most loved of all things
to them i do pranama
whomsoever understands the most
of all those who understand
to them i do pranama
whomsoever understands the most
of all those who understand
to them i do pranama
whomsoever is the most genuine
of all those who are humble
to them i do pranama
whomsoever is most doubting
of all those who doubt
to them i do pranama
whomsoever is the most rational
of all those who reason
to them i do pranama
whomsoever has all of these qualities
to the greatest degree
to them i do pranama
whomsoever is the most immortal
of the mortals
to them i do pranama
aham etat praNAmati
that which exists most completely
whatever that is
to that i do pranama
that which is the greatest truth
of all the truths that exist
to that i do pranama
that which measures the great and small
and sets the frame for all things
to thad i do pranama
that unknown which eludes my understanding
and will always remain beyond knowledge
to that i do pranama
that which is most pleasing
which gives most pleasure
to that
i make pranama
whichever gives us freedom
whichever reveals us the truth
to that
i make my pranama
that which is most deserving
of pranama
whatever that is
to that i do pranama
that which prompts compassion in me
that which prompts reason in me
that which prompts love in me
that which prompts peace in me
that which gives me strenght
that, whatever it is
it does exist
and to that i do pranama
The Fire
there is an eternal fire which cleanses even as it destroys
it is a light which shines into and penetrates all things
the wise
who wish not to be burned
tread carefully around it
that which seeks the fire
will indeed find and bathe in the fire
that which seeks to empower itself
by its own efforts
will bathe in the fire
that which enrobes its truths
in falsehoods
that when it is found out
will bathe in the fire
that which is blind
yet wilfully leads others
that one and those being led
will walk blindly
into the portal of fire
The Truth
they who seek the truth, verily they will find the truth
the first child of truth is reality
the second child or reality is reason
through reason, mixd with human blood, order and justice can defeat chaos
the child of order and justice is society
when society turns its back on truth, it destroys itself
all societies shall venerate truth above all
as their basis for their own existance
truth is elusive, it is enigmatic,
it is difficult, it is great
and it certainly exists.
The Priesthood
The guardians of truth are the poet sages
The guardians of reason are the philosophers
the guardians of reality are the scientists
the scientists
their church is the universe
their scripture is a logical empiricism
their prayers are in mathematical formulae
The scientists can protect us from the dark forces of nature.
All hail the scientists who stare into the night sky with wonder
all hail the scientists who have saved us from countless diseases
all hail the scientists who have unlocked the secrets of atoms
the philosophers
their church is the mind
their scripture is language itself
their prayers are arguments
the philiosophers can guide and debate the decisions that humans must make
all hail the philosophers and their clear wisdom, sharper than the spear
all hail the philosophers and their questing for understanding without bounds
all hail the philosophers, who were the first scientists
The poet sages
their church is beyond the mind
their scripture is beyond language
their prayers are neither poems nor are they the silence of absent poems
all hail the poet sages who are always laughing
all hail the poet sages who seek the truth by other means
all hail the poet sages who were the first philosophers
The darkness
the multitude do not know
when it began
the multitude do not know
when it will end
but the location is known
in the darkness is the seed
and in the darkness is the grave
what is in between
is like a star floating in the void
the unknowing darkness
welcomes all
like a blind mask
it is beyond death
and beyond fear
its qualities are not truths
or falseties
but Null
Its avatar in this world is chaos
(though there is no true chaos)
it's dead hand is that of the asteroid impact
or the callous flow of endless time
other avatars are the colour that is almost black,
like the night sky on a very dark night
its presence is in the rich scent of rotting things
it is there at moment of death or birth
and in the deepest moment of sleep
but it is also certainly in none of these things
the darkness does not care
for our worship or recognition
yet it is the most worthy of worship
