April 2013

  • Thank You NaPoWriMo Day 30.

    It has been a month of rhyme, Of words so colorful, a pantomime. Dreams and wishes shyly shared, Honest thoughts unflinchingly bared.   It has taught much to seek Soul, Unforgettable days of inner stroll. A journey of fun in lanes of… Continue reading

  • NaPoWriMo Day 29 ~~~~ Isvarah paramah Krishna

    Isvarah paramah Krishna sac-cid-ananda vigrahah anadir adir govindah sarva karana karanam  You are my Supreme Wire Puller, I surrender. You are my Omniscient Bliss, I rejoice. You are my Cause of all Effects, I serve. You are my Original Source, I… Continue reading

  • NaPoWriMo Day 28 ~~~~ Friend.

    when i am in ER and half asleep someone needs to watch mine and me i look for you to come, bail me free when i need to chew some troubles and blow thought rings into the rain i look… Continue reading

  • NaPoWriMo Day 27~~~ rest…

      you stood by me in tides of times faithful friend of endless loyalty come winter, come rain across climes ever present through eternity oh heart do you not need to say when you need some rest precious that hurt… Continue reading

  • NaPoWriMo Day 26 ~~~~ so the potter spun at his wheel

    clumps of clay, small and large varied soft souls to create, hard ones to knead tough ones to learn, rough ones to hew some naive believers and some skeptics true so the potter spun at his wheel…. a few givers… Continue reading

  • Five Types of Restlessness

        There are five types of restlessness. The first type of restlessness is due to the place you are in. When you move away from that place, the street or the house, you immediately feel better. Chanting, singing, children… Continue reading

  • NaPoWriMo Day 25 ~~~~ Eclipse lunar…..

      the full moon is behind earth furrows in restful sombre penumbral shadows  holding light for brighter tomorrows better beginnings, lesser sorrows the sky watches the special swaths the dance on the glittery milky paths beckons in sweeping sudden changes… Continue reading

  • Social pyramids…

    Very often the statements of Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita relating to the classification of human beings into four classes, were miss-interpreted and miss-quoted. Even from Vedic times humanity was classified on the basis of their qualitative inclinations but not… Continue reading

  • GAYATRI MANTRA – ITS MEANING

      AUM BHOOR BHUWAH SWAHA, TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM BHARGO DEVASAYA DHEEMAHI DHIYO YO NAHA PRACHODAYAT. Summary of the Gayatri Mantra Gayatri Mantra (the mother of the vedas), the foremost mantra in hinduism and hindu beliefs, inspires wisdom. Its meaning is… Continue reading

  • Home, Instagrammed: San Francisco Through an iPhone Lens

    Awesome. Cheri Lucas Rowlands All the images below were taken with an iPhone 4s and originally published on my Instagram account between 2011 and 2012: @cherilucasrowlands   Find me on Instagram: @cherilucasrowlands View original post Continue reading

  • Paroksha Priyahi Vai Devaha

    The manager of the Universe is not so obvious. The one who manages this universe does not make it so obvious that he is doing it; or that He is in control. Similarly, manage from behind. Leading from behind is… Continue reading

  • NaPoWriMo Day 24 ~~~~ we just sat silently…

      we sat silently, helpless ends of the phonecord fighting thoughts within, feelings we could barely afford i waited unsure, just to express yourself frankly while you sat, in silent anticipation so blankly why this hesitance, friendship we can rarely… Continue reading

  • The Dove Ad ~~~ These are a few of my favorite women…

    Well if you think this is another one of the myriad opinions on the Dove ad. It is not. I like the ad, it depicts how self critical women usually are, portrays truly that they do not love themselves enough.… Continue reading

  • NaPoWriMo Day 23 ~~~~ Yada yada hi dharmasya..

    “Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati Bharata; Abhyutthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srijamyaham. Paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya cha dushkritam; Dharma-samthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge.”   I made the Universe so complete, harmonious A sum of balanced parts wholesome, wondrous It is a perfect beauty,… Continue reading

  • NaPoWriMo Day 22 ~~~~ Rape.

    Rape Map in India for what is the depravity the mind’s illness that causes what is the blind insanity that lacerates reason, pauses what hurts, maims to rape and murder children, women, in bestial anger? should Woman give up basic… Continue reading