Today's poem is about overcoming fear.
Fly Like a Bird by Harry Chitrakar Kottler, 2000,
8”x10”, acrylic on claybord
by Harry Chitrakar Kottler
Do not be afraid. Be open!
Give your heart a lift.
When you're panning for the gold of tranquility,
You need to sift and sift.
Fear will close you inside a box,
As you, yourself, fasten all the locks.
That's no proper place to hide.
It makes you sickly and tongue tied.
Don't be afraid. Be open!
Open the curtains to your room.
You're like a song bird who's never spoken.
You need to get out of fear's tomb.
“He who wastes his life eating, drinking, playing, and watching movies and plays knows fear. He who is full of fear, misery, jealousy, enmity, and false pride experiences fear until death. He finds fearlessness and peace only whte he is enclosed in a coffin and buried under cement and earth.” Baba Muktananda in “SECRET OF THE SIDDHAS” p.205