the flower of elegance blushes in crimson…
as thy cheeks are kissed
the charming breeze says!
Into the depths of mystical majesty
I enter,
as the lotus eyed blinks
whom I face!
…
embellished by the divinity
beautified is thy grace,
i dip and sink
in the waters of love
where celestial beings
too are refrained!
….
tis the ether that vapourizes
sublime soul emanates
redolence of the miraculous passion
for aeonian
through the gracious touch of thy senses!
Watched I the creation in awe,
and found the universe within me,
an ocean of tender emotions,
thoughts deep as the sea, blooming flowers of eternal love
the boundless joy of ecstasy,
sparkling stars like a blushing smile,
vales and hills of aspirations and dreams... radiant moon bedecked my heart
rules the night horizon
an ardent lover of the sky,
he dwells within forever... As the golden dawn ,
illuminates the cosmos
and
dispels the darkness
thence resides the Divine
seated on the blossomed lotus
to wipe out the iniquity... thy reflection I see,
of the universe
inside the core of my essence
an exhilarating propinquity!
Ever thought is it the Reach to thousands of people all around the globe that touches them,or is it the Touch which they feel ,makes my verses on my blog accessible?
The long journey ,an interesting one ,it has been on WordPress,since the time I started writing here.
As I have a look at my stats today, I see more than 70,000 views from all over the world . Readers have been here leaving their love and encouragement in form of comments which cross over 13,000 .
People from over 200 countries have visited my blog and it amazes me how we all get connected through this beautiful realm of expressions!
What is it that attracts or pulls?
The words,the poems, my thoughts,the colourful themes…
No, I think its the journey of my learning rather their own where I have got connected to everyone refining me more and more.
For now,read the beautiful thought shared by Uzoma from 85 degress,who is very well known to us,about the book. http://wp.me/p2KNt5-m2
He includes a small interview of my views and perception too in this link! http://wp.me/p2KNt5-mk
Thank you everyone who has been here and has encouraged,inspired and motivated me to write more and more.
Best wishes,
Soumya
Seraph , in her disguise
walks amidst the crowded street,
In the lanes of the souq,
Where Turkish lamps lit…
Around the corner,was a shop,
diffused from where ,the fragrance of incense strong
A perfume of jasmine doused
The restless minds of the bazaar…
She waded quickly through the mob,
Her zardosi robe was kissing the ground since long…
A sudden strong gush of wind,
blew her veil
a glimpse,I saw…
for the heaven too couldn’t hide,
The beauty of the divine …
Flowing golden cascade of hair,
The mesmerizing dark kohl eyes
…
The green sapphire sparkled on her hand
beautiful earrings dangled to kiss the strands
An aura luminous reflected beside
The darkest alley became white and bright…
And lo! She flew like an angel,
Vanishing in the group of people,
Impatiently I looked for her,
to have a glance
to feel the breeze,
but the grey clouds moved hurriedly,
covering the radiant moon placidly…
“The meaning of life for a mystic, is solely a journey from love to love. The condition of the soul before the journey is a condition of love; what is expected during the journey is love; and when the soul returns after the journey, it returns to love.”– Hidayat Inayat Khan
Dear Readers,
In the early part of year two-thousand-thirteen, Ms. Soumya Vilekar and I discovered each other through our respective writings. At that time (as some of you, dear readers, may remember me!), I was an author at Word Press under the ownership of ‘ Blood Ink Diary’ – a narrative of my inner and outer climate of mind that mingled culturally, politically, socially, artistically and spiritually reflecting diversity and contrasts of various genres in expression — my blog was polar opposite (in theme) from Soumya’s spiritual quest- yet, there resonated and embodied an attraction for the others’ writings. Hence, a journey commenced between the two creative minds, a dialogue marked its’ significance imparting her own unique ‘ Suroor of the Soul ‘ (Intoxication of the Soul)- a poetry book prepared to share the spiritual faculty and the isolated jubilees of the inner realm. The title of the book was an interesting incident, for, after frequenting each other’s spheres, I had left a comment of appreciation at Soumya’s space and gifted her a humble oil painting that I had titled ‘ Suroor ‘, thus, was the inspiration that ignited Soumya to pen the magnificent volume. During the same time, I had deleted my blog for other creative pursuits, thus we had lost contact for short time, when, suddenly I received an email from Soumya requesting if I would fancy to include few of my mystical poems and to pen the foreword for ‘Suroor of the Soul ‘; needless to say, I accepted her request – thus, the duality of our personalities play a symphony of its’ own tune through the lyrics of our individual soul that can be explored in the pages.
You may be intrigued and probe as to why the execution for such a subject – ‘ the soul’;
simply, because the human minds are so varied, intellectual standpoints thus wide apart and emotional temperaments rather different, or shall I say, unique – that on these grounds alone we tend to isolate our Human and the Being that completes us as one. In a world marked with extreme desire for material consumption, the materialist forms a destructive alliance with the egoist and the shallow-minded, both attributes silently perforating inside him and when brought face to face with these two ways of viewing himself and his external environs, man finds them opposite and incompatible, markedly conflicting and hopelessly irreconcilable – thus it is quite possible for man to synthesize such an alliance developing a divided self – the soul often remains a mystical attraction if man does not cultivate the immense motivation to ‘seek’ the metaphysical reflection and mystical revelation of Reality of God.
Henceforth, what is the ‘insight’? If reality exists anywhere it must exist in an irreducible infinitude, though, such an assertion places beyond ordinary finite perceptions; only a transcendental insight is therefore beneficial to bring man into an intimate relation with his soul — whosoever truthfully and without superficial attempt at seeking shall witness the metamorphosis in its’ due time, when the ‘ego’ surrenders and humility perfumes the soul, a catharsis translates the silent movement within a human-being, opening a solid frequency embracing faculty of immediate insight. Ah, but of course, in one sense insight is a synthetic faculty, for, it mingles and blends with abstract reason what the intellect shan’t fully grasp though recognizes the full mystical emotions that are contained, combined and yet transcended in the philosophical insight.
‘Suroor of the Soul’ is such a book, that, smoothly transports and carves a path to Illumination – a veritable emotion turning around at the base of the whole consciousness. Our purpose is to ignite an immediate oneness with the Ultimate by a flash of desire to enlightenment which effectively removes the debris of doubts and ignorance for ever. Our combined vision is such that a reader would traverse within our souls’ parameters and glimpse for a tremendous and scintillating revelation to the man that it shall leave an ineradicable impression on his minds’ – soul and commences to probe the dazzling question of both his corporeal and celestial realms. Nay, it would be rather absurd to read the book and attain a deep frequency, for, mostly the aspirant toils for long wearisome months and perhaps years amid disheartening and monotony, howsoever, the book is a fragrance of connecting to bliss and the ultimate happiness — to surrender and annihilate the ‘ego’ which stops the cultivation to submission to discovering the layers of our soul. Just as in philosophy – thoughts are solid and more reasonable because it is more balanced, such a similar discipline demands man to action if he is to practice an equilibrium of mind-body-heart-soul. Everything that hinders the Divine will’s passage through his heart and life must eventually be cast out – he would need to affiliate his lower (human) will with his higher (being) one; the two must be synchronized to work in unison.
‘ Suroor of the Soul’ is a jubilee in utter ecstasy. It is devoid of any religious rituals and customs, for, its aspiration is simply to touch a human soul. The dogma and doctrine expressed as form of poetry is that of esotericism, which is considered to be something beyond the veil that illuminates bliss that one encounters through sublime horizon that leads one to greater courage and inner happiness – which cultivates a desire for seeking the enigma; the interpenetration of Human and its Being. Nay, I shan’t write more, nor, can I compel you to read further into this book — though I sincerely invite you to explore the poetry. I shan’t command it, for it commands us. The better offering, therefore, is to become inspired, that is, to the Divine self within us — through our humble offerings to humanity.
Love & Light,
Shaheen Sultan Dhanji
(formerly known as Blood Ink diary)
soumyav 