{"id":10,"date":"2024-06-15T08:44:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T08:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/padmajaaiyer.com\/blog\/?p=10"},"modified":"2025-01-17T08:14:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T08:14:34","slug":"the-cosmic-traveller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/padmajaaiyer.com\/blog\/poetry\/the-cosmic-traveller\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cosmic Traveller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"foo\" class=\"-x5h5 _5PH3z\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">I\u2018ve journeyed through time far and wide, but no where have I seen,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>A home as wondrous as her, Mother Earth so blue and green.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>Lo Behold! She stands out, amongst the cosmic elite, \u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>But none of them seem even close, to her beauty infinite.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>As volcanic ash I descended, upon her bosom green,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>As rock, as soil, as minerals, as water I did breathe.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>As a blade of grass I sprang forth, a weed I then became,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>A thorny shrub, a creeper frail, a tree chopped down in vain.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>As a lotus in the muck I bloomed, a daffodil in the plains,<br \/>\nA fragrant jasmine on a summer day, a lavender in the\u00a0vale.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>A grain of rice, a herb, a spice, a berry so ripe and sweet,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>An almond, fig, a cedar nut, a red and juicy beet.<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>Then I decided I\u2019ll upgrade, as amoeba and algae,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>An earthworm in the mud and rain, as an ant I saw the day.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>A tadpole little in the pond, a salmon I swam upstream,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>A slithering snake, so full of grace, a dolphin of wisdom keen.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>An eagle wise, a sparrow sprite, a lion of kingly gait,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>An elephant so magnificent, a squirrel in the glade.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2rjsa\" class=\"-x5h5 _5PH3z\">Hundred thousand years had passed, and now I yearned to be,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>Back on earth as God\u2019s own son, as Man, as Woman, as Human being.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>I struggled for survival as a tribal, a beggar in the dump,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>To experience structure and discipline, a soldier on the front.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>In the hunger for power and prominence, I ruled as king and dictator,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>As cult leader and religious manipulator, I created followers of fear.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>These umpteen journeys had made me weary, of what use are worldly pleasures I thought,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>Who am I? What am I here for? In these questions I saw myself caught.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1bs6g\" class=\"-x5h5 _5PH3z\">Muddled in beliefs and bottled emotions, every relation was my reflection,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>And through these comrades of my sojourns past, began balancing my karmic equations.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>Today as I contemplate, reviewing my past,<br id=\"\" \/>I realised \u2018I was never born-I never died\u2019, from micro to macro-\u2018I am so vast\u2019.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>The creator, My Father, The Intelligence Divine, bestowed me with all he had,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>A hologram of \u2018All That Is\u2019, in unconditional Love I was clad.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>\u2018Go forth my child\u2019, He gently nudged me, \u2018go down to Earth and play all you might\u2019,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>\u2018As you learn and grow above all fears, remember that you are my messenger of Love and Light\u2019.<\/p>\n<p id=\"el6tl\" class=\"-x5h5 _5PH3z\">\u2018Reclaim your power and wisdom inner, go, help your fellowmen to rise above fears,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>Love Mother Earth, bring back her grace and beauty, plant more trees, your foremost duty\u2019.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>\u2018Remind Man, an animal he too has been, would he stand meek, were his child killed for meat?\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>Be compassionate not a cruel barbarian, the Earth is abundant, GO Vegetarian\u2019!!\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>\u2018Be not caught in yesterday and tomorrow, in religions, race and boundaries of nations,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>Live in the NOW, your true nature is Love, your only purpose is Co-Creation\u2019.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>\u2018There\u2019s no bad or good, no must or should, all is but an experience, on the road to Buddha hood,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>Realise this truth oh! Child of mine, you are second to none, none greater than Thine\u2019.<\/p>\n<p id=\"bdps8\" class=\"-x5h5 _5PH3z\">\u2018Think only thoughts that feed your dream, that serve the purpose of your journey,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>Speak only words that soothe the heart, and kindle the spirit with love and harmony\u2019.\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/><br id=\"\" \/>\u2018Oh! Divine Child mine, Go! BE Happy! Express your creativity in all piety,\u00a0<br id=\"\" \/>Make Earth your canvas, splash colours of joy peace and oneness, Become the Creator of your Reality\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2018ve journeyed through time far and wide, but no where have I seen,\u00a0A home as wondrous as her, Mother Earth so blue and green.\u00a0Lo Behold! 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