by Jeff Vander Clute | Nov 11, 2024 | Poems, The Longing of God for God (Book)
Photo of Bhagsu Nag Temple by Sridhar Rao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Celestial Aarti So many bells are chiming! The sounds of aarti carry on the evening breeze clear across Bhagsu and into my heart. glows before me, lives in my mind, and bright tones of...
by Jeff Vander Clute | Oct 29, 2024 | Poems, The Longing of God for God (Book)
Chicham Bridge, in Spiti Valley, is the highest bridge in Asia. Perchance to Leap If only you knewhow much loveis waiting hereto shower you.If only you sawmy sacred vowmade for keepsby the holy river.That day I jumped,headlong, headfirst,believing that it mightbe the...
by Jeff Vander Clute | Oct 22, 2024 | Poems, The Longing of God for God (Book)
Sun over Spiti Valley The Meaning of Forever I love you forever.I love you in this lifetime,in all lifetimes, and beyond time.I love you personally, transpersonally,and as the Divine loves the Divine.I am devoted beyond devotion.I am committed all the way.I am...
by Jeff Vander Clute | Oct 19, 2024 | Poems, The Longing of God for God (Book)
The Haidakhan Babaji Ashram near Nainital is a place for connectingwith the source of universal love. One in Love I have been reforged in the fires of Love.I have arisen from the white-hot crucibleof heat and flame with a scorching desireto be only Love and express...
by Jeff Vander Clute | Sep 6, 2024 | Poems, The Longing of God for God (Book)
A place for puja and prayers at the “secret ghat” in Rishikesh The Gifts of Ganga Maa I sit by the shrine on the ghat and begin my morning prayers. One for healing for an old friend, one for a baby who is struggling to remain in her newborn body, one for...
by Jeff Vander Clute | Aug 30, 2024 | Poems, The Longing of God for God (Book)
The Bhagirathi flowing through Harsil Valley Through the Rapids The drama is no more,the sadness has fled,and all seriousnesshas run for the hills.The dam has broken.The river of emotions,once permitted to flow,washes the future awayand rinses out the past,revealing...
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