The border of consciousness, where the two rivers meet
Waters blend, and you don’t know, which way you flow…
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, a renowned poet and writer from Chandigarh, India, shares his mystic poetry
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, based in Chandigarh, is an Indian poet and scholar credited with 170 plus books of English literature, philosophy and spirituality. He won great Serbian Award Charter of Morava and his name adorns the Poets’ Rock in Serbia. He was honored with Seneca Award LAUDIS CHARTA by Academy of Arts & Philosophical Sciences, Bari, Italy 2024. He is Founder President of the International Academy of Ethics and conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) by University of Engineering & Management, (UEM) Jaipur. Email anandjs55@yahoo.com
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AT THE CROSSROADS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The border of consciousness
Where the two rivers meet
Waters blend
And you don’t know
Which way you flow
Was it your original
Or are you in the new
I pass through that fluid state
In which i see borders losing
And vistas growing
And losing my feet
And then my mind
I start feeling i am forgetting something
For moments i cease momentarily
My visions take me to a gloomy seaside
Where i wash myself
Of all my sins
I leave there all my clothes
Naked but there is no one around
To feel shy or odd
I take a canoe waiting for me
Driving it myself
I move on the waters
Now there is only the sea
And the me
My consciousness returns
I was seated on a bench
Basking in sunlight
When I lost track
And visited the scenes
Of the ultimate destiny.
The last scene of his life
Which Lord Krishna had shown
To Duryodhana in his delirium.
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OF PEACE AND OLDEN TIMES
Peace was under threat
In those times also.
What has changed?
Nothing.
The past which looks so sacred
Everyone was trying to change it
That is why we have now
What we have.
Times have always been oppressive
And laymen have dreamed
Of better times
Today also
We feel oppressed
And look for a change.
Which means even changed situations
Are not certain to stay for long.
Given many a happy moment
In human history
But past was never so glorious
As we think of it today
Past is the staple diet
On which men prefer to live
Own no responsibility for the present
Just praise the past,
How easy it is to condemn or praise!
Old generation men,
Who have lived into modern times,
Ask them if they were they happy
With their peace?
Never.
They tried to change the times
So that they could see better days.
Peace was never on human agenda.
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