Chandni Samani

Such utter silence!
even the crickets’
singing . . .
Muffled by hot rocks.

What is silence?
Stop fulfilling expectations of others, because that is the only way you can commit suicide. You are not here to fulfill anybody’s expectations and nobody else is here to fulfill your expectations. Never become a victim of others expectations and don’t…[Read more]

Cow

Cow – The Universal symbol of Motherhood.

Just to give birth to a child is one thing – to be a mother is totally different. Any woman can give birth to a child; that’s a very simple phenomenon. But to be a mother needs great art, needs great understanding.

The woman passes through those nine months of agony and ecstasy. And then the work…[Read more]

Must springtime fade?
then cry all birds . . .
and fishes
Cold pale eyes pour tears

When we feel separation from the existence, the pain of separation save us from all the afflictions.

The sadness of separating from you (Existence), Has saved me from all other afflictions. None dares to approach me now.
In time, only one memory will remain -…[Read more]

Pipe

A pipe is a tubular section or hollow cylinder, usually but not necessarily of circular cross-section, used mainly to convey substances which can flow — liquids and gases (fluids), slurries, powders and masses of small solids.

Words are hollow like a pipe.
Which means that they will take on the characteristics of whatever we put into t…[Read more]

Cloud of cherry-bloom . . .
tolling twilight
bell . . . Temple
Ueno? Asakura?

When you are silent, you are in middle, like twilight. Person who is in total silent can hear universal sound.
Sit in the silence of the night and listen to it. This sound of stillness is very close to the ego. When Omkar begins to sound within you, at first you will…[Read more]

Milk

Milk symbolizes the MOTHER, it is deeply connected with life itself.

The real purpose of life is just to be happy—to enjoy your life.
When challenges arise in your life, what happens inside of you? For many of us, the larger the “problem,” the more we resist, contract, and react unconsciously. On the other hand, in any given moment we have…[Read more]

Too curious flower
watching us pass,
met death . . .
Our hungry donkey

Like flower when our being blooms, we becomes watcher, ego dies and we live in this world without losing individuality.

Individuality means your uniqueness — not compared with anybody else. Your incomparable uniqueness: that is individuality. Individuality is beautiful; t…[Read more]

Neck

Neck is bridge between head and body.

Consciousness is the bridge, the golden bridge, from this world to the other, from hell to heaven, from the ego to the divine.

Consciousness is your nature; mind is just the circumference created by the society around you, the culture, your education.

Mind means the conditioning. You can have a Hindu…[Read more]

Under cherry-trees
soup, the salad,
fish and all . . .
Seasoned with petals

Variety of food is like mind and petals represents consciousness.

Remember well that you don’t have one mind; you have multi-minds.
Mind is a flux: river like, flowing, changing. Consciousness is eternal, one. It is not different in the morning and different in the…[Read more]

Pot

Pot dictionary meaning – any of different types of containers, with or without a lid, especially for storing food or liquids. How we use it is upto us.

Same is with life. How we live is up to us. Are we living for our life purpose or not?

When we are unsure of what road to take when faced with important life decisions, sometimes it’s e…[Read more]

Glorious the moon . . .
therefore our thanks
dark clouds
Come to rest our necks.

When our focus shift from thoughts to self, we are grateful to everything around us. Our mind becomes silent and at rest.

Life is a story we weave together from the thoughts, feelings, and emotions we experience each moment. Yet we live the majority of our life in…[Read more]

Belt

Belt a strip of leather or other material worn, typically round the waist, to support or hold in clothes.

If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don’t make him afraid of the unknown, give him support.

Always Be Ready to Go Into the Unknown:
Holding back is just a tendency of the mind, a…[Read more]

Dewdrop, let me cleanse
in your brief
sweet waters . . .
These dark hands of life.

The moment person realizes his emptiness, means he has emptied his unconsciousness, become fresh and young like dewdrop.

You are the master of your destiny. You can change every act, you can change every habit. You can change what you think has become your second…[Read more]

Cup

A cup is an open-top container, what you fill it is up to you.

“Form is emptiness, emptiness is form” states the Heart Sutra, one of the best known ancient Buddhist texts. The essence of all things is emptiness.

Whosoever is empty is whole. Emptiness is the foundation of wholeness. Rightly said, emptiness alone is whole. Can you draw a h…[Read more]

Why so scrawny, cat?
starving for fat fish
or mice . . .
Or backyard love?

All of us have the innate need to love and be loved. When we are born, we enter the world with a pure expectation of unconditional love.

If we look to our relationships to complete us and fulfill our unmet needs for happiness and love, then those relationships often…[Read more]

Statue

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The Sufis say that a person has a purpose in life and you need to find out what your purpose is.
Every person has a purpose in life. Their meaning is that every person has a…[Read more]

Seas are wild tonight . . .
stretching over
Sado Island
Silent clouds of stars.

Seas are wild – represents our mind. Silent cloud of stars – represents our being.

Noise is our mind, silence is our being.
Learn silence. And at least with your friends, with your lovers, with your family, sit in silence sometimes. Don´t go on gossiping, don´t go o…[Read more]

Rain

Peacock dances, when it rains, so, how can people be left behind! Small children play in the muddy water, they also make paper boats and enjoy by making a fun game out of it. A rainbow in the sky, after the rain, adds to their thrill and excitement. Everyone becomes playful.

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the…[Read more]

Ah me! I am one
who spends his little
breakfast
Morning-glory gazing.

For him Morning-glory is primary. As Zen says while meditating you can smoke, while smoking you cannot meditate. Your each act will be prayer.

When your prayer comes from your very heart. Your prayer is not to ask for something, your prayer is just a thankfulness because you…[Read more]