Seeking Grace Supreme For An Epochal 2014
Tuesday, December 31st, 2013
Even as the curtain falls for year 2013, making it a part of history, what do we expect out of the upcoming New Year…Year 2014? Rather than aiming at, to become a part of history by its natural course, can this new year turn to become epochal, by becoming a part of His-Story? Humanity need Him to clear the mist of delusions, for it to ascend, writes Sri Jullie Chaudhuri beseeching our Beloved Bhagawan for His supreme magnanimity, conferring the most cherished blessings upon humanity, in the heralding New Year…
365 days that try, stimulate, steer…
…and whirl you around in myriad ways,
Hours that soothe…and those that grate and graze,
Innumerable moments that astonish and amaze…
…perhaps with a sprinkling of those…
…you would do anything to erase…
Some filled with dismays…
…or perchance a few spatterings of those that bring praise…
…as well as sporadic fragrances of exotic bouquets…
Forays that auger hurrays…
…and some experiences…
…you would definitely like to rephrase…
…when the gnarled claws of circumstance preys…
…and earnest motives surreptitiously slays…
…leaving you perplexed and wondering…
…are these karmic sequences,
Or presumably that which kismet betrays…?
Thus so, the pendulum swings,
And the mind constantly oscillates,
As unfolds fathomless Galactic Ballets…
Life certainly sends along moments full of clichés…
Through it all you yearn for a word…
…a hint of an expression…
…a precursor, a sign, a ray of light…
…an answer…
…that outweighs any kind of malaise…
…that alleviates, balances, explicitly conveys…
Oh! How the soul longs…
…for a few delightful Divine Communiqués…
A new year awaits its debut…
…into the ether 2013 is about to evaporate,
Some tumultuous moments…
…which did and do ethics, integrity and serenity exasperate,
Leading to mass uprisings that annunciate a collective mandate…
…attempts to repel and retaliate,
When repeatedly faced with malicious, brutal and corrupt acts,
That exasperate the mind and subsequently do it agitate…
…gyrate, hopelessly alienate…
…harmony and unity blatantly annihilate…
So too,
Man’s callous ways at some point does tolerance saturate,
And Nature’s wrath excessively aggravate…
Thus…there were,
Storms, cyclones, fires, floods that took its own time to abate,
Colossally painful losses that nothing can ever compensate…
…nor reinstate…
A search intensifies for consolidated moments…
…of abiding stability that every being would thoroughly appreciate…
Oh! 2014, we await your coming…
…your curtain call…
…as much as you seek to embrace us all…
Innumerable incidences, events, occasions,
…consequences and sequels,
Do you hold mysteriously within your bosom,
Full of possibilities…yet, seemingly an opportune conundrum,
Hopes run high…faith does enchant and beckon…
…however, the unfolding of moments yet to come…
…none can fathom…
In the hushed milieu of midnight as we bid 2013 adieu,
All lovingly welcome you,
Golden 2014…with prayers anew -
Dear Lord…Oh! Precious One,
Intervene…intervene…intervene,
The fate of creation decisively supervene,
Indisputable is Thy supremacy…
…we plead Thee…for Thy mercy…
…our personality help us to preen…
We seek this of Thee…
We seek Thee,
Even as we devotedly adore Thee…with none in between…
Sync us to Thy compassion ever so evergreen,
That the senseless depths of meaningless mundane living…
…we are flailing in…
…may gather focus, substance and remarkable sheen…
Come, Sweet Lord, our character, our path…
…the course of our life determine…
…look into our eyes…
…smile that smile truly nectarine…
Life has meaning only because of Thee,
Come, bless us amply, aptly, gloriously,
Grant us earth beings…
Sacrosanct glimpses of Thee…
…upon the New Year’s screen…
…through each moment and every blossoming scene…
…of 2014…
For ever so long we have watched destiny dance and careen,
All topsy-turvy as it faces the unforeseen,
Now earnestly keen are we…
…may our dreams match the Cosmic Theme…
Oh! Primal Sovereign…Oh! Cherished Soul…
It is Thee, Whom all the ancient sacred texts do extol…
Oh! Beloved Mother Sai…
…together we sigh…
Offer sincere obeisances…
Clutching close Thy petal soft Lotus Feet,
Solely for Thee…
…for Thy magnificently hallowed Presence…
…each of us holds and nurtures -
…cravings, desires and aspirations umpteen,
And so, leaving behind the past,
The anxious moments, and all that relates to the ‘has been’,
Together today…we do our yearning convene,
Sweet Lord, come and clear the mists of delusion…
…help us ascend…be worthy and deserving…
Assist us to shape up, understand…
…and merge in Thy Divine Scheme,
…may the invisible be visible…
…and that which is hitherto unseen…then be seen…
Collectively, intensely, profoundly,
Determinedly, untiringly…
…we, Thy children, Oh! Beloved Bhagawan…
…are…
…seeking Grace Supreme for an Epochal 2014…
II Samastha Lokah Sukhino Bhavantu II
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