The Floating Feather

Buffeted by the breeze I flit and float

Going where the next gust takes me

I seek nothing; want nothing

Happy wherever, whenever

Neither am I anxious

Nor am I envious

I accept what the elements offer

Devoid of any desire

Now I reside on a high branch

Now I ride a swift brook

Till the storm picks me up

Into the heavens I lightly rise

The monsoons deposit me on a roof

Where I lay bathing in the warmth of the Sun

Till a little curious one enchanted by me

Transformed into a poet and a quill I became

Many, the poems through me were written

Ideas galore, many were smitten

To let life take you through its many alleys

While in uncaring liberty; is bliss.

--- Gnaneshwar Pettukola

Email: gnanesh@vsnl.com Mobile: 98414 33834

The Subaltern Voice

You see me below in a sorry state

‘tis not me but my circumstances

You look at me as though I am my fate

With distrust, bias and hateful glances

You were wronged once; now you wrong

How is the crime now a virtue?

In weak division; to rule, others came along

Destined for slavery when we were two

The disconnect shaped by you shapes you

Not realising I too aspire to an improved lot

Labels may differ; identities transform anew

Deep down we don’t, we feed the same pot

Look around, you will see misery

In those who feel divided;

Unto each other of those in unity

Harmonious prosperity is surely decided

Leaders political & communal false

Brought us to this sorry pass

Not betterment they seek, but power, alas!

Blame them not, they speak your voice

A sincere sunrise, do you seek?

Search no further beyond within

Feel, don’t judge, make vanity meek

When hearts connect there can be no sin

We are the same, more than you know

The same insecurity, mine and yours

Upward in society, we both want to show

Come, join hands, the world will be ours

Gnaneshwar B.Pettukola                                                                           Email: gnanesh@vsnl.com

The Impulse

Awake! Awake! Yes i am;

Joy “O” Joy  a joy To see

The blooming in the flower

The expression in the baby’s cry

The initiative in the thief

The greed in the money maker

The hunger for power in the despot

Awake! Awake! Yes i am;

Joy “O” Joy  a joy To see

The voice in the paint

The praxis in the sculpture

The gravity in the river flow

The sun in the gust of wind

The primordial OM in the Sun’s Radiance

Awake! Awake! Yes i am;

Joy “O” Joy  a joy To see

The attraction between planets

The renewal in Shiva’s destruction

The deep growl of the diesel train engine

The eye sensing the spectrum

The I’s limiting stranglehold

Awake! Awake! Yes i am;

Joy “O” Joy  a joy To see

Jealousy & anger ruining relationships

The malice & rancor of belittling identities

The yearning for the beyond

The senses distracting

The spark rekindling togetherness

Awake! Awake! Yes i am;

Joy “O” Joy  a joy To see

The impulse gathering strength

Barriers fading

Service beckoning

To seek success in the other

To relish the other’s delight

Awake! Awake! Yes i am;

Joy “O” Joy  a joy To see

The very same Prana

In the urge for bodily Union

In the tasting of the tasty

In the doership of the act

In the creativity of art

In the ideation of the idea

In the drawing out of the I maker into the universal

Awake! Awake! Yes i am;

Joy “O” Joy  a joy To see

Allah’s breath that Iblees failed to bow to

In the Thomist coprincipalship residing in every heart

In the Guru Granth Sahib’s antaryami

In Garuda’s hooked beek  devouring the coiled serpent

In the wisdom of the tathagatha

In the Nivritti of the saragna

Awake! Awake! Yes i am;

Joy “O” Joy  a joy To see

The sole source manifest

The all mother express

As the soothing call of the koel

The pesky sting of the mosquito

The single monad diversify

The only root branch out

All beings propagate from the one

Awake! Awake! Yes i am;

Joy “O” Joy  a joy To see

The all encompassing life force

Behind the land,

The mountains, rivers and forests

The flora and fauna

The perceived, the perceiver and the perception

The event, the circumstance, the context

Behind the hero, the villain

The crime; the virtue

A locus without centre

The same sovereign in every separate heart

Awake! Awake! Yes i am;

Joy “O” Joy  a joy To see

The question arising, Is this IT?

The observer observing?

The mere witness? The Sakshi?

The resounding answer

Yes this joy is the joy

Of the impulse gathering speed

The observer observing!

---Gnaneshwar B.Pettukola

Gita Today- A Modern View

B.G.1.46-Key take away: The enemies within the self have no doubt a kinship with ourselves; nevertheless they need to be vanquished without fear or favour


Gita Today- A Modern View

B.G.2.3-Key take away: The Collective Consciousness urges us to act as it is our true nature

B.G. 2.7-Key take away: Even in the worst adversity if our values are rightly imbued our inner voice will ensure that we seek the counsel of the collective consciousness with humble sincerity

Gita Today- A Modern View
B.G.1.21&22: Key Take away

To position ourselves between the two armies of likes & dislikes within, is the higher intellect’s beckoning. One’s inability to do so can be overcome by appealing to the cosmic collective consciousness which is ever ready to oblige.

Gita Today- A Modern View
B.G.1.1: Key Take away

We are choosing sides all the time. This addiction pertaining to things we see and feel is poisonous to our inner self. It blinds us to the truth. It degrades our soul. The key question is; “Can we be neutral to the thoughts that arise within?”

The blind king is a seperate entity distinct from Arjuna the protagonist. Hence our self-centredness is a separate entity distinct from us. An empowering principle indeed! That is; the awareness that it is distinct. I am not my ego!

Gita Today- A Modern View

B.G.1.1:  Key Take Away:

The probability of finding an answer to a question is inversely proportionate to the level of bias/prejudice we have in our view and directly proportionate to the sustained intensity with which we pursue the answer. The level of difficulty is completely irrelevant.