Feelings
Thoughts
Speech and
Action.
Past
Present
And Future,
Cause and Effect.
A few words
That always echo around us
As invisible as the air that surrounds
Like airplanes that fly in the sky
On a path that cannot be seen
Or birds who know exactly where they are going,
Their path unseen by our mortal eye
Fish swim underwater traveling many miles
On routes that no one knows to exist
Like clouds, it’s always around us
Sometimes stormy, dark & dense,
Sometimes fluffy, white, and light
What we see, feel, smell and touch is
A condensation;
A manifestation,
A concrete reality
A revelation so profound that only
Those who understand the
Depth of life can fathom it
We create it by our own efforts
It’s about feeling, thinking, speaking, and doing
Then it becomes our destiny and the destiny of others
What we see right now is the past
What we are going to experience is present
What we imagine to be coming is future
Foolish are those who live in the present
Or feel that a good deed will offset a bad one
Adhere to the wise who says:
Good equals good
Bad equals bad
It is a simple mathematical proposition
One that comes in equal proportion
Not a drop more, not a drop less.
Feeling pain?
You will get pain
Feeling happiness?
Your life will be full of happiness
Feeling good?
You will continue to experience good
We can choose pain
We can choose joy
We can speak with contempt
We can speak with elation
The equation will bring us
Full circle back to our
Karma
A poem by Uma Arora
