Wednesday, February 20, 2008

chanced upon a peacock rattling its plumage,
and cant help but felt very moved by such beauty.
yet, human often associate it with wealth, vanity and pride.
yeah, peacock takes great pride in its gorgeous feathers,
how vain,
but how strongly it guards its beauty.
even to the extent of losing its life.
because it exists to unveil beauty.
without its beautiful plumage,
life has no meaning.
so it fiercely guards this God-given privilege,
he knows such beauty belongs to him alone.

sometimes i wonder,
if we too,
have something such as this that we guard fiercely with our very own lives.
something that we'll never let go off,
even when life is at risk.
yeah, i've found my answer.
yeah, i do have.
but yeah, i guess sometimes i do forget that sole purpose of my living.

peacocks will never forget to unveil beauty,
because it has made that the one thing it is living for.
does my heart still only wills one thing?

"From the spiritual point of view,
the only important thing is to realize Divine Life and to help others realize it by manifesting it in everyday happenings.
To penetrate into the essence of all being and significance and to release the fragrance of that inner attainment for the guidance and benefit of others --
by expressing, in the world of forms, truth, love, purity, and beauty --
this is the sole game that has intrinsic and absolute worth.
All other happenings, incidents,
and attainments in themselves can have no lasting importance."
Meher Baba, Discourses, page 200.

Soared at 2/20/2008 11:56:00 PM