There’s a wonderful spark in me; I sense it off and on,
But when I try to pursue it, in a flash it’s gone!
I feel an affinity with it, though fleetingly seen.
Where did it come from? What does this mean?
I wonder what it is and ask my Guru if he knew.
He looks at me, smiles & says, "That brilliant spark is You!"
"Then who seeks? I ask, confused, "Who seeks that spark so pure?"
"The seeker's your ego", he says, “That's not You for sure."
“Powerful, manipulative, born of your mind,
It keeps you in thrall, with strong ties that bind.”
“Every thought the mind has, every game it plays,
Keeps the spark hidden when ego rules your days.”
“The ego exclaims insistently, “I’m I! I’m I!! I’m I!!!”
It knows this is untrue but keeps repeating the lie.”
“Mere knowledge won’t get you there, not even mine.
You have to BE who you are, a spark of the Divine.”
“Past the mind, without desire, be as you are.
The spark is behind ego’s veil, it’s not afar”
Now I seek that spark no more; my mind stilled I wait.
Without expectation, without effort, just a clean slate!
That's all.....
Kishore Asthana
26.10.2025