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Other than the joy of self-giving –
Man perfects the offering and refines it
And develops it
But also distorts and betrays it
With his wanting to be heard, heeded,
Satisfied and established…
Sri Ganesh you seem to hold
In the light
The best of this offering,
While mirroring
The depths of the heart
And teaching the way
To Oneness.
Today your presence is so fine,
So highly cultured,
So profoundly
Elegant
In its nurturing
Of the tender fire.
Aum.
(30-03-10)
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Gentle Ganesha
You, of all beings, have
Most closely seen and known
The obscurest forces and intents
That make of humanity
A pawn and a place of misery –
And your appearance is now
The token and the sign
Of the victory in man
Of a more auspicious and
Harmonious future –
So exquisite is
Your knowing dance,
Sri Ganesh,
That rests on the luminous strength
And reach
Of
Your offering…
(13-05-10)