Rivers flow is strong
and I'm a fleck of slate
effortlessly moved along
neither early nor late
free of right and wrong
ceaseless move me on
singing quiet song
in every drop
in every stone
deep and long

I must look up stream 
and unresisting be
sink in rivers dream
hungry for the sea
get stuck in rock's seam
or mosses cannopy
and wait to be broken
to again be free
oh to be free

And on it will go
till I am rock no more
but dust of rivers flow
and out of my pores
why i do not know
pure water pours
and so my life grows
no dreaming beyond the sure
with rivers groans
for endless oceans door

Rivers Flow

Kiirtan is the practice of chanting the names of God and originated in the Rahr region of India in ancient times. Shrii Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486 – 1534) was instrumental in giving Kiirtan the wide popularity it now enjoys.  He also popularized singing Kiirtan while performing the "Lalita Marmika" dance, which is done with the hands raised overhead to symbolize self surrender to the Supreme Consciousness that permeates the Universe and beyond.

"Baba Nam Kevalam" is a Kiirtan mantra given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti in 1970.  Baba means "my most beloved One", Nam means "name of" or "to surrender" and Kevalam means "only".   While singing and dancing the feeling should be "I surrender to my most Beloved Entity" 

The idea is that everything is a manifestation of Pure Consciousness and everywhere my senses can reach, I perceive That one Supreme Consciousness which pervades all things.  Love is all there is.

*Mega thanks to Liilamaya, Jagat Bandhu, Rupali...

Rivers Flow

Devashish

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