Inner Peace And Love
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Dr. Zaidi's Poems
True Love
True love, my friend,
doesn’t know
“ whats’ yours
and
“what’s mine.”
Free of division,
it
knows no fear.
Free of fear,
it
does not need to protect.
True love is not a concept.
It
arises itself,
once you are free.
Free from the thoughts
and free from beliefs.
Then, just by itself,
it
starts to see.
“Me in you”
And
“You in me”
Theater of life
In
the theater of life,
Can you wake up and see,
the show of life,
playing in the Now.
Alas! most of us,
sleep thru the show.
Dreaming “what may”,
and dreaming “what should”,
and “what could”.
The show of life,
simply goes on.
And when time comes,
for you to move on.
You panic and you scream
You wish to live on,
in
the theater of life.
Not to watch the show,
But to dream some more.
Sarfraz Zaidi, September 1, 2008
Bad memories!
Oh! Bad memories!
They beat me down,
they thrash me around.
I
want to run away,
to
a far far land.
But
they chase me down.
like a hungry wild beast,
Till I'm really down.
Then I try to fight away,
this beast of the wild.
I try to change it but,
It keeps to haunt me down.
I
try to rationalize.
But there is no escape,
I am in paralyze.
Stuck in ugly past,
I
sob and I cry.
A prison of my past
wouldn't let me ever free
No
matter how much I
try, try, try.
I also find myself
to latch on to those sweet,
and happy memories.
An
escape for a while,
but soon I realize.
They are gone for a while.
I
sob and I cry,
In the
prison of my past,
that never lets me free.
No
matter how much I
try, try, try.
Sarfraz Zaidi, September 1, 2008
All of You tickle my heart!
White flowers dancing in the wind,
White light shimmering on the pool
In
a never ending,
whirls and loops.
Tiny bubbles bursting
on
the pool.
Tall trees swinging back and forth,
Yellow light shining thru the leaves,
Yellow sun
looking thru the haze.
All of you tickle my heart!
Sarfraz Zaidi, May 2, 2008
Shut your eyes,
and focus on breathing.
Mind is calm and heart is feeling
Joy of Being, Joy of Being.
Sun is shining,
bird is singing.
Tree is swinging and heart is singing
Joy of Being, Joy of Being
Wind is blowing,
waves are twirling.
Clouds are flying and flowers are smiling.
Joy of Being, Joy of Being
Sarfraz Zaidi, May 14, 2008
The Busy Mind
Have you ever seen your mind?
Full of swirling thoughts,
That never end at all.
All kinds of different thoughts,
run after one another.
Like a noisy storm of bees,
Stinging every where.
Free your self
From the web of noisy thoughts
Once Free of web of thoughts
You live in peace and joy
A Peace that busy mind,
can never ever see!
Sarfraz Zaidi, May 15, 2008
Rhythm of Life
Free yourself,
From the prison of the past.
Don’t be afraid,
From the monster of tomorrow.
“Cause none is real.
It’s a fog, that disappears,
in
the heat of the “Now”.
'Cause Now is real!
“Now” is true!
“Now” is love!
You feel this love:
By rising and then falling,
with the flight of a bird!
By glowing with the lights,
of a sunny sunrise!
By riding deep colors,
of
a shiny rainbow!
By shivering with the shimmering,
leaves of a tree!
By blowing with the blowing,
whistle of the wind!
You are now free!
Free from the boring drill,
of every day life.
Immersed in the
joy,
you see
what there is!
No
need to change "what is",
No
need to win or loose.
No need to play the tricks
No need to run away
from pains and body aches,
Whe you are in the Now,
no
matter “how it is.”
Knows such a joyful heart
what true love really is!
"Cause it's dancing all the time,
with the wonderful Rhythm of Life.
Sarfraz Zaidi, December 26, 2006
My Illness
Stuck in a lingering illness
I lived in a rusty cage.
The more I tried to escape,
The narrower got the cage.
Thinking of ‘What may”
My heart was pounding fast
My throat was
I felt like falling down
In the jaws of dread and fear,
I let go of my conceptions
Then I saw myself accepting,
what's real and what's here!
Soon, then I realized,
One day I have to die,
No
matter how I try.
So
why do I have to worry,
For something I can never
deny, for whatsover.
Right then, I started feeling,
a deeper sense of peace,
a deeper sense of comfort.
Immersed in this peace,
I listened to the silence
while laying in my bed.
No fear and No worry,
I truly felt so blessed.
Now I live my daily life,
accepting what it brings.
The pain, and the joy,
As one comes in,
the other goes by.
I feel what's in me
and
What is out there.
Now I see the diving birds,
The dancing leaves and trees
The icicles hanging down
from the brim of frozen fountain
And
this
stirs up waves of joy.
No loger do I cry
I simply just enjoy
the joy of being here
The joy of being "Me"
free of any scare
Sarfraz Zaidi, January 14, 2007
The Autumn Tree
Mr. Autumn tree!
Have you seen yourself
Lately!
Have you compared yourself
With your picture,
three
months ago.
Pale are your leaves,
Falling on the ground,
As
they die.
Aren’t you afraid.
Piece by piece,
you may die.
Shouldn’t you call a doctor
Or surf the net,
To
fight out your mess .
Relax my friend,
Replied the tree.
I
am who I am!
Free of “what may”
In
the Now, I stay.
Sarfraz Zaidi, January14, 2007
Eternal Peace
Sun shining on my face,
Feeling of warmth, that’s so great!
Strong wind, whistling thru the trees,
And the clunky sound of the washing machine.
Here, I feel the silence in between.
Suddenly a rush of warmth and joy,
Runs thru every cell and in between.
AAh! I stop to exist
In
my mind.
To
be born,
in
The eternal peace.
Sarfraz Zaidi, January 21, 2007
“I” and I
“I“ must find out,
a
cure for my illness.
Or
“I“ may die!
Hence “I“ tremble
and “I“ cry.
Who is this “I”
One day, I asked
as
wisdom came by.
Then I freed myself,
from this fearful “I”
Free of this “I”
I
no longer tremble
and I no longer cry!
January 21, 2007
Stillness
Looking at the painting
of
nature, in motion,
that sun is drawing:
With the help of the clouds,
With the help of the trees,
With the help of the mountains.
All immersed in stillness!
Resonating with the stillness,
that resides in me.
It
brings out joy,
running throughout me.
Now painting has changed.
All is dark, and nothing
there’s to see.
But I still feel,
the stillness out there
and
inside me.
January 30, 2007
My
Wife
Playing with your hair
I caress,
the back of your ear.
Touching your cheeks
And lips,
with my shivering fingertips.
A
storm rises inside me,
a
storm of warmth,
a
storm of pleasure,
a
storm of excitement!
Against the background
Of
stillness and joy,
Which is always here,
And nowhere else to be found.
January 30, 2007
Self Realization
Awareness, at last,
Calmed the busy mind.
Now I can see,
All the space out there,
Emanating from,
the space
inside me.
Everything is happening
Out there and
inside me.
Who is this me?
Asks the tricky mind.
No
need to answer,
“Cause no words can see
the sheer joy and ecstasy,
the real me.
You can also be
Free of your mind
And realize the true, the true who are
That no words can see.
February 5, 2007
The Movie of Life
Looking thru a window,
I see a diving bird
and a lot of dancing trees.
Flowers that are smiling,
mountains that are sleeping.
Clouds that are chasing,
the sun up and down.
What a joyful movie,
the wonderful movie of life.
Then, I simply ask,
Who is really watching?
this wonderful movie of life.
A
wave of joy and ecstasy,
Comes up and runs thru
the entire body of mine.
Immersed in the bliss,
I
am quiet and I am still,
And now I can see
I
am playing and I am watching
this wonderful movie of life.
May 15, 2007
That’s what love is!
Running free forever.
Free of traditions,
Free of beliefs,
Free of ideas.
That’s what love is!
Free from the monster,
Monster of tomorrow,
and yesterday.
No one to blame,
No one to fear,
No one to control,
That’s what love is!
Eclipsed by the mind,
It lives in your heart.
Waiting to be discovered
Any time you want.
September 5, 2007
You say, I die
when death comes by.
But
I
don’t die.
It’s the body
that dies,
‘Cause I am
the river of life,
that simply flows back,
into the ocean of life.
Sarfraz Zaidi
Endocrinology
and Metabolism.
Dr. Zaidi is an assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA and Director of the Jamila Diabetes and Endocrine Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, California.
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