Setting free my soul in the light of eternity
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(The poem is a sudden outburst of momentary realisation. It is neither religious, nor philosophical.)
“Lock up your liberties if You like ; but there is no gate , no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of your mind” .
– Virginia Woolf .
I’ve taken an oath today to set my mind free,
From all ties of the world , in reality solely ,
I live in a self designed-captivity of ignorance.
The earth itself makes a gift of all
that I’m in need of , without asking for return .
There’s the light , light and light rains down
From heaven limitless ; yet in dark I remain .
Pride and prejudice and an evil thought of ‘Self
Rites and rituals, I’ve pursued in vain .
Light of love I had, in me, boundless ,
But a sense of mortal pleasure darkened
My conscience. Now, let there be light ;
May it be the End ; yet , that’ll burn out
What, in me – transitory, ephemeral .
Only when infinite Light weds the finite thought,
My soul surely be free from sensual propensity –
And live eternally in the light of the Divinity .
Dulal Ch . Bandyopadhyay
22- 02- 2022
Bangalore .
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Virginia Woolf and stream of consciousness.
Virginia Woolf 1882 - 1941.
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