May 2020
I met a holy man who roamed the streets without any garments of any kind outside
He did not appear to be afflicted by shame or fear nor any kind of material desire
The people who came across him scampered away from him out of their shame inside
While he did not in the least bit seem bothered by their disgust or hypocritical ire
I followed him around town to know more about him and the exact state of his mind
He appeared oblivious to his surroundings as well as me; he really seemed not to care
Was he an enlightened one in communion with the divine or one with fevered mind?
I thought of talking to him but he kept talking to himself so that, I did not really dare
The holy man seemed to realise what I wanted and that I wished to communicate
Without my having communicated the same to him, he could understand and beckoned me
I approached him full of fear and trepidation so much so that I felt the urge to defecate
But he soon made me feel at ease and expressed that he was harmless, as if to assure me
I asked if he felt ashamed of being **** or if he felt afraid that people would stone him
He looked at me as if I was some ****** and then gently explained to me as if I were a child.
“I am ashamed only of lust, *******, corruption and sin; not that which was given by him
I am only afraid of getting caught in the mire of the desires of the mind, which can make me wild”
“Man has been fooled by his senses”, he continued. “Fooled into believing all illusions
Fearing that which he should not while being unafraid of that which he should fear.
Man has been fooled by his senses, he continued. Fooled into believing all delusions
Remaining unashamed of his corruption and vice while being ashamed of his body so dear”
“I am not ashamed of ****** but would be ashamed if I were ever to cheat or betray someone
I am not afraid of anyone but would be afraid of God and afraid of entering into sinful ways.
I am only afraid of my Ego getting the better of me and ashamed when it dominates all action done
I am only ashamed of being egoistic and being full of myself to worry about what anybody says”
I asked him why he had taken it upon himself to remove and throw his clothes to become ****
He said he had done this as a means to renounce himself of all his desires and overcome his ego
I asked him if I too needed to practice this to remove my own ego and become a real cool dude
He replied that there was no need as long as I was not afraid of sin and not ashamed to be so.
I thanked him for his thoughts so pure and holy; I just walked away in a daze into the haze
My ego shattered and my mind so vacant; I meandered through life completely broken
The more I really understood what he meant; the more life appeared to me as a maze
The more I really understood his explanation; the more my defenses appeared a mere token
We wear our shame in that which we take pride; in the form of designer clothes
For our physical nakedness leads to foul, uncomfortable and wicked thoughts
And the human form has become the fount of all that the divine Lord God loathes
Including carnal desires & material desires which seep from insecure minds with doubts
We have lost the sense of fear for that which we really ought to be afraid off and fear
We have lost the sense of shame for that which we really ought to be ashamed off and avoid
We fear the dark but are not afraid of doing wrong; for we really don’t care
We are ashamed of walking naked but to corruption and vile lust we just fall for the lure
He did not appear to be afflicted by shame or fear nor any kind of material desire
The people who came across him scampered away from him out of their shame inside
While he did not in the least bit seem bothered by their disgust or hypocritical ire
I followed him around town to know more about him and the exact state of his mind
He appeared oblivious to his surroundings as well as me; he really seemed not to care
Was he an enlightened one in communion with the divine or one with fevered mind?
I thought of talking to him but he kept talking to himself so that, I did not really dare
The holy man seemed to realise what I wanted and that I wished to communicate
Without my having communicated the same to him, he could understand and beckoned me
I approached him full of fear and trepidation so much so that I felt the urge to defecate
But he soon made me feel at ease and expressed that he was harmless, as if to assure me
I asked if he felt ashamed of being **** or if he felt afraid that people would stone him
He looked at me as if I was some ****** and then gently explained to me as if I were a child.
“I am ashamed only of lust, *******, corruption and sin; not that which was given by him
I am only afraid of getting caught in the mire of the desires of the mind, which can make me wild”
“Man has been fooled by his senses”, he continued. “Fooled into believing all illusions
Fearing that which he should not while being unafraid of that which he should fear.
Man has been fooled by his senses, he continued. Fooled into believing all delusions
Remaining unashamed of his corruption and vice while being ashamed of his body so dear”
“I am not ashamed of ****** but would be ashamed if I were ever to cheat or betray someone
I am not afraid of anyone but would be afraid of God and afraid of entering into sinful ways.
I am only afraid of my Ego getting the better of me and ashamed when it dominates all action done
I am only ashamed of being egoistic and being full of myself to worry about what anybody says”
I asked him why he had taken it upon himself to remove and throw his clothes to become ****
He said he had done this as a means to renounce himself of all his desires and overcome his ego
I asked him if I too needed to practice this to remove my own ego and become a real cool dude
He replied that there was no need as long as I was not afraid of sin and not ashamed to be so.
I thanked him for his thoughts so pure and holy; I just walked away in a daze into the haze
My ego shattered and my mind so vacant; I meandered through life completely broken
The more I really understood what he meant; the more life appeared to me as a maze
The more I really understood his explanation; the more my defenses appeared a mere token
We wear our shame in that which we take pride; in the form of designer clothes
For our physical nakedness leads to foul, uncomfortable and wicked thoughts
And the human form has become the fount of all that the divine Lord God loathes
Including carnal desires & material desires which seep from insecure minds with doubts
We have lost the sense of fear for that which we really ought to be afraid off and fear
We have lost the sense of shame for that which we really ought to be ashamed off and avoid
We fear the dark but are not afraid of doing wrong; for we really don’t care
We are ashamed of walking naked but to corruption and vile lust we just fall for the lure
