Sacred Mantra

Sitting in the Lotus

Upon a petal

Drifting in calming waters

I chant

Sacred mantras

Vibrations

Emanate effortlessly

Along the streams of sound

Causing neither wave nor ripple

The absence of sound 

Holds rhythmic tones

That causes life to exist

In dry bones

Om dances to the quiet melody

Of my sacred chants

And Buddha blesses me

With the wind of his passing palm

I ate wisdom with the ancients

In a calm typhoon with Nichiren

I met Buddha

In the peaceful sky with the 12 apostles

I met Jesus

In a cloud with nineteen Khalifaahs 

I met Muhammad

We had metaphysical discourse

And we all laughed heartily like old friends

drunk with green tea and jasmine

I witnessed the rise and fall of civilizations

The treachery of men

And the slaughter of people

My heart was heavy

But my spirit was at peace

These evolutions of chaos

Carried me ever closer 

To NIRVANA

Sitting in the Lotus

Upon a petal

Drifting in calming waters

I chant

Sacred mantras

- Author Unknown -