A Gentle Soul !

I met a Gentle Soul once and told it all the things I liked about it!

I said, "You know what I like about you?  I just realized that you are good, noble, graceful, loving and wise. 

In your goodness, you seek nothing in return.  It is just your nature.  And you know not how to be evil.  You trust people and whenever you find something good in them, you praise it.  Whenever you find something that makes you uncomfortable, you ignore it and pray that such things do not take root.  When you read about some evil in society you empathise with the wrong doers and sympathise with those who enforce the law.  You do not curse nor utter bad words, because you are far wiser than that.  Your goodness does not interfere.  You are ever ready to forgive, ever ready to patch up, because you are aware deep within, all anyone wants is to be loved. 

You are noble and in your nobility, you are elegance personified.  You are like a great and noble monarch.  You are patient, kind and considerate.  You speak softly and when something is said that jars the atmosphere, you quieten it down with a soft glance and a silent smile.  You lend dignity to every proceeding and every interaction.  You bear with patience every pretence and falsehood, every expression of vanity and arrogance.  You have seen the highs and lows of life, and you know better than to let yourself be carried away by these waves.

You are graceful in your movements and perfect in poise.  Your walk is majestic and nothing flusters you.  There is nothing loud about you and you seek no attention.  And yet you are the center of the world.  When you move, the world moves with you.  The past and present are your servants and when you sit, it is as if your presence is occupying a throne. 

I find that you are wonderful, loving and affectionate.   You care about people and respect their position and relationship.  Every person in the world belongs to someone.  A child to her parents, a wife to her husband, a husband to his wife, an employee to his employer and a friend to a friend and so on.  And yet every person is also alone to some subtle degree and at this very personal level, each one belongs to the One that resides deep within the cave of our hearts, who is ultimately the source and substratum of all creation.  You understand this and respect these relationships and never do anything to tear the fabric of another relationship.  You wish to leave it the way you found it.

Your love is impartial and you prefer to see the role of qualities than blame people, personalities and creeds for actions that seem to hurt.  You know it is the work of ignorance.  You know that deep within every heart, each one is innocent.  You know that each one will one day reach his perfection and if you are asked for advice, you give it most reluctantly and yet in a manner so gentle and soft, that neither the reluctance nor the passing of wisdom is detected.

Your voice has a tone to it, that tone of compassion and caring, that tone of a genuine sharing. You revere those that are wise, respect the elderly, and love equally all animals and plants.  A tiny bloom hiding below a flimsy leaf beckons your attention as does a stray dog seeking a pat.  In the gentle eyes of a cow, your eyes melt and in the strong structure of an erect and old tree your person expands. 

You love music, dance and all forms of majestic and unifying art and lose yourself in it.   You love the beauty in nature and the stillness within all movement.  You love to find the thing that is common to people and situations and that which brings them together. You realise that everything is covered with a halo, a halo of perfection and luminosity.  And those that come in touch with you, touch this sacredness.  You wish neither good nor evil, and accept everything without comment.  You know very well that happiness is your true state.  Everything else is alien to you.    

You walk tall, elegant and noble

While life and events flow into you

Like pouring the nectar of sweet grace

Into the ocean of time. "