We all long for something and, especially as the New Year comes upon us, we seriously consider what our life is all about. I asked myself this question these last few weeks and I wrote this poem in response. It helped me put my dreams into perspective for the new year.

Happy New Year and I hope your own personal longings ring true for you.

Longing

(A poem by Gita Saraydarian)

For what are you longing my heart?
I hear the call and some part of me listens;
a short and brief hello and then back to the mundanes of life.

I hear the call and aspire...
there is a deep longing in my heart,
a beauty I search for,
a lasting impression I try to feel,
an immortal love and feeling of love never ending.

It flies away….

I hear the call and I accept.
What is it that I know is true?
The truth exits, somewhere.
All of life is one.
Life is never ending, cyclic, cause and effect.
Great Ones, mastery is a possibility….
What does it mean to be perfect in our love and compassion?

Life, as an open system, appeals to me.
It makes sense.

In a sense it is more compatible with the reality of life.
So life is an open system, and everything is possible.
The lessons are
1)do not be resigned to your past, in fact revolt against the negative past;
2)do not succumb to any physical illness, it is your abusive behavior that caused it whatever it is;
3)complain not, be not cynical, just do it.
However, one has to know who you are,
what your dreams are,
how to achieve them with hard working and persistence.
Work hard to be yourself. You have a great potential and future.

Yes!

Old doctrines of all kinds,
religious, esoteric, Eastern and Western
all manipulated us with the guilt doctrine,
or the "God" doctrine.

God wills it...
It is written...
It is karma...
God only gives you what you can handle...
God gives; God takes...
It is in the stars...

Well, then why bother?
Why do we have a brain and a mind?
Why do we have a heart that links at its best with the Divine?
Why strive?
Why learn?
Why try?

None of this makes sense with the reality of life.

For what am I longing?
For continuity.
A link with infinity.
A feeling of connectedness.
A sense of the infinite possibilities.
Of open doors.
Of love Divine.
Of light endless.
Of the greater will in my life.
Of conscious meaning.
Of continuity of consciousness.

In a word, link to the Cosmic heart,
nothing less,
nothing more,
a knowing of the larger Life,
the endless life,
and all that it entails.

These are what I long for.