We all have experienced beauty in our lives and many have also known sorrow, but on the path we realize that all we have been through has only been to guide and prompt us to progress. These poems often speak of the challenges we face each day when we make the final and irreversible decision to follow the light. If one or two of these poems resonate with you I will be pleased for they come to me in various moments, times of deep peace, times of inner concentration and in times of stress, but I always feel behind them the grace of Sri Aurobindo pouring through this unworthy soul his gifts. As usual, I take credit only for the errors in reception.
Richard Eggenberger (Narad) is a highly regarded poet, writer, opera singer, horticulturist and videographer. His thousands of videos may be seen on his websites motherandsriaurobindo and Richard Eggenberger. His more than fifty books include ‘The Handbook on Plumeria Culture’ and ‘The Handbook on Oleanders’. He is also the author of the ten volume series — ‘Inspiration from Savitri’, Sri Aurobindo’s magnum opus, as well as the books ‘Homage to the Service Tree’, ‘Roses for the Soul’, ‘Flowers for the Soul’, ‘Gardening for the Soul’, ‘Lexicon of an Infinite Mind’, the ‘Supplement to the Lexicon’, ‘The Descent of a New Music’ and numerous volumes of homages to great people, as well as twenty books of poetry. Narad came to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry from his physical home in America in 1961 to his spiritual home, India, where he now resides.
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1. I Sang
2. Beneath Her Blossom-Feet
3. Impediments to Change
4. Sri Aurobindo’s Seal
5. In Moments of Stress
6. In Silence and Alone
7. In the Evening
8. In This Enigma
9. Krishna Beloved
10. Look to the Flowers
11. Lord of All the Distant Galaxies
12. Love Undefiled
13. Mother We Implore Thee
14. My Heart of Freedom Sings
15. My Song of Gratitude
16. Nolini
17. O Flame
18. On the Apex of the World
19. On the Day of Thy Departure
20. On the Mother
21. On the Shore of Bengal’s Sea
22. Once in Her Presence
23. Our Errant Ways
24. Our Sanctioned Destiny
25. Peacock
26. Searching
27. Secret of Secrets
28. Shall We Not Rise Up?
29. She Calls My Soul
30. Sonnet of Praise
31. Speak to Me
32. The Anger of the Sea
33. The Crown of Evolutionary Years
34. What More Is There to Say
35. When Visited by Love
36. Will We Hold Out?
37. Realms We Cannot Know
38. Sacred Grail
39. Small Room
40. Sri Aurobindo, Lift from Me
41. The Crossroads
42. The Sacred Soil of Auroville
43. Warriors
44. I Have Known Sorrow
45. Among the Offering of Flowers
46. Be Grateful — a Poem for B. Sullivan
47. I am at Peace
48. All Within Her Grace
49. In the Singing of the Stars
50. A Servant