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A ceremonial surrender to the deepest call of the heart!Praise and bowing to the Divine through the sacred arts.FFllaammeess ooff tthhee HHeeaarrtt is a live event combining Gopinath’sreading of his poems of ecstasy and surrender and hisspontaneous spiritual discourse, with divinely inspiredmusic, dance, art and sculpture. It is offered in its fulldesign as well as in a smaller, intimate format. Audienceparticipation is facilitated.

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Poems of Ecstatic Union

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ELYSIAN SCROLLSPublishing & Co.


EELYSIAN SSCROLLS Publishing & Co.PO Box 91352Santa Barbara, CA 93190(805) 565-3709

Copyright© 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 by Nick Blagoev– Gopinath All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by anymeans, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,without permission in writing from the publisher.

Printed in the United States of America

Book cover art and design concept by Nick Blagoev. Graphic design supervision by Eugene Hancharou.

Permission to use image of Sri Krishna and Radha granted byMonarch Imports Inc. Permission to use the image of majorworld religions granted by Advaita Ashrama, India.

Back cover photo of Nick Blagoev by Dino.

ISBN 978-1-4243-3290-8


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Testimonials viiiIntroduction xiTo the Reader xiiiDedication & Bowing xiv

Our Song… 19

Today! 20

Eternal Bow 23

Waterfall of Ecstasy 25

Devotion 27

Only One 29

The Bride of God 31

Divine Alchemy 33

Immortal You 35

Diamond of God 37

In Your Presence 39

Love Omnipresent! 41

Immortal Poem 43

You turned… 45

To Sing… 47

Poet’s Song 49

Again 51

Return 53

Emergence 55

To my Twin… 56

My Prayer 58

Untruth Must Die… 61

Pain and Grace 63

There is… 65

Modern Man 67


Eternal You! 69

Matters Not… 71

You Become… 73

Vow… 75

On Your Last Day 76

My Candle 79

Sweetly Into the Night… 81

To Run… 83

Forever in the Day Sky 85

Without a Word 86

It pains me… 89

Blossoms of Light 91

Encounter in Truth 93

Your Sacred Fire 95

Through the Trap 96

Eternal Love 101

About the Author 102


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“Ah… So poetic! Such a deep heart!”Her Holiness, MMaattaa AAmmrriittaannaannddaammaayyii -- AAmmmmaacchhii, global humanitarian, spiritual leader, Gandhi-King Award for Non-Violence

“Nick Blagoev-Gopinath’s pen drips the Essence of Unionwith the Beloved One. Through his writing, he offers a rareglimpse into the secret doorway of The Heart. His poetryembodies the timeless invitation to stop the search andsubmit to the Unity of Seeker and Source. Gopinathgraciously extends to his readers a drink from The Ocean ofEcstatic Love. Love, Mata”

MMaattaa VVaanneessssaa, humanitarian, speaker, spiritual teacher, founder of The Foundation for Divine Consciousness

“You are a messenger of True Reality!” OOcceeaannnnaa, artist, shaman

"This is ecstatic, electric, evocative poetry. Nick’s spiritual,sensual, ever-surprising verses are infused with wonder andworship. Here one finds passionate yearning and wisecontentment, the Beloved sought by the longing heart—andthe Beloved realized in nondual Being. So… dive into theocean of Nick’s gracious heartpourings and be dazzled!"

TTiimmootthhyy CCoonnwwaayy, Ph.D., author of Womenof Power and Grace: Nine Astonishing, Inspiring Luminaries of Our Time.


“Nick Blagoev gets it right: nothing is so central as theheart/soul's intense longing to reconnect with the beloved other.Like every lover who ever felt this blessed pain, he cries outpassionately in these poems that are part testimony, partentreaty, all praise to the power of love that won't let go.”

WWiillll JJoohhnnssoonn, author of Rumi: Gazing at the Beloved

“Though he says he "can’t explain it", Nick Blagoev doesdescribe the ecstasy of love, as he takes the reader’s heart on hisextravagant journey. In the tradition of Rumi and Kabir, weswing on breath’s pendulum, one extreme to the other.”

PPeerriiee LLoonnggoo, Ph.D. Poet, The Privacy of Wind

“Dear Nick, I truly wish you well on your spiritual journey and forthe enjoyment of expressing yourself and your love of the Divine.”

KKaabbiirr HHeellmmiinnsskkii, author of The Knowing Heart: A Sufi Path of Transformation

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The revelatory poems in this volume flow from and callto the ecstasy of complete surrender of the heart andmind to the Divine Beloved, as well as of the masculineto the Divine Feminine, which are such crucial themeson the planet at this time. These are soul whispers andtears of adoration, alive with that blessed awareness ofsublime astonishment, which transcends form, time,space, language, and absorbs the individual awarenessinto the maddening currents of Cosmic Love.

The material also illuminates the passionate, heroicjourney of the longing heart of the individual Lover,through excruciatingly painful phases of transformation,culminating in the ultimate surrender into non-dualSacred Union with Love itself. The Lover IS Love,burning brightly and passionately AS Love, bowing inabandon, reverence and adoration - as a sacred offering- to ITSELF, in every splendorous manifestation andfacet.

Love’s grace and majesty entered my life suddenly andmelted my being…and my tears of exaltation, agony andlonging, became Love’s ink, pen…and these poems.

NNiicckk BBllaaggooeevv -- GGooppiinnaatthh


These poems are an eternal bow to the Living Glory andLove of Jesus Christ, Divine Mother, Rumi, Krishna, SriRamakrishna, Buddha…and all saints, sages and avatars ofhumanity.

I bow with gratitude and devotion to Her Holiness MataAmritanandamayi – Ammachi, a living manifestation ofDivine Motherly Love, whose compassion defies humanunderstanding….

…to Sri Karunamayi for her pure love and blessings…

…to all divinely inspired musicians, dancers, poets, actors,artists and sculptors for inspiring the human race to evernew heights...

I bow to and bless every being that has ever crossed my path,those who will, and every known and unknown sentientbeing and form of life – with deep honor to their sacredessence and design.

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19

Our song is whispered by Eternity…

Names, form, and lifetimes are only passing moments.


25

WWaatteerrffaallll ooff EEccssttaassyy

In a waterfall of sacred tearscarrying the remnants of me,

stunned by endless rapture,

I subside into your Ocean –offering you brilliant universes!


29

OOnnllyy OOnnee

In the sanctity of my heartthere is only one Deity…

On the Altar of my soulthere is only one image…

In the cascades of my poemsthere is only one name…

In the crevices of my mindthere is only one word…

You!


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DDiivviinnee AAllcchheemmyy

The dark caverns of grief and separation inside my being

have turned into streams ofDivine Honey!

The suffocated wails of agonyare now hymns of praise…

… and the burden of unshared lovetransformed into fragrancenourishing the world.


63

PPaaiinn aanndd GGrraaccee

The pain of losing you,though paralyzing,

is also Grace –for you are in it.


83

To run like a maddening waterfallof Love

free

untouched by convention

toward the hearts and souls of the world -

ever uplifting, ever consoling,glorifying eternal life,

is to become God serving God!


91

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Cradling your pure heartin my soul

we ascend and become resurrection!

… no longer two, no longer oneno longer mortal, nor divine…

Blossoms of Light bless the Earth.


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