“The body is a temple, the soul a sacred shrine, Divine love is the lamp, and ecstasy the wine." Kavindra

Award-Winning Finalist in the POETRY category of the National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards Limited Edition The Night We First Met-A Mystic Journey by Jeffrey Armstrong "Kavindra." 108 Poems 136 pages 8"x8" ISBN 978-0-9783661-0-0

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“Your work is a direct transmission of transcendental energy... You are the new Rumi.” PATRICK BERNARD, Award winning producer and composer of devotional music. Montreal, Canada

"As I read the poetic verses in The Night We First Met, I felt once again that joyful, blissful glimpse of divine love that I had first experienced many years ago in my life when I had read Gitanjali of Sri Rabindra Nath Tagore, who was awarded a Nobel prize in literaturefor his work. I am thrilled to see thedepth of experience of Hindu divinity in the verses composed by a nava-Hindu, Sri Kavindra." Ved Prakash Chaudhary, Ph.D. General Secretary, Hindu Collective Initiative (HCI) North America

“You have a God-given gift of words which makes the mystical easy to reach… Upanishadic phrases and beautifully imagery are woven seamlessly with modem symbols. Kavindra has done a service to the English speaking world by bringing out this volume.” Abhinav Dwivedi, Vice President, Hindu University of America, Orlando, Florida

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“Never was there a time whenthe voice of love was more needed.”
Jeffrey Armstrong - Kavindra

Kavindra Mystical Poet Jeffrey Armstrong A Western Master of Eastern Wisdom

Although a man of diverse talents, his passion is without a doubt poetry. His style is as varied as his life experiences.

As a poet he has authored over a dozen books of poetry, several of which have been turned into successful musical albums. Jeffrey has been writing poetry since the age of thirteen and he now has a collection of over 1,400 poems on various subjects in many different styles.

In 2006 The Night We First Met - A Mystical Experience was published by VASA Publishing and was a Finalist in the poetry category of the National Indie Excellence Awards 2007.

In 2006, a CD of love songs was released by composer and singer Thomas Barquee using Jeffrey's lyrics.

www.ThomasBarquee.com

Coming Fall 2007: A CD of Kavindra’s inspiring mystical poetry, spoken by the author himself, accompanied by the sublime musical compositions of award-winning musician and producer Patrick Bernard.

www.PatrickBernard.com

He is currently working on publishing a volume entitled Love Letters from a Yogi, a series of six books describing the various flavours of mystical love. Not unlike The Night We First Met, this book reveals a yogi's intimate relationship with the Divine spoken in the ancient mystical style of Rumi, Tagore, and Mirabai. A poetry patron would be welcome.

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“Poetry stretches language to its very limits – providing us with a glimpse of something beyond discourse. a taste of transcendence perhaps" Kavindra

In the tradition of Kalidas, Blake, Mirabai, Rumi, Shelly, Hafiz, Keats, Poe, Tagore and Gibran, and all the great and inspiring poets whose words touch our hearts and heal our souls, we are pleased to present the poems of Jeffrey Armstrong, also known as Kavindra.

Mystical poetry seeks to reproduce very subtle states of spiritual perception. In India, the Bhakti and Tantric schools of mystical poetry speak in a voice that longs for intimacy with the Divine Beloved. They attempt to reveal the emotions exchanged in the relationship between the soul and the Eternal Lover or Beloved God.

As an initiate of those ancient teachings, Kavindra embodies and is able to pass on the sublime fruits of those sacred traditions. This initiates the listener directly into the ecstatic emotional states of spiritual bliss. His poems are literally windows into the Divine realm that are revealed to him during profound states of meditation.

Kavindra has been writing poetry since he was 13 and to date he has a collection of over 1,400 poems on various subjects in many different styles. These particular poems literally “drop down” within a few minutes… he hardly can write as fast as they come out. They require no editing other than spelling and are truly a gift from the Divine!

His beautiful poems flood us with the waters of love filling the deep well within our heart. This satisfies our deepest yearning to speak with cannot easily be spoken It allows us to taste the sweetness of our divine potential embodied in the persons we choose to love. These ancient whispers come alive in our imaginations in brilliant dreams of our eternal nature.

We invite you to listen to some of the poems from his collection.