3 About the Path to Freedom: “Love Is My Purpose and Guiding Light”
“Live In Love”, “Follow Through” Plus “In the Garden of Love and Delight” Transformational Poetry for the Spiritual Soul
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JOURNEY OF THE HEART # 44 Thursday March 30, 2023
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Love Is My Purpose and Guiding Light
Whenever I awaken from
The dreams of deep sleep,
I realize everything I experienced
And felt was the mind at play.
I am grateful that I get to live
In this shared world of such
Aching beauty, challenges and
Magnificent opportunities to love.
As I make the journey through
The country of getting older,
Each day is more precious than
Ever as I draw closer to my last.
I have always understood that
Love alone is my purpose
And my guiding light—the real
Reason I have come back to earth.
Whether I succeed in my higher
Destiny that the divine sent me
Here to achieve in this flow of days
Or fail—depends solely upon
How well I use the time
Left to me in this body.
Thus I vow to use every second
For its highest purpose and
Not waste any of the gifts
Or the grace I have been given
To me to achieve my own
And humanity’s greater good.
August 12/15 2021
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Live In Love
In the quest to make every
Moment count, my first priority
Must always be keeping this
Wild horse mind ever focused on God.
The longer I live and the more
I practice meditation, prayer and song,
The more it becomes clear to me—
I was born to live in love with the Lord.
I know that when I leave this world,
My only true regret will be
How much time and life energy was
Invested in chasing every burning desire…
When all along, my Beloved lives within,
Ever calling, calling, calling me
To live my life here in love in the
Sweet presence of my own indwelling Lord.
June 16, 2021
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Follow Through
Riding on the transcendental
Energy of the saints,
Who lift, inspire
And instruct me,
I must still
Reach God on my own
Through my own efforts—
No one can
Carry me there—
I must walk the path
With my own feet.
It is I who chooses to
Seek the company
Of the realized ones,
Who must and does
Dedicate myself
To becoming a disciple
Who listens, reflects and
Then practices their teachings
And who must follow
Through on the path
All the way
Until I too awaken
Into the truth
And become free,
Until I too attain the
State of realization for
My own and all beings
Highest good.
May 16, 1988
On 2nd World Tour with Amma
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IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE AND DELIGHT It is a universal low that Positive thoughts, words and actions ALWAYS produce POSITIVE RESULTS… While negative thoughts, words and actions ALWAYS produce NEGATIVE RESULTS. This universal truth is a cosmic law That applies to everyone, everywhere, all of the time. If you consciously choose to be one Who practices life with a powerful positive attitude, You will become a force for the good In this hurting world, and your life Will become a garden of love, bliss and delight. —Chinmayan
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