3 Poems About Living In This Present Moment: “These Simple Pleasures”
“In The Heart Of The Moment” and “A Fresh and Precious Opportunity” Transformational Poetry for the Spiritual Soul
JOURNEY OF THE HEART # 40 Sunday March 26, 2023
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These Simple Pleasures
For Dawa
Taking refuge from the cold
Wind and the cool faces of those
Passing by our little store
Of rainbow making delights,
We have come to this café
On a quiet side street
To rest, to snuggle, drink tea
And look at picture books.
My daughter is so happy
In this and every circumstance
That she lifts me from
My own cloudy mood,
Playing with coins and pencils,
All she touches is a
Source of total delight with
No trace of anxiety or fear
About the future as she
Simply enjoys being
Right here, right now, content
With this moment’s treasures.
Thus, this child is my teacher
In relaxing, releasing and receiving
All the good, all the loving
Sweetness our lives contain.
Her smiling gazes
Show me the way
Out of tense canyons,
Her laughter are wings
For rising up and out
Of stressful atmospheres
Of my own creation.
So I take it easy now so
We have plenty of time to
Explore these simple pleasures,
Before returning to our store
And the “real world”
That swirls around
And around itself
Just beyond the door.
October 2, 1984
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In The Heart Of The Moment
In the heart of
Every present moment
Is an ever available
Sanctuary of bliss and peace
Beyond our busy minds
That is always waiting
For us to become still,
Silent and grateful enough.
Our souls long and thirst
And call us incessantly
To remember to slow down
And enjoy this secret
Space which, when discovered,
Becomes so immediately evident
That we cannot help
Gasping in astonishment
That the answer to restlessness,
Our inner confusion and turmoil,
Is so simple and powerfully radiant
That even the harshest stress is soothed,
The deepest pains forgotten and
The most terrifying of fears banished—
By simply being present, here and now,
In this eternally flowing moment
Where love lives and we remember
Who and what we really are.
December 30, 2021
Photo Credit: Chinmayan
A Fresh And Precious Opportunity
Here on Still Mountain,
Where broad fields stretch to the
Far away mountains surrounding us,
Each day is a journey in itself
As we greet each moment as
A fresh and precious opportunity
To travel the path to the highest
States within through prayer
And meditation, yet stay firmly
Grounded in the simple needs of
Living in these bodies, doing the
Work of hands and heart,
Ever seeking to be of service,
Even as we live in solitude and retreat,
By sending divine love and light out to
All those trying to live in a pain filled world.
January 29, 2021
Photo Credit: Chinmayan
A Cause For Gratitude and Joy
Once you understand the nature of your true Self
And the path to realizing it—
You have no cause for anything
But gratitude and joy.
—Buddha
Image Credit: Still Mountain Meditation Center
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