“ANSWERING THE CALL OF MY INNER BELOVED” a poem about finding freedom from pain and fear through prayer
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SPIRITUAL SOUL
Lovingly written and published by Chinmayan, Founder and Director of Inner Resource Institute and Still Mountain Dharma Center
THE DAWNING LIGHT, Volume 8, # 746 Thursday, February 1, 2024
JOURNEY OF THE HEART Section # 456 Poetry and Love Songs By Chinmayan to inspire you to open your heart to greater Love and Joy
All images in this issue courtesy of Pixabay
ANSWERING THE CALL OF MY INNER BELOVED
I hear my inner Beloved calling me
Clearly and insistently all through
This long, dark and frightening night
Of the soul that I am going through.
This life can be so hard,
So confusing, so heart breaking
And so cruel that it is no wonder
That I keep getting lost in the fray.
I have had to endure so much pain
Since I took incarnation in this body—
So much rejection, betrayal and loss
That it is tough for this spirit to survive.
And yet, the wisest thing I have
Ever done is to pray and listen and
Answer the calling in my heart
Of my own sweet Beloved within—
To answer this clear incessant calling
To come hither and rise in prayer,
Taking refuge inside now and forever
At the lotus feet of my sweet Lord.
There is no respite for me anywhere
Except in this growing love relationship
With the One who has always
Loved, cared, guided and graced me.
I have already seen that the attractive
Things of this world are just
Alluring dancing mirages of misery like
Licking honey from a sharp razor’s edge.
So for me, I have long been clear
That the solution to every difficulty,
The healing of every heartbreaking pain
Can only be found in our ever
Growing divine relationship within.
May 25, 2023
Still Mountain Retreat
A WONDERFUL HEART SONG I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY!
This sweet kirtan, which is a mixture of jazz, blues and techno trance all in one absorbing chanting of the mantra “Jai Ma” (May Divine Mother Have Victory Over My Inner Dark Forces!!!) is my current favorite which I have on repeat. Give it a listen, stay with it through the mysterious intro until Janet starts singing with a full and longing heart…SO GOOD!
“Jai Ma” by Janet Stone and DJ Drez
Photo Credit: Chinmayan “Lotus Buddha In Samadhi with Iris Blossom”
in Meditation Garden of Still Mountain Dharma Center
Original Revelations Poems and Calligraphy by Chinmayan
Image Credit: Still Mountain Meditation Center
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“Your greatest service to humanity is to attain your own Self Realization!” Ramana Maharshi
“When you change the way you think about things, and the things you think about change”
—Wayne Dyer
“I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.” —Ram Das