“BEFORE MY LAST HOUR COMES” a new poem about fulfilling my divine mission before its time to leave all I love behind
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SPIRITUAL SOUL by Chinmayan
THE DAWNING LIGHT—Daily Journal of Transformational Writing
Volume 8, Issue # 834 for Sunday, March 17, 2024
JOURNEY Of The HEART Section # 499 Poetry and Love Songs by Chinmayan to encourage you to open your heart to greater Love
All images in this issue courtesy of Pixabay
BEFORE MY LAST HOUR COMES “And at my back, I always hear Times winged chariot hurrying near…” —Andrew Marvell “To His Coy Mistress” Before my last hour comes, Before that moment when I must leave this dense body and All I have loved in this life behind As I am called away from earth— My greatest desire is to soar As high and as far as these Spirit wings can carry me, ever Higher and ever closer to my Beloved inner Lord divine. I will be rising back into the light When this old and tired body is shed And though hearts will break on earth, I already and always know that I Will be celebrating returning home to be One with my heart’s eternal beloved Lord again— For a timeless time until I am asked To return to this world which is the Best place for learning how to grow, give, Share and receive pure and perfect Love In this veil of pain, hurt and tears. Chinmayan prays— But, while I am still here Lord, For however many more years, Help me to know, to Love and serve You Through knowing, loving and serving As many lost and hurting ones as I can— Please make me a pure and perfect vessel of Your Love and Light on earth while I still have this body, mind and spirit— Let me do only they sweet will every day Until that last hour comes for me to go away. March 14, 2024 Still Mountain Retreat
A PROFOUND, BEAUTIFUL and PERFECT SONG to go with this poem!
with complete lyrics for easy singalong….
“Life Reminds Us We’re Alive” by Michael Franti and Spearhead
“The wise person knows that life could be over at any moment and chooses to use every second of every day in the highest, most conscious, most loving and caring way possible so that when death arrives you can depart from this world and all you have loved with a sweet smile.”
—Yeshe Gyamtso
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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
“When God is the center and focus of my life, everything else falls into it’s rightful place.”
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