“CLIMBING AN UPWARD WINDING TRAIL TO MY SECRET CAVE FOR MEDITATION AND PRAYER”
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SOUL
THE DAWNING LIGHT Volume 7, Number 356 Saturday July 22, 2023
The Journey Of The Heart Section Number 204
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CLIMBING AN UPWARD WINDING TRAIL TO MY SECRET CAVE FOR MEDITATION AND PRAYER Late in the afternoon, As shadows start To lengthen in greeting To the coming night, I pause to rest, to go Inside myself in search for The innergy * to continue the Climb up this slippery mountain. Sleep beckons to me like A lonely and beautiful woman, And the silence at these altitudes Pulls me in to deep stillness. With great effort, I resist Sleeping in the gathering dark, put The stillness inside my coat pocket, Pick up the gnarled walking stick And push upwards again, on the Narrow, rocky trail along the ridge’s rim Winding through the swirling mist Towards the distant mountain top. As I climb, the day softly And subtly becomes evening, Warmth becomes coolness And the trail becomes faint Until full darkness descends— Then the stars shed their candlelight And I know that sooner or later, I will reach the end of the trail And the little rocky perch on high Which is my secret meditation seat, Where I go every night to sing and pray, Fully expressing my fierce longing for God— Where I watch the universe of stars above Revealing its vastness, singing from the very Heart of love as I seek the Beloved within, As the bright and perfect full moon rises. September 23, 1983 Marin Headlands, Golden Gate National Recreation Area *My term for Shakti, the divine creative energy That pulsates through every living being and sustains the universe— The inner sacred energy flowing through our hearts that powers Our ability to attain higher states of being and consciousness.
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Original Revelation and Calligraphy by Chinmayan
Image Credit: Still Mountain Meditation Center
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