“Heart Of The Universe” and “Now Is The Time To Awaken Remember and Be Free”
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SOUL
THE DAWNING LIGHT # 124 Tuesday May 23, 2023
JOURNEY OF THE HEART Section # 110
Photo Credit: Chinmayan “Sunset On Still Mountain”
HEART OF THE UNIVERSE Tonight I am listening to the Ancient music of my soul That has been playing In the heart of the universe Throughout all my lifetimes— To tune up into the frequencies Of my own sacred celestial song Is my greatest joy while Incarnated in this body In this world of pain and delight. In the depths of the night, I have turned and tuned Myself while stumbling in the dark, Seeking for the secret chord Which will lift me straight up Into the arms of my own sweet Lord. There is nothing more that I want From being here on earth Than to live prayerfully and learn How to truly Love and be A force of Love and light For all those who still suffer From having lost their self And their way through daily life, Forgetting who they really are As precious children of God and Now being forced by the unremitting Pain of separation to seek And find their way home again. December 4, 2019
Photo Credit: Chinmayan
Original Poem and Calligraphy by Chinmayan
HERE AND NOW Is The Time To Awaken, Remember and Be Free Even as my heart Tumbles in painful darkness As my beloved turns away From me in angry isolation… All around me are wild wide fields And birds who fly and sing Even on this grey winter’s day, Reminding me, once again, That there really is nothing Making me suffer in this moment Except for my own mind’s Interpretation of the experience. The liberating truth is— Joy and Love are always Present in the here and now, Always calling me to awaken, Remember and be free. January 11, 2017 Still Mountain
Photo Credit: Chinmayan “Fields, Oaks and Mountains East of Still Mountain”
Image Credit: Still Mountain Meditation Center
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This in direct reply to your comment Seth!
Believe me when I say I understand your frustration and distress over falling into dark states of mind.
I have been through this more times than I can count!
First, my teachers all said that if we are sincerely engaged with our spiritual path and earnestly doing our Dharma practices, it is vital to understand that ….we will rise and fall, rise and fall as a natural part of the path BECAUSE our practices are a process of purification and healing.
In that process all our “shit” is going to be stirred up…all of our painful, negative emotional and mental stuff is being dissolved. As this process goes forward, it can be very unpleasant sometimes…followed by periods of bliss and clarity and then back into the hard and gnarly stuff.
That is why everyone who is sincerely following their path must be a SPIRITUAL WARRIOR who knows that all that shit coming up, all those dark feelings and nasty thoughts are SURE SIGNS that the process is working and progress is underway.
My teachers all stressed this one point of the realities of being a practitioner pursuing the spiritual path sincerely!
As Rinpoche often said “When you do spiritual practices such as meditation, prayer and mantra yoga sincerely IF YOUR VASANAS ( Sanskrit term for all our mental and emotional “shit”)ARE NOT COMING UP to be faced and dissolved, it means that either you are already completely enlightened OR not doing your sadhana (spiritual practices) correctly!”
My second response is…The quickest and easiest way to become free from dark states of mind is to practice GRATITUDE. I will be sharing much more about Gratitude Meditation, but for now i recommend that you get a notebook and pen and right now, TODAY, BEGIN BY WRITING OUT 100 things you have in your life to be grateful for…even the very smallest thing to the big things. Do this everyday for the next 10 days. Read and re read your lists everyday!
The power of developing a daily attitude of Gratitude will lift you into a lasting state of positivity that will overcome every dark thought and emotion.
Lastly the spiritual warrior knows that perusing the spiritual path is by far the most challenging and intense thing you will ever do. The spiritual warrior knows that of all the things you could do with your precious life, doing practices and following your path is BY FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT because it is the only thing you are doing that leads to achieving freedom from suffering and becoming enlightened. Every bit you do today is creating a much better, clearer and more conscious and loving future for yourself. It is “The pearl of great price” that is worth all the effort necessary to achieve it!