Two Poems About Seeking God’s Presence: “River of Grace” and “On Every New Breath”
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY for the SPIRITUAL SOUL Journey of the Heart # 8
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River of Grace
One of my greatest discoveries,
Which I forget in the press of life
Lived daily in this hurting world,
But remember again and again,
When I take the time to pray
And seek the state of holiness..
One of my most comforting epiphanies
Is that joy and bliss are ever flowing
Around us like a river of grace,
And is ever calling us to awaken
Just as Light calls us to leave
All the dark places behind.
I now see clearly that all my
Great sufferings have been self inflicted,
Even though I was ignorant of this
Golden truth as I wept and prayed,
Prayed and wept, always asking
For the keys to escape the
Painful prisons of my own devise.
God is immanent in every place,
Every moment and every circumstance.
It is I who closed my heart in fear,
It is I who listened to my own
Dark mind and hurt and bled through
All the long dark nights of the soul.
But fortunately, the Divine rules the
Universe and not this deluded mind.
I seek now only to rise and
Rise and keep on rising,
In joyful bliss and blissful joy
To such a high clear state of
Loving consciousness, brilliant, radiant
And ever one with the Source
Of all that is flowing in this river of grace.
December 12, 2020
Photo Credit: Chinmayan
On Every New Breath
I know the day will come
When I have written
My last poem and
Sung my last song,
When this voice which cries
Out for God will be silenced
And this body I’ve lived in
For so many years will be
Untenanted and consumed
In a pyre…
Remembering this as each day
Dawns with all its opportunities,
Trainings and experiences, good or bad,
Helps me to see how precious
This time, this very now is
And pushes me not to waste
Even the smallest chance to rise,
To Love, to care, to appreciate
And yes, to celebrate everyone
And every thing which comes and goes
In the great dharma of life
Lived as consciously as possible,
While this heart still beats
And joy surges on every new breath.
December 2020
The more a man meditates
Upon good thoughts,
The better will be his world
And the world at large. Confucius
In the realm of pure sweet Love—
You are the one
You have always been
Looking everywhere for. Chinmayan
Photo Credit: Still Mountain Meditation Center
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