“TAKING MY STAND ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN’S PEAK” A new poem about forgiving ourselves and moving on PLUS Steven Colbert Interview on Adversity
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SOUL by Chinmayan
THE DAWNING LIGHT —Daily Journal Of Transformational Writing
Volume 8, Issue # 846 for Friday, March 22, 2024
JOURNEY Of The HEART Section # 499 Poetry and Love Songs written by Chinmayan to inspire to find your own way to the mountain top
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TAKING MY STAND ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN’S PEAK “There is no future in living in regret for All the opportunities I once had which Were lost through not being recognized In living through days of unremitting pain…” As the sun sinks in its fiery arc westward To make way for a full moon rising, And night slowly draws a curtain Across the stage of this aching day— My heart is crying out to feel the touch and Comfort of the pure love of my inner Beloved, Like a lost child crying for his devoted mother, Like a man drowning alone on the sea of sorrow— From where I sit, I can clearly see the Uncertain end of my days coming my way And I feel deep regret for all the opportunities Once within my reach that went unrecognized— For relationships where so much love was Waiting to be shared and yet was wasted As I tumbled through life in unconscious pain Forlornly believing that my bad was really good. From where I now sit in prayerful meditation High on this mountain with its unlimited view, I ask myself —how could you not see then What is so plainly revealed to be seen today? Yet no matter how much I have failed and lost, I know I have always sought to do my best to Love, to nurture, to appreciate and take care— And that there is no future in living in regret. I must use this piercing pain to awaken to The urgency of making the most of every day I have left, to love and accept and forgive Myself so that I now become the good man I have always known I could and need to be— To take my unstoppable stand here and now On this high mountain’s peak so hard to reach To seek, to find, to know, to follow and serve The One who sent me here to live on earth and Who has always been and is with me still. August 2, 2023 Still Mountain Retreat
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A VERY SPECIAL INSPIRING and HEART OPENING VIDEO FOR YOU—
An Interview with Steven Colbert: “Learning To Love The Thing That I Most Wish Had Not Happened” where he talks about how to use going through the absolute worst experiences in life and turning them to good.
“Learning To Love The Thing That I Most Wish Had Never Happened” Stephen Colbert
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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.”
—Chinmayan
“Victory will always come for those who refuse to give up!”
—Yeshe Gyamtso