“TAMING MY OWN DRAGON MIND” a poem about the struggle to understand and make friends with my own mind
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SPIRITUAL: SOUL By Chinmayan
THE DAWNING LIGHT—Daily Journal of Transformational Writing
Volume 8, Issue # 823 for Monday, March 11, 2024
JOURNEY Of The HEART Section # 493 »»» 2 Minute Read Time«««
Lovingly written and published by Chinmayan…May we all make friends with and over come the dragons of our own minds through total intention, determined perseverance and gentle loving of our selves!
Images in this issue courtesy of Pixabay
TAMING MY OWN DRAGON MIND
Catching the wind in a net
Or reversing a river’s flow
Are simple and easy tasks
Compared to taming my
Own out of control ego mind.
I watch it closely the way
One would watch an ancient
And treacherous dragon—
Who has so many tricks
And ways of deceiving me,
Who has so many moods
That nothing can be predicted—
As unstable as a volcano,
And powerful beyond measure—
It is too big to tie down,
Too strong to catch,
Too stubborn and set in its
Ways to listen to reason,
Calm and purring one moment,
Then fierily dangerous the next.
So with a loving attitude,
Positive, committed and clear,
I work to tame this dragon mind
With gentle persistence—
I coax it with meditation,
I watch how it moves and works
With the torchlight of contemplation,
Ever seeking to understand
The heart of this wild beast and
Get to know it's true nature—
I am slowly penetrating to the
Very essence of my own dragon mind,
Making friends by being loving and kind,
Patient and forgiving, knowing that the
Dragon and I have always been one.
September 8, 1982
Still Mountain Sanctuary
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A ROUSING HIGH ENERGY ROCK N ROLL SONG OF VICTORY!!!
Original Revelations poem and calligraphy by Chinmayan
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“Victory comes to the warrior who refuses to give in to his own fear, who perseveres through every challenge, come what may….”
—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.”
—Chinmayan
“If you were able to see what is really going on in this very moment, you would be living in a state of ineffable bliss and unmitigated joy!”
-Kalu Rinpoche
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