“THE BEST WAY TO SERVE THE WORLD”, “Keeping My Heart Happy, Peaceful and Free”, “Walking Up The Mountain” and much more to inspire you today!
Enlightening Poetry, Revelations and Pearls of Wisdom from Chinmayan, Mary Oliver, Lori Deschene, Ram Dass, Amma, Yeshe Gyamtso and Thich Nhat Hanh to lift your spirits in these tumultuous times…
Chinmayan is the founder and spiritual director of Inner Resource Institute and Still Mountain Meditation Center
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This is WEEKEND Edition THE DAWNING LIGHT MAGAZINE # 1408
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SPIRITUAL SOUP KITCHEN Section # 245
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THE BEST WAY TO SERVE THE WORLD
Sometimes the best way for me
To serve the world may be
Simply leaving encouraging prayers
And comments on the videos, posts and stories
That come across my social media feeds
From people who are hurting or scared or
Facing traumatic health issues or
Suffering from some overwhelming life change
Or going through terrible inhumane situations
Being inflicted upon them by forces blinded
By the love and misuse of power that
No human being anywhere deserves or
Should ever have to go through—
Just to show that someone cares and chooses
To stand with them and offer whatever comfort
That I possibly can through my words and prayers.
—Chinmayan
KEEPING MY HEART HAPPY, PEACEFUL and FREE
The crazier, harsher, more hurtful and scary
The outside world gets, the more I understand
That I must maintain a calm, clear center
In the midst of overwhelming outer chaos
Or I will be swept far away on the stream of events,
And not be of any help to myself or anyone.
Life can be really hard right now…but…
There is still so much beauty and so much good in the world…
And that is what I choose to focus on…
To keep my mind free and peaceful and
My heart open to all the Love that is here
For me and us to give, share and receive.
The best thing you can do for the world today
Is to choose to focus on the positive
And give everyone you meet a loving smile!
The world needs every bit of goodness and Love
We can possibly generate and emanate
Now MORE THAN EVER BEFORE!
—Chinmayan
WE ARE ALL WALKING UP A MOUNTAIN
In this Life we are all just walking up the mountain ,
and we can sing as we climb or we can complain
about our sore feet .
Whichever we choose , we've still got to do the hike .
I decided a long time ago singing made more sense ..
~ Lori Deschene ~
LOVE IS THE ONLY MEDICINE THAT CAN HEAL OUR BROKEN HEARTS
Together, we are on a journey called life.
We are a little broken and a little shattered inside.
Each one of us aspiring to make it to the end.
None is deprived of pain here and
we have all suffered in our own way.
I think our journey is all about healing
ourselves and healing each other
in our own special ways.
—Ram Dass—
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