“A Good Days Work Is One Of My Life’s Greatest Pleasures”… A poem about work as dharma practice and ultimate heart meditation
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SOUL
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This is THE DAWNING LIGHT # 1005 Daily Journal of Uplifting Writing
JOURNEY OF THE HEART Section # 597 poetry and love songs by Chinmayan to encourage you to open your heart to all of the goodness, beauty and Love that is here for you…
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A GOOD DAYS WORK IS ONE OF MY LIFE’S GREATEST PLEASURES
To be able to do this rough work
Of these big hands making firewood—
To be able to physically do all
That comes into my world to be
Done is a privilege and a blessing
Which this man intends to maintain
Until his last days on earth.
I now understand what my father meant
When he said “Son, you have no idea
How important and satisfying it is
To be able to do a good day’s work,
Getting done whatever needs to be done.”
When he came to believe he could no
Longer take care of the gardens and chores
On his homestead where there was always
So much to be attended to everyday,
Then he aged before our eyes,
Convincing himself that he was getting old
When he knew he could not do
As he had always done—
Making every day count with endless
Strings of fulfilling accomplishments.
Now that I am in an aging body,
I am careful to maintain a
Vigorous, ageless can do attitude—
By not allowing even a thought or
Words describing myself as “old”—
For as I watch each breath,
Living fully present in this glorious now,
I value work as dharma practice,
Work as the ultimate heart meditation,
Work as a vital and demanding part of
This man’s path to power and Realization.
November 2, 2017
Still Mountain Retreat
Chinmayan hard at work making firewood Photo by Ani
A SPECIAL SONG FOR YOU FROM CHINMAYAN’S INSPIRATIONAL PLAYLISTS…
I have been using uplifting music in my personal prayer and meditation practice to tune myself up to a higher vibration of divine consciousness since the beginning of my spiritual journey in the 1960’s.
Over the years, I have been seeking out the very best singers and songs and music for this purpose and curating them into playlists which I access every day to help me attain the presence of God within me.
May your heart fly open and your spirit soar on wings of song!
This kirtan has a profound meaning…it is a prayer in Sanskrit in which we are praying for the highest good and happiness of all the beings through out the universe…
“LOKAH SAMISTAH SUKINU BHAVANTU” By Subway Bhaktis
Photo Credit: Chinmayan “Sunset On Still Mountain”
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