“The Secret River” — Building Our High Mountain Home
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SPIRITUAL SOUL
THE DAWNING LIGHT # 75 Sunday April 16, 2023
JOURNEY OF THE HEART Section # 61
Photo Credit: Chinmayan The view from Milarepa Ridge on Still Mountain
The Secret River The west wall is ready to raise— The east, dawn facing, valley and Mountain viewing wall is already up— Their timber frames already Define the house that is to be. Here is the kitchen, With a dining table next to it, Near the east windows, For sitting at with coffee And gazing outwards To stars and pines and Full moon nights. This is where the stairs Will be, leading up To our room, high up And nestled among the Joining of the ancient Oak trees branches. This will be where We make love and meditate And sing and have Our solitary sanctuary. Each window frames a view Of a new and different world— I have stood and gazed And asked and listened Until a vision for this Dream house became clear, Until I knew what to do, How to do it, where to put it. Our home is being born Out of a thousand Timbers Gathered from faraway places. I grasp my big hammer And feel God’s joy In using my body for The works he has shown me. As I work, I hear a horse neighing, A train whistle calling out Far away, down in the valley, And an eagle’s shrill cry Soaring high above us all. It is hard not to be impatient For our house to be finished. I see that pressure rising And I turn it aside for It takes away the pleasure Of building our high mountain Home day by day, Alone and in solitude. I am thirsty for joy, For the love that flows From inside and back. I know all of it comes Through being present In this here and now And doing what comes to My hands to be done, Step by step, moment by Moment, looking for and Following the secret river Of joy that flows inside me On this and every new breath. February 15, 1985 Building our dream cabin on Milarepa Ridge on Still Mountain
Photo Credit: Chinmayan
Original Revelations Poem and Calligraphy by Chinmayan
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