“THIS PRECIOUS LIFE IS A SCHOOL FOR LOVE” a poem about learning the lessons that Love has to teach us in life…
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SPIRITUAL SOUL
Written and published by Chinmayan, for the benefit of everyone seeking to live from their open and loving heart!
THE DAWNING LIGHT, Volume 7, Issue Number 513
JOURNEY OF THE HEART Section Number 301
Monday, October 9, 2023
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“We are like beautiful lotus flowers growing into full blossoming out of the mud of our life and experiences in this world”
—Yeshe Gyamtso
THIS PRECIOUS LIFE IS OUR SCHOOL FOR LOVE
THIS PRECIOUS LIFE IS MINE TO LIVE—
AND I WILL NOT WASTE EVEN A
MOMENT BEFORE I AM CALLED
TO LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND
“It is later than you think
So do not put off until tomorrow
The important things you can
Do or say or share lovingly today”
I must always remember
That this beautiful body of
Such vitality in which I now live,
Move, act ad make Love with
Will someday be laying on a
Slab at the undertakers being
Prepared for the fire of cremation
After I have been called away
When my time here will be over
And I must return to the spirit world
For a while—whether I want to or not,
Whether I am ready or not,
Whether my work here is done or not,
For this is a call I cannot ignore,
When any pleas to be allowed to
Stay any longer will not be heard—
I remind myself everyday of the
Teaching I carry called the “Four Ends”—
“The end of all birth is death…
The end of all building is ruin…
The end of all accumulation is dispersion…
The end of all meeting is parting…”
While I am still here in the midst
Of all the vibrant beauty of this world,
I remind myself again and again
To remember that time is shorter
Than I want it to be or like to believe
And that NOW IS THE TIME to
Love, serve and awaken and do
The work I was sent here to do
Without hesitation, procrastination or
Delay for it is certainly true that no one
Really knows when that call to go will
Come, and if I am wise, I will be ready today!
July 8, 2021
Still Mountain Retreat
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A SPECIAL SONG FOR YOU from Chinmayan’s curated inspirational playlists
“Door Of My Heart” Performed by Krishnabai, Bholenath and Brahmadev
This song and this very beautiful music video is one of the most heart touching and soul inspiring devotional songs written by Yogananda. This version is one of the very best, most God calling that is intended for your own personal devotional practice.
It is sung with total devotion by Krishnabai, with back up instruments and voicals by Bholenath and Brahmadev….here are some of the lyrics…
“Door of my heart/Open wide I keep for thee—/ Night and day, Night and day/I look for Thee night and day/Will You come? Will You come?/Will my days fly away/Without seeing you my Lord?”
“Door Of My Heart” by Yogananda, sung by Krishnabai
Original Revelation and Calligraphy by Chinmayan
Image Credit: Still Mountain Meditation Center/Inner Resource Institute
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