“THROUGH THE STORM TO THE SANCTUARY OF LOVE WITHIN” a poem about healing our broken wings through prayer and meditation
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SOUL
THE DAWNING LIGHT Volume 8, # 737 Saturday,January 27, 2024
JOURNEY OF THE HEART Section # 451 Poetry and Love Songs by Chinmayan to inspire you to open your heart to greater Love and joy
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Lower Image By Chinmayan “Frozen Dawn On The Way To Still Mountain”
THROUGH THE STORM
To The Sanctuary of Love Within
When I am lost and tumbling,
Far from being in a high state,
But am being torn apart
By my own heart’s deep pain—
When I have wandered off the path
Into the wilderness of confusion
Where dark fears are calling my name
And whispering dark threats in the night—
When I have gone awry while
All I needed to do was keep on
Going straight ahead—following the
Bliss of being in tune with the divine—
When my eyes are blinded by tears
And it feels like I will never be able to
Rise up out of these dark places
Devoid of all light or love again—
That is when its proved my Beloved
Is always ever here within me,
Gently leading me through the storm
To the sanctuary of our sacred love.
It is me who got lost and went astray
But the Lord is ever watching
And waiting for me to realize
The perilous places I have fallen to—
Then my whole soul cries out
And every cell of my being
Begins calling to the only one
Who can save and sustain this son…
And every time, I find my
My broken wings are made whole again,
That my devastated heart is coursing
With the Beloved’s love and light again—
And I remember all the truths I forgot in
The halls of misery as the Lord speaks softly—
“My son, I will never forget you…
My child, I will never forsake you.”
May 18, 2023
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Photo Credit: Chinmayan “Double Rainbow Over Still Mountain”
Original Revelations Poem and Calligraphy by Chinmayan
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“Om Shanti OM” by Manu Om….This is an ancient invocation of attaining the presence of your own heart’s inner Beloved to be your guru, your teacher and guiding light on your spiritual path…
“Om Shantih Om” means “O Lord of My Heart, Bless Me With perfect inexhaustible and eternal peace…
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“Your greatest service to humanity is to attain your own Self Realization!” Ramana Maharshi
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