“WALKING YOUR SPIRITUAL PATH IS LIKE SWIMMING ACROSS THE OPEN OCEAN ALONE” a poem about the challenges and sweet rewards of spiritual practices
TRANSFORMATIONAL POETRY For The SOUL by Chinmayan
THE DAWNING LIGHT,Volume 8, # 731 Wednesday, January 24, 2024
JOURNEY OF THE HEART Section # 448 Poetry and Love Songs by Chinmayan…to inspire you to open your heart to greater Love and joy
Photo Credit: Pixabay
WALKING YOUR OWN SPIRITUAL PATH IS LIKE SWIMMING ACROSS THE OPEN OCEAN ALONE “Those who give up have already lost— The Lord blesses those who refuse to quit…” Walking your own spiritual path Honestly and sincerely is Very much like swimming across The vast open ocean alone— You have to keep swimming, Stroke by stroke, night and day, Even though it may seem As if no progress is being made, For in the open sea it is Just water, water everywhere, With no way of knowing How far you have come Or how far you have yet to Go towards the goal— But, with confidence in yourself And your teachers of the lineage And having faith that your practice Is taking you through the stages Of gradual transformation And that you will reach The”farther shore”— That every stroke of your Arms, every breath that you take, Every mantra that you chant, Every prayer and meditation session That you put your heart into Is bringing you closer, Day by day by day. This is why the challenges Of the path— pursued with Dedication and a persistent positive And loving attitude, where failure Is never an option and quitting Is something you will never do— Requires us to become spiritual warriors, As we cross through high Waves and low waters, through Hurricanes and halcyon days, Absolutely determined to stay Present and keep on keeping on, Until you have “gone, gone, gone beyond.” Om Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Swaha!* June 10, 2023 Still Mountain Retreat *this mantra is for invoking steady progress on your spiritual path all the way to reaching first levels of enlightenment then progressing through all the stages to complete, perfect ultimate Self Realization…
Photo Credit: Pixabay “Swimming across the ocean of life to the farther shore of enlightenment and bliss”
A SONG FOR YOU FROM CHINMAYAN’S INSPIRATIONAL PLAYLIST
One of the sweetest most powerful and effective mantras on the planet is the mantra of Love and Compassion:
OM MANI PAYDMEH HUNG
This song is a version of this beautiful mantra, which if repeated daily as you go about your life or chanted or sung in your meditation sessions will definitely have a powerful transforming affect on your mind and consciousness.
Through the uplifting power of sacred sound vibrations, this mantra gently greatly reduces the negative thoughts and feelings as they arise in your mind and does open your heart, and develop your ability to love all beings compassionately…
This version sung by Lama Dorje, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher and practitioner, with Tibetan bowls and uplifting instrumental background music…ENJOY!
This mantra is at the core of my own personal spiritual practice.
I have been singing and chanting for hours a day for over fifty years, since receiving it from my first teacher Kalu Rinpoche.
I can attest from my own experiences with this mantra that it is amazing in its effects, and at times even miraculous. I start singing it the moment I wake up, then all through the ensuing hours while doing whatever I need to do, from washing dishes to driving to working on the next issue of this newsletter…as the mantra gently supports an artesian well of Love flowing into the vast ocean of my heart.
I teach this mantra and initiate participants into how to practice it in classes and our Meditation Training Intensive course. Stay tuned to this newsletter for information on upcoming opportunities to learn this beautiful mantra and so much more!
“Mantra De Chenrezig” by Lama Dorje
Photo Credit: Pixabay “When you meditate, you discover you have a portable paradise within—ever awaiting for you behind closed eyes”
—Chinmayan
Calligraphy by Chinmayan
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“Your greatest service to humanity is to attain your own Self Realization!” Ramana Maharshi
“When you change the way you think about things, and the things you think about change”
—Wayne Dyer
“I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.” —Ram Das