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Living in the heart

“As you live deeper in the heart,
the mirror gets clearer and cleaner” ~ Rumi


what does it mean to live in the heart
the centre wherefrom soft stirrings of love arise
our hand goes there automatically when we say, ‘I am’
‘tis where we feel the anguish of sorrow and the joy of surprise

spontaneous effervescence of love is free from fetters of mind
magical radiance of love dissolves illusion of separation 
beholding God’s presence within all sentient beings
entwines our consciousness with His creation

we are all born as such, love and light replete
then ego manifests, a cloud of dust, veiling our soul
over time we begin to believe we are only this organic form
becoming self-serving, selfish, lustful, heart blackened like coal

the journey from head to heart is then but our journey back home
cleansing mirror of our heart, we reconnect with the source
discarding conditioned belief, letting go of identity
we reclaim inner light without use of force

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 5/3/2024 3:35:00 PM

Thank you for participating in my contest. Way to go. Great to see your name on the winners' list. Congratulations. I agree that our ego gets in our way and sometimes it gets overly full of itself. Sara K

Unseeking Seeker
Date: 5/3/2024 7:52:00 PM

Thanks for hosting, Sara ~ big effort. It was a pleasure to participate, God bless :)

Ink Empress

Date: 5/3/2024 11:06:00 AM

Wow! Powerful! One of my most fave poems ever written by you especially love “ we are all born as such, love and light replete then ego manifests, a cloud of dust, veiling our soul” couldn’t have said it any better! As well as “ becoming self-serving, selfish, lustful, heart blackened like coal “ seamless alliterations and brilliant diction n simile! Fave ! Best wishes dear seeker

Unseeking Seeker
Date: 5/3/2024 7:51:00 PM

So happy these words resonate in your glowing heart, IE

Sotto Poet

Date: 4/25/2024 4:29:00 PM

In incredible poetry, you move from an intellectual (egocentric, self-centered) to an emotional (loving, lighthearted, connected to the source) way of life. The process of re-establishing a connection with our inner light and the illusion of separation is enigmatic, I guess.

Unseeking Seeker
Date: 4/25/2024 6:11:00 PM

All it is, is falling away of illusionary identity, the ego, which drops off, revealing light of Self. There’s nothing gained since we always were, are and will be that light but by seeing directly, we know in definitiveness, not as a mere mental concept. Of course our life view changes thereafter, that is inevitable.