Poetry Chaikhana Blog

Relax
until you find yourself saying —

this moment is enough.

It is the struggle to attain spiritual awakening
that makes us strong enough to actually receive it.

Knowing our work, let’s be impatient to begin
and supremely patient in its accomplishment.
Knowing our work, what cause is there
for anything but joy in turning to it each day?

In your pursuit of God,
sometimes — you must be extreme;
always — you must be supremely balanced.

Awareness settles into the heart,
touching everything
without reaching out to do so.

Sure, there may be changes worth making —
in your life, in the world.
At the same time, courageously, even foolishly,
accept what is.

Remember: Language
is not your first language.

Faith has nothing to do with belief.
Faith is surrendering
your fears and hopes
to the Divine Life flowing through you.

When everything is deliberate,
everything works together
to awaken the awareness of liberation.

The solution to religious extremism
is to reawaken that sweet, secret, sacred bliss within,
to gently and generously share it with others,
to create environments that invite
the continuing quest.

The destination’s gift
is contained in the journey itself.

Discover a new path
through this magical, unknown day.

Self-acceptance has a strange way
of becoming self-awareness.

A book and a building are not enough.
The human spirit needs cathedrals of trees,
towering mountains, and fields
of spring wildflowers as places of prayer.

somehow the battered heart
blossoms with such beauty,
no hint of past hurts

Once you have gathered enough silence,
silence gathers you.

The goal is to become a non-believer,
to abandon belief — and dogma and hearsay —
in favor of direct knowing.