“… All you really need to do is accept this moment fully. You are then at ease in the here and now …” ~ Eckhart Tolle
This moment … now …
Why Holy? … and what gift? …
Eckhart Tolle’s opening quote offers a clue that addresses both questions.
And here is Thich Nhat Hanh’s clue, in his unique way : “… This is the only moment that is real. To be present and enjoy this moment is our most important task …”
We can likely offer a series of posts from all traditions and all teachers to address this matter … we might already have plenty in our archives 🙂 …
But … poetry is a medium that has the power to transport the reader into his/her own “magical, intimate, and uniquely personal world” … and evoke emotions and imagery that allows a profound “intake” …
So, in that spirit … today’s post (part 2 in a series) will let you enter your own magical world through a poem from Cit Ananda, who posits that “… when I reread the poems, something happens. It is like being given fresh sight. Situations that were held tightly by the mind begin to dissolve, and a sense of ease permeates my experience …”
We started exploring Cit’s recent book – When Silence Speaks: Messages From The Heart – in Part 1 of this multi-part series offering a substantive preview via poem excerpts.
I find Cit’s poetry to be beautiful brush strokes of insights painted on the canvas of the human journey …
I’ve had the pleasure of communicating with Cit over the last 2+ years and every email is a beautiful tapestry of discerning wisdom …
Here are two apropos excerpts from the book testimonials:
“… When Silence Speaks: Messages from the Heart is far more than a poetry book: it is a profound pilgrimage into deeper, higher truths that sing to every human soul … the quality and spiritual power of her work puts these poems at the level of Rumi, Hafiz, and Gibran, yet with a more modern accessibility redolent of Maya Angelou and Mary Oliver. Every word, every page here vibrates with Love and Light, Infinity and Divinity …”
” … Cit Ananda’s poems resound with profound and merciful truths. They spill from her heart like diamonds, shedding light on the expansive embroideries of Love and longing and the human wounds enfolded therein …”
All italicized text above and below is from When Silence Speaks: Messages From The Heart by Cit Ananda (© 2023 Cit Ananda published by Balboa Press) and is published here with her generous permission. A PDF of the Table of Contents is available for download at the bottom of this post.
Receive The Tenderness … of the ever-present Now …
Honor the holy moment of Now
by being totally immersed
in the offering that life brings
this moment.
Whatever is arising
is the work of the Beloved ~
yield into faith,
trust the abundance
the moment is creating.
Within this moment
there is the taste of opening.
Within this moment
there is the taste of freedom.
Within this moment
there is a taste of hunger.
Within this moment
there is a taste of unspeakable beauty.
Within this moment
there is the taste of Love.
Can you feel the unseen offerings
within the physical unfolding?
Be quiet,
receive the tenderness
that brings forth the felt sense
of the ever-present Now.
~ Cit Ananda
Click here for the free, downloadable PDF of the Table of Contents.
Stay tuned for … more poems from Cit’s When Silence Speaks …
Images (edited & Logo added): 1 & Featured) Hummingbirds Green-crowned Brilliant , Heliodoxa jacula, flying next to beautiful red flower. Tinny bird fly in jungle. Wildlife in tropic Costa Rica by OndrejProsicky, 2) Cover page from Cit’s book – Balboa Press 2023 edition, 3) Amazing colorful sunrise over the sea by edi01.mail.bg, 4) Bright Orange Rose by artshock. #2) provided by the Author for free use on our digital assets. All (except Cit’s book cover image) are purchased from depositphotos, or 123rtf or YAYImages. All are for use only on our website/social channels (these images are not permitted to be shared separate from this post).
