Journey of the Heart

A Prayer by Kalindi Dinoffer My dear Krishna My lord My friend  My best friend  In my heart And all around me If only I wasn't so blind  The do's and don'ts  I'll be honest they often confuse  and bewilder me the ceremony and ritual  often make me feel farther from you not closer   Oh Krishna Oh Radha Oh dear Chaitanya  Oh Rama  So many beautiful  names  Maybe I've been thinking about it all wrong If you're the best friend of all then surely it saddens you when they forget you or when they pray only to ask for you  to solve their problems all the time   I mean sure of course you're all powerful  If I were to try  to put myself in your shoes I imagine it would feel lonely if people asked things of me all the time  without checking in to see how I'm doing  And love real love  is about giving  the word service  sometimes gets me if I'm being honest it sounds so formal like a master and serva...

I wrote this poem as an offering to God...   I wrote it in a moment when I felt overflowed with gratitude and love to Krishna, or the Supreme All-attractive Personality of Godhead. During my daily mantra meditation, I felt the sound vibration of the Hare Krishna mantra - a mantra chanted in the Bhakti tradition - so strong, that I suddenly imagined God dancing on my tongue, and my body became a shiver, and my heart opened with an abundant river of love. Every time I read this poem, I imagine beautiful, dark Krishna dancing, and my soul begins dancing too.   Dancing God by Paraschiva Florescu  His name comes out in a cry   Krishna   Krishna   Krishna   my mouth rolls with anticipation   look how He dances on my tongue   how with each step He presses the soft sole   my skin rising in ecstasy   and He rolls on the edge of my heart   from His hands mercy flowing like rivers   I yea...