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...

These words describe my experience in finding God…   I realized how the Supreme is always there waiting for us to call out to him in whatever situation in life we find ourselves in. In fact he becomes happy when we intensely wish to re-establish our relationship with him. In my Bhakti faith, God's name is Krishna and he is all Love! This is why Krishna reciprocates with us according to our desire to sincerely connect with him. He is ever merciful and is always ready to forgive us “fallen fruits”. Like Fallen Dry Fruit There is a far away memory of the olden days, when I felt like a fallen, dried up piece of fruit on the most lowest plain of dusty dirt. Idly waiting by for the seconds to take my life completely. Life had a grey hue without a drop of nectar. Where do I belong? Not here. Not there. Not anywhere on this planet Earth. Better to go back where I came from. Let's go! I'm ready. Wait...where is that? Where do I come from? ...