Sit a Moment
Come mind, let’s sit together
And chant the holy name
I know you’ll find more
Interesting things to do
You’ll wander here and there
But I’ll pull you back with affection
Don’t you know your dreaming
Is nothing compared to this moment
With this mantra?
Just once chanting is ten thousand times better
Than what you can imagine
Or where you think happiness lies
And the fears that you slip away to?
Turn your back on them and
Soak in this mantra of love
Things will soften, fears will lessen
But wait, where are you now?
And how did you get there?
Come mind, sit with me again
And chant the holy name
For this moment is always
The only moment we have
Let’s make it count,
And let's make it work, together
Show Up Each Day
by Ananda Vrindavan Devi
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Each day is a lifetime in itself
It’s own universe
We start again each day
Moments that are right now
Today, and that’s why
We show up to our japa
Each day, at some part of the day
To anchor ourselves
To connect with Krishna
Beyond this life and the day that’s in it
To remind ourselves that we are
Above it all, which allows us to be
Present to it all, the material energy,
As Krishna’s own energy
Part of him, belonging to him.
And as we live through it
Work through it, struggle through it
We can love and let go each day, every day
And we’ll be ready then, for the great letting go
At the end, when it happens.