THE HEART [a poem]

Since ancient times, the heart was the abode of God

Thus the teaching of the heart, is indivisible from good

When we talk about the heart, we talk about the beautiful

And the love of God, that we know must be bountiful

The heart is the abode of straight-knowledge

That can override the mind-knowledge

For straight-knowledge concerns cosmic truth

Which the heart recognises, as undisputable truth

Striving to the summits, is on the heart’s path

Whoever thinks purely, is on the heart’s path

Whoever is ready for infinity, is on the heart’s course

And on their way for the realisation, of the source

The Heart is a bridge to the highest worlds

For it absorbs the laws of the subtle worlds

It is granted for highest communion

To bring about personality and soul union

Because the heart is the throne of consciousness

A sensitive heart will lead to the renewal of consciousness

And its transportation along the Chain of Hierarchy

Leading to ultimate contact with the Hierarchy

Balancing the consciousness with the heart substance   

Gives impetus and motivation to the unifying substance

For the heart’s anguish or joy interresounds 

With the far-off spheres, of all the rounds

Feel the heart as not one’s own, but as the universal One

For it is verily an international organ, belonging to no-one

Through this sensation, one can liberate oneself from egoism

For only pan-humanity dwells in the heart, and not egoism

The heart is an accumulator and transmuter of energies

Acting as a dynamo and vessel, for universal energies

Deprivation of its highest links, will leads to decay in the heart

And faint-heartedness and intolerance, will impoverish the heart

The heart is also considered the abode of the imagination

And for movement and action, it needs experimentation

Through the Antahkarana it becomes a bridge to higher worlds

By which we can infiltrate the currents of the Subtle worlds

Above all formulas stands the energy of the heart

The source of riches, spiritual as well as material, is the heart

Based on the Agni Yoga Teachings

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