This heart is Your Temple.

This heart is Your Temple. In it I burn as incense. I burn this ego and its hopes, hidden desires and fears. In it are consumed likes, dislikes and the quirks of this mind. In this fire are extinguished my “specialness” and sense of separate self. As this incense burns away, it releases the fine fragrance that is You.

O Lord of the Heart, God of this holy space, support me up as I stand before Your almighty Presence. Prop me up with Your invisible arms as I pray through this fragile frame. Empower me to anchor the mind in the heart and withhold wayward thoughts. Let me remain untouched by all doubts and distractions.

Grant me keen attention and deep emotion for You. Banish my indifference and turn my lukewarm affection for You into boundless ecstatic Love. Make this heart spacious enough to receive You. Take hold of my arm and lead me, O Lord for I know not how.

When I return to other things, let me feel Your glory in each and everything no matter how menial or great; let me remember that You are woven through every fiber of this existence. May I not waste another moment of this precious life in complacency.

May this mind glorify You in all beings at all times and find You wherever I go. Bring me back to Your abiding Presence every time I drift off. Keep me in conscious alert awareness. Bind me with Yourself so I may breathe only in conscious remembrance of You. Banish all sloth and grant me new vitality and enthusiasm for You. Give me new eyes to see all in the same light. Before this breath runs out, dear Lord, come claim me. Please come before I forget You again.

Daasandaasi

Sept 2010