A Sanskrit Prayer To Start Your Day

look to this dayNick Polizzi – There’s no better time than now to give your heart and mind a little extra nourishment.

I want to share a Sanskrit poem by Kalidasa, an Indian playwright and poet who was active during the 4th and 5th Century AD. It inspires me to make the most of each day, and I hope it will do the same for you.

Many folks silently starve themselves of the peace and contentedness that is waiting in every moment, convinced that it can only be experienced once a group of external pieces falls into place.

Why can’t we be fully alive and activated right NOW?

Without further ado…

Look to this day,
for it is life, the very breath of life.
In its brief course lie
all the realities of your existence;
the bliss of growth,
the glory of action,
the splendor of beauty.
For yesterday is only a dream,
and tomorrow is but a vision.
But today, well lived,
makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,
and every tomorrow
a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day.

This poem reminds us that the past and the future dwell only in our minds, and in truth, all that we ever experience is this present moment. “Look well, therefore, to this day…

A shaman friend once advised me, “Don’t let the illusions of your past or future rob you of the infiniteness of your present.” This is now written on an internal sticky note, somewhere in the back of my mind 🙂

SF Source The Sacred Science Jun 2022

One thought on “A Sanskrit Prayer To Start Your Day

  1. That is not the exact translation. The Hindu scholars are resentful the we westerners are now translating their texts and so are modifying them from the original before they are translated. It helps to know the Sanskrit version. Do you know of it and how to chant it?

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