Heaven

I am awake. I slumber no longer.
I do not dream I can be in pain again.
I do not dream I can be anguished again.
I have left all those dreams far behind.

I look around, and everywhere I see myself.
I look within, and all I see is everyone else.
I have become everything. I am that One.
I am that immortal Self who never dies.

My life is lived in unending bliss and joy.
I never experience any negative state.
Everything is positive, from roof to floor.
I live in radiance, shining like the sun.

Where I used to see enemies, I see allies.
In delusion, they live. I pity them truly.
Where once I saw competitors, I see friends.
In delusion, they live. I pity them truly.

My heart overflows in all directions with love.
I swim in a sea of ecstatic bliss at all times.
Often I am overwhelmed by this unceasing joy
And I weep, for I cannot hold my love inside.

Pure joy exudes from my pores,
So much I can hardly stand it.
I feel like I am drenched in joy
As if caught out in the monsoon.

No more is my joy connected to the sense world.
I see nothing there that can add to my happiness.
I am full. I am complete. I need nothing here.
All my desires are fulfilled by my own Self.

I reside in the heart, in its deepest recesses.
I am far removed from any pain or hurt.
I look out on the cold and sorrowing world
As mountain climbers look at valleys below.

My home is safe in the deepest core of being.
Nothing, not even death, can harm me now.
I am free. I go wherever I will in the world.
I am blissful. I take this with me everywhere.

Truly I have found heaven within myself.
It is a rich kingdom that I shall never leave.
Even in my next birth, I shall attain freedom,
Again and again, bursting my bonds in joy!

Scattered all about my palace floor
Are jewels and priceless treasures.
These I pluck up at will and toss
To the needy people far below.

Needing nothing, with everything to give,
My joy increases in waves of ecstasy!
Once I drowned in sorrow, now in bliss.
Once I felt lost, now I alone am found.

I will return to teach the sorrowful world.
I will teach them to find their own joy!
I will teach them to reach deep into their core
And find the Self, as the Self has found me.

I will light the way of those I meet.
I will show them the truth of the spirit.
I will lift their burden with no effort,
For peace flows from me in rivers.

I will hold the hand of those in pain.
I will take the grief of those in loss.
I will lift the gray veil of ignorance
That covers the blissful Self in all.