May you be truly inspired by this rendition of the illuminating booklet "Seven Steps to the Temple of Light" by Uranda. Published by The Emissaries 4th Edition 1977 Follow Julie Tara here:  Linktree https://linktr.ee/JulieTara My Website https://www.

Your Love  Let Your love play upon my voice and rest on my silence. Let it pass through my heart into all my movements. Let Your love, like stars, shine in the darkness of my sleep and dawn in my awakening. Let it burn in the flame of my desires and

The Grasp Of Your Hand Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it. Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved, but hope for the patience

Shvetashvatara Upanishad 6.23 He who has highest Bhakti (love) of Deva (God), just like his Deva, so for his Guru, To him who is high-minded, these teachings will be illuminating. ~ Shvetashvatara Upanishad 6.23 Translated by Paul Deussen

When I lived in a house  "When I lived in a house I heard a monk's words and saw in those words nirvana the unchanging state. I am the one who left son and daughter, money and grain, cut off my hair and set out into homelessness. Under training&nbs

My Voyage I thought that my voyage had come to its end  at the last limit of my power, that the path before me was closed,  that provisions were exhausted  and the time had come to take shelter in a silent obscurity.  But I find that

My Polar Star I have made You the polar star of my existence; never again can I lose my way in the voyage of life. Wherever I go, You are always there to shower Your beneficence all around me. Your face is ever present before my mind's eyes. If I lose s

My Friend I have come to You to take Your touch before I begin my day. Let Your eyes rest upon my eyes for a while. Let me take to my work the assurance of Your comradeship, my Friend. Fill my mind with Your music to last through the desert of noise. Let

Time To Sit Quietly  I ask for a moment’s indulgence to sit by Your side. The works that I have in hand I will finish afterwards. Away from the sight of Your face, my heart knows no rest nor respite, and my work becomes an endless toil in a shoreless

This Is My Prayer Give me the supreme courage of love, this is my prayer - the courage to speak, to do, to suffer at Your will, to leave all things or be left alone. Strengthen me on errands of danger, honor me with pain, and help me climb to that difficu