Gurustuti

A Prayer

Rashmi Om

I bring to you a hardened heart

Scorched and pickled under the sun.

It glistens for a while in sudden showers

Turns stony in no time.

It will take many lifetimes

Before it learns to soak up grace.

Before it remembers, it was soil once.

— Soft, porous and aromatic.

In your hands, my heart is ready

To trust

To give up

To crumble down completely.

All I offer is a weather-beaten heart,

My beloved master

Break the stony crust.

Reveal its fragrant fertile self.

That sustains life in myriad spaces

Fields, pots, cracks and crevices

This article is a submission at the lotus feet of my guru Om Swami – the founder of the Vedic Sadhana app. The app helps you identify your ishta and then perform daily rituals that deepen your relationship with them. This incredible app makes the ancient rituals and practices followed by the sages of India available to you.

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