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.