The Hamsah swan
alights without a whisper
on the still heart's lake.
“Hamsah” means both
swan and soul
in the first language
of meditation.
We received this mantra
at our birth,
the highest initiation.
Breathe in “Ham.”
It means I Am.
Welcome the grace
of pure Being,
for your existence is nothing
but grace.
Breathe out “Sah,”
it means the Divine.
Give yourself back to the Giver.
She who spins the galaxies
from silence spins you.
Friend, why are you here?
To make an offering
of your whirling body
to the one who enfolds
every atom with a kiss,
and kneads each
particle of no-thing
into gristle and bone.
Friend, why are you here?
To take a journey
of one exhalation
into the humble valley
under your breastbone
and plant the seed of Christ.
Now root down in silence.
Fold the swan-winged syllables
into a spaceless bindhu
where inward and outward
are one stillness,
I and Thou dissolve
into feathered wonder.
Surely you know, before the Word,
“Let there be light,”
each creature already rests
in the Creator.
This is the time to become
not merely a human
but a human Being.
It's no secret any more.
Just to breathe
is the purest worship,
and every breath
is God's name.
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A poem on the Hamsah mantra, which you may use as a meditation. "Hamsah" means both "swan" and "soul" in Sanskrit. Yet the sound "Ham'Sah" is also an ancient Vedic mantra, which the Upanishads declare to be the natural sound of our respiration, and to hear it is the most natural meditation: breathing in 'Ham, "I Am," breathing out Sah, meaning "She." Who is She? She is the Goddess Shakti, the Holy Spirit, activating power of God creating the universe. She dwells in your body as this very breath. You may listen to this poem HERE.
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