Start Your Day on the Open Sea

Wait, dear friend!
Before you dream up some new desire
or face the first disaster of the day,
close your eyes again.
Start your day on the open sea!

Run out on the dock
hidden behind your eyes.
Call out and wave to the One
who comes to take souls sailing
on wondrous waves of sound and light!

Don’t break your date with him, today!
There is plenty of time later,
for hot tea, buttered toast
and your big fancy plans
to take the world by storm.

Close your eyes again.
Start your day on the open sea!
Run out on the dock and call to the One.
Sit down and wait for him, all alone.
Don’t take your rowdy old friends
out sailing with you, today.

They always disturb your peace
with the same old sad stories
about what you’ve done
and where you hope or fear
you’ll be, someday.

Instead … sail off, silent and smiling,
on the sparkling sea of pure spirit
with your one and only Real Friend
standing by you at the helm.

He’ll set the billowy white sail
beneath a breathtaking sky,
to catch the shining song of the wind
that carries sailors on and on
to the dazzling shores of Sach Khand.

Soon … you’ll be far far away
from the weary old world
of worries and wants
and always waiting
for a better time to come.

You’ll make your escape
from endless debts coming due,
that long list of names and numbers,
and all your feverish future plans.

Close your eyes again.
Start your day on the open sea!
Climb aboard the sailboat
your Friend suitably named
Welcome Home!

Soon you’ll be thrilling along
on musical waves of light.
Feel the fresh breeze of bliss,
and cool ocean spray of spirit
upon the shining face of your soul.
_{Original poem by a satsangi}