Mantra

MATTINA

M'illumino

d'immenso

Seven melodic syllables.  Italian. Not Sanskrit, not English. So simple, yet profound. Written by Giuseppe Ungaretti, a classic Italian poet.  Lost in translation, the essence of it's meaning: Immensity enlightens me / I enlighten myself by immensity.

Morning.  Immensity.  Greatness.  Power.  Spiritual illumination.  All that is possible when I choose to get out of my own way.

Today this poem serves as my mantra.