Taking steps

My dear

don't you understand

the time has come to change

the mind has intruded for so long that you don't know any other way

come let go of the shadows

silence is a million times more beautiful and true

the clothing of illusion 

never did belong to you

come outside where the air is clear

come and leave the smoke

when the mind is clear and free, you will get the joke

when the edge of your world and the unknown come into view

You will be struck that what you grasped to as reality was simply mist and not true

like dust that covers a jewel 

the most precious treasure sits 

and waits for you to follow it's sweet scent

thru the open doors of which you are not familiar

thru the passage ways that open to what one does not know

thru the dark woods where thoughts echo and dry leaves blow

thru the solid wall that grace cuts through

over the steep hills and down into the open valleys below

diving deep into yourself this is the only way

come, follow now

the light is breaking thru...   

One must take the steps, and though it may seem like you will fall

and fall you must in which eternity you dissolve

fallen facade of mental constructions

fallen past of pleasure and pain

fallen ghosts that haunt and cycle to create a world that has never existed

fallen shadows that cloud the light

fallen robbers that steal peace... 

fallen roads that lead away from the real

fallen seeds of thought that blossom into more

fallen tree that gives rise to the feeling of other...

all left behind when one crosses the line...

of your world and the unknown....

hush child, 

the wind is crying loud

keep walking steady, there is nothing to fear

inside there is an emptiness that calms and washes the ache

and when one walks in the world but is not of it

there is nothing ever that can harm

for nothing is lost in this ground

of pure life and mystery 

it is here and now

and the truth of what you are

but you must take the steps.....

to discover....

that nothing is lost, but the suffering....