all that remains

without the beauty of the absolute

there would be no life 

or anything that could be called true

the absolute is what reveals all 

and is within all

as one undivided presence 

and as one God of all

if you are even a little bit open 

then the heart can begin to move thru

and make itself a light to melt away the shade

this is what the sages call awakening to yourself

it is like the unfolding petals of a lotus

that opens when the sun hits 

what is revealed inside is truth without name or face 

a living beingness 

not a thing that passes 

or lives for a moment like thought 

a truth that is constant

as shankara says, the light is the revealing 

of the rope that was once deemed to be a snake 

this is what it is to be awake 

and he did not pass his days in idle chatter and thought 

he lived a short life 

and in this brief period truly moved mountains in terms 

of reforming advaita vedanta 

bringing this wisdom back to its true roots

he carried no baggage whatsoever 

he knew 100% he was not the body or mind ..

he was beyond birth and death..  

in this way he roamed the earth bringing fresh waters

and powerful pointings that directed the soul always within

this is the way of the ones that are within stillness

it is impossible not to speak truth 

as this is all that remains...