Thursday, June 20, 2013

heavy with wisdom

a man takes his burden in the morning
and carries it to his path of work and doership
he carries it and yet 
he does not need to 
for it is not his responsibility to carry anything 
it is only his responsibility to come to know himself 
then this burden is dissolved into grace 
and there is no more confusion
or picking up of that which is heavy
and not real
so what the man of the world is 
is a man of God 
in reality 
he does not have anything holding him 
he is unshackled as the sky and open meadows 
and glorious vast oceans of rich life 
he is like this in truth 
and if he understands this  
he will put down the baggage and rejoice 
that his heart is here 
so bright and present 
so full and in light 
so auspicious
so like the sage 
free 
unbound 
pure 

a man weighs heavy in terms of objects 
he possesses
he weighs heavy in terms of worldly knowledge
he weighs heavy in terms of book knowledge
he weighs heavy in terms of family dynamics and 
relationships 
he weighs heavy in terms of desires and body focus
he does not know that his spirit 
is truly not weighted down by the world like this 
it is formless, without any luggage to bear
it is present in stilled beauty 
it is stainless without any collected experience 
it is like a bright star in the dark sky
everpresent and undeniable
the heart of all
the righting of all wrongs 
and it is *light* 
and *heavy* with wisdom
not worldly objects 

a man is not free if he sees 
his body as himself 
he is not pure then 
because he is owning something impure 
and soiled 
this is not correct 
because the atman is unsoiled and free of form
it is untarnished, unblemished
and not to die away ever 
so how does this equate with being a body 
that is to come and go
and one day perish?
how does this equate with what is real
and everlasting?

2 comments:

  1. Namaste, truth seams simple and beautiful :-) THank you for it this morning. VEry appreciated. OM

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  2. namaste, it is simple -- mind is what makes it complex.. om shanti

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