shakti, goddess of Life

She rinses mind
with energies of love
she is herself always
you do not know her now dear
but she is your soul
free of shadow
she is so glorious and
full
as the goddess of Life
she tries to let you know
about yourself through
suffering
as she scorches your mind with
all that comes from
being attached to a persona
she scorches your body with
all that comes from being
attached to a form
that is only a vehicle
when you finally say,
oh my God
i am not going this route
any longer
i want to know my true
heart
then she ignites in you
like a flame
and begins her work of
burning the mind to ash
this my dears
is a course for those in love
with the truth
and not for those that want to
play in the world
as this will bring a division
of desires
and be a burden to the soul
but for those that are
wanting to be in truth
these ones will burn
like the saints burn
like the Buddha burned
like Christ burned
like Guru burned
and find the source of all
in the end
and this is the beginning of Life
and this is the end of the story of "me"
for this ill-usion is the cause of mistaken knowledge
and is the cause of pain
but it is like a shadow
that is to be dissolved eventually
if one is true and walks upright on the path
sturdy and makes efforts there
she works her energies
and for the souls that come in her
what remains is Life
nothing separate any longer
she remains
in stillness and beauty
always
shakti, goddess of Life