Lotus..

i cannot tell you that what you think you are
is right
not in any way is this right friend
you are like the jewel of the heart
and the lotus that rises above the mud
to bring fragrance and beauty to a land
of sad ways...
you shine like this indeed
but i have said this in many ways have i not?
and this may sound like yet another
so if you believe it and have faith
along with continuing forward
you will be the one that writes poetry that flows
and quenches dry lips and hearts...
that aides in souls to flower...
but this will not be a thing of your doing
it will just flow...
see now how it is ...

Light...

i came to shake down the shadows

and spare not one single drop of darkness

from the wrath of truth

i came in the way of action 

not prayer, hope or fantasy

i came to break through the walls
that have
shielded the eyes from seeing rightly

i came as a keeper of God

and not one that is to be made into an image
to be glorified

i came as a great light that rests
in the hearts of all

and does not sing pretty songs or shy back
from words that are needed

to set things right

i have no home but this moment

i have no belongings to guard

or any false imaginings to protect

i have not claimed this world as my own

or drawn a line between this and that

for i am only here as this o ne

i am here as a father, sister, son

mother 

and no one at all....  

i am here as air, water, fire, cold stone

and as the ocean, the breeze...

the seeker and the one that haunts

i have no walls to hide behind

or anything to wait for ...

i am all and nothing 

real and naked  

living always without covers

as the o ne
that is here
now...

glorious like the sun

my friend

you are what the stars and 

heavens are made of

can you not live like this 

as a being that is real

that does not cast a net to bring anything

in to claim it as your own

see in the world there are false ways

and unseeing eyes

that sit away from the SELF

unbelievable that a one that is to be 

made well enough to travel the path

seeks out something other 

but indeed this is the way of most

this cannot make you turn away though 

if you are true

and though many may slander your journey

or call it a false road

do not heed this for a minute

because no thought or word can touch this 

heart inside

that is made of pure waters and this is to be 

where you keep the focus

not on the external actions of humanity...

to live the highest truth is the only way to go

if you are to be in the nature of reality

to move into the lost ways of others has no

beauty that shines glorious like the sun

and the sun is what you are to be

friend

never to be lost again

if you keep treading this path of o ne

this is the way of a sincere soul

that is to come to live

here 

and be a lord of yourself

where the ways of the mind

rule you no more

lost to sea..

now speak love,

what is there to say when all has been taken

of your world 

that you thought to be true

nothing can be said 

and there is nothing that can be found 

that is separate and distinct

now what is there that you so wanted to know

has it been lost to this sea

that rushed in to your heart and filled it so

as to make you forget
who you were before....

yes to be sure

this is how it is

a fresh mind has no relation to that dream

in which you played as a such and such

there is no dream here 

or a dreamer

all has been lost to this sea 

truth not open for debate...

the truth cannot be debated
for if there is a *seeing rightly*
there is no disputing it
like a light that shows up a pot
or a vase
it is what it is
and is not open for argument or debate
one of the practices of the
Buddhist monks
is to debate
to one-up the other with
collected knowledge
what a false sham and so very not
in the way of aiding to break through
anything whatsoever..
egoic mind is ridden with desire
and does not want to be called out
it seeks to preserve its imitation of the real
no matter how shabby and misrepresented
it may be
this is why all these manners of debate and such
have risen up
born from the false
and not in any way a true light
and will no way cut through delusion
not for one minute..

deathless

death is non-existent in the o ne
it is a mere concept created by mind
like all other illusions
there is no such thing within a clear mind
that is free of shadow
what goes is the body
that is a mere appearance within pure awareness
this is all...
it is because you have claimed this body
as your own
that there is suffering...
ego is this way --
making claims and creating a world
that appears to a *me*
keep inquiring what is this *me*
and engage the practices when the story
arises
the shadow (ego) will be laid to rest
eventually
there is no doubt
because it is transient
it will go...
friend,
i will not say any of it is easy
it is not by any means
but please do not let any thought
desire or emotion
dissuade you or pull you away--
do not worry so much about your life and
what is to be lost there
surely it will all go in time...
this is fact
yes?
be true now
live like a one that is without this heavy other nature
be in heart
be free

eternity..

my friend,

in the heart

your true self resides

to come in 

your carcass of body and mind

are to be left

at the entrance..

there is not one that can come

in and continue to hold

on to anything...

this clinging is what 

is your undoing... 

really

freedom does not compromise

itself

in any way...

it cannot

it is an unalterable truism

this core is perfect

and without a single drop of 

the world or identifications

it rests in you eternally

and is what gives life --

there is no way to enter into it

except to lay all down

and though this sounds

so very much not acceptable to ego

it will fight, kick and scream to save itself..

yet dear 

do not give in

ego must die to for the light to shine in full

and for peace to reign

and for the kingdom of heaven to 

be regained...

oh love

if you could be within this o ne for

even a moment

you would know that you are so much

more and 

so much less at the same time

not one drop of ego is valid--