O Lord, I have lost the desire
To go forward
And the desire to step back.
Yet I am content
In the Knowledge of You.
Where shall I go?
What shall I do?
Once these questions filled my mind;
Now they are washed away
By Your Reality.
You- are all that matters.
* *
What good are words?
What good are deeds?
In the final analysis
They are aspects
Of one form of existence.
The life of the heart
And the hidden world,
Is the bridge
To true Reality
* *
Pain and terror
When this life ends.
Such is our destiny
And the way of all flesh.
Fortunate are those
Who have transcended death.
They have died many times
And are spared the final bitterness.
All that remains is a shell
This houses the Eternal Truth.
The road these people travel
Is a difficult one.
There are many twists and turns.
Each bend is filled with danger
And the only resting place
Is the place of non-being.
-SB
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