Forget Everything
John Squadra
If someone says, "To be enlightened you must
fast and pray all night,"
Have dinner and go to bed.
If you see a sign, "This way to salvation,"
run the other way.
If someone says, "This book is the truth,
you can buy it from me,"
Take your money and buy grapes and roses.
If someone says, "He's talking tonight,
thousands will be saved."
Go for a walk...listen to the birds
and watch the clouds, and leave
your backpack, your Bible and your Buddha
under a tree and hope
they will be gone when you return.
Where we are going you can't carry anything,
not even your name.
If there is logic in the above,
be afraid, it's a lie.
But if you feel something in your chest
as beautiful as the grass beneath your feet,
be grateful...open your arms
and forget everything
you ever thought you knew.
From This Ecstasy
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Wow.
ReplyDeleteIs that a good wow or a bad wow?
ReplyDeleteIt is a good wow: a call for me to pay more attention to my own experience.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the poem agrees with my belief that there's a strong relationship between opposites in matters of the soul. Rather than seeing opposite points of view facing each other [ > < ], I see them as the two points at each end of a thread [ _____ ] that can be connected to form a circle.
Thanks for the clarification, flandrumhill. I'm happy to know it was a good wow. :)
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