ethical change
represents the most important increase of personality
"...he does away with what is false
preserves his integrity
labors at his task, fosters his character"
brings about real increase
thru receptivity to and love of the good
requires constant perseverance, steadfastness

I CHING

bathed in white light
drenched
i am made whole, at Peace
spirit infuses my being
physical materiality drains away
heart and mind are up- lifted
transformation...
while i have yet to grow wings
i sense a new configuration
the world as we know it
dissolving

mortality is the illusion
we best get it in overdrive
for the long run

with clarity and persistence
the light of love spreads
with clarity and persistence
that which was only an idea
an archetype
becomes reality

if all humans were angelic
what wuld be the result
if one or a dozen or more were angelic
what wuld be the result
wuld you risk the journey with me?

i'm not a cowboy
but i wish i was
i'm not a roughneck
but i wish i was
i'm not a carpenter
but i wish i was
ain't that life tho
not gettin what you want
that you may receive/know what you are

in-step with the tao
we wander thru invisible space
while the path disappears behind us
with each step we take...

watches dances with wolves
for the thirteenth time
if there were my ideal life
this wuld be it
live with the lakota sioux
learn and live their culture
in closeness to the land
in obedience to the great spirit
but this yearning takes me
outta the moment
it is a distant imagining
and as such does not serve the tao
so lets relegate it to the dream-state
thus preserving its and my integrity
nonetheless
it is a very soulful ideal
at once
both fulfilling and painful

i see you as god made you
i see you as you are
i see you in a way you may have forgotten
with the eyes of love
i see you as you are

is my heart turning
my mind too
turning to what is higher
receiving the light
embracing the eternal
the true

women are my inspiration
women like mary magdalen
women like jessica and adrian
the sacred femmine lives
and i a willing disciple

Spirit as Substantial Reality
rely upon it, draw from it
make it your foundation
and the well from which you drink

the hardest thing to accept
is that
Spirit is Substance

once that threshold is crossed

the miraculous becomes commonplace

i abandon you
you abandon me
the issue is...
not who is running to what
but from what are we running

if its love that we seek
running to and fro is not a strategy
love is the ability to stay..
love is not running
when every bone in your body screams, flee
stay...
love is found in the moment
the embrace of the eternal mystery

stillness in the midst of chaos

spirit is substance
not this mortal pain
this world of oppression
delusion, deception
within there is the divine spirit
subtle as it is
primal power sublime

whatever injustices exist in the world
what hatred, murder, abuse
are my fault
for what light i do not allow
to enter my heart
whenever i turn away from light
i allow these atrocities to take place
no evil can exist on its own
its volition is an act of omission
never turn away from light

don't waste time in any desire
except to will what god wills of us

what defines the rightness of any given path
is the sincerity of the path
by sincerity we are drawn, led to the truth
the path is self-emergent

thus, god is omniscient
he is every-where, ever-present
given innocence and devotion to the divine spirit within
we are ever in his hands

magnolia-blossom time
that deeply, sweetly- scented aroma
of heaven divine

my heart is touched
by certain characteristics, behavior
of women
it is at these times
that i at most feel
that i am a man

we must search our hearts
and rid ourselves of self will
so that immaculate conception can transpire

end inner conflict
by turning heart and mind
permanently
to what is higher

only a mind natural and true
unshadowed by reflection
is capable of following the law of heaven

an unsullied innocence
is attained
by devotion to the divine spirit within
and there-by it is innocence
that leads us to do right with instinctive sureness

its why we must be
docile
to the divine nature of things
so as not to miss the divine hint
pregnant in the moment

"To gain that worth having
it may be necessary
to lose everything else"
Bernedette Delvin

why does the world stay the same
not change, not improve
because we love stable sameness
we cannot bare to let go
of comforting familiarity
there is a beauty in things as we know them
which is only to say
the world manifest, is beautiful
mesmerizing
whether the same or undergoing revolution

from the heart of god
no rational/irrational brain chatter
just purity of heart
the imperative of creation
no mortal choice
just the heart of god

others wuld torture us
have us believe that seeing with light
is an illusion
in great pain the false admission
is twisted from us
but what is such "truth"
won in mortal weakness
mortality, the weakest link in the chain
mortality, that which god seeks to raise to divinity

the heart has reasons
that reason does not understand
everything happens for a reason
that may not always be known to us
but there is always a reason
and in the end
the reason will be found
ANNONYMOUS