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Self-Realization

Self-Realization is the ultimate goal
Of a human being. It’s the liberating
Knowledge of the true self beyond both illusion
And identification with the confusion
That the physical world continues creating.
Reaching this state, a person is said to be whole.

It’s direct knowledge of God. It’s pure awareness,
Pure consciousness, pure being, non-duality,
And pure love. As it happens, changes will occur
In behavior and attitude. Those who defer
Its attainment cling to a false reality
Where life stays punctuated with struggle and stress.

Self-Realization is the greatest service
One can offer the world. It’s the spiritual
Awakening from the illusory ego’s
Self-identity. It becomes wise to dispose
Of all negative behaviors habitual.
Doing so leads one to a constant state of bliss.

An identification from the perception
Of form as objective to one’s coming to know
The purely subjective, it’s always found within.
Life will change as a consequence as you begin
Looking inward. You cannot help but to let go
Of the ego’s distractions until there are none.

Avoid Disease

Nov28

Illness runs in the family. Why is this so?
My father died of cancer; my mother, of stroke.
Chances are that I will die in one of these ways.
The constant attention that I give to this plays
A big part in its happening. How I will croak
Is not something to focus on. This much I know.

Illness is lack of wellness. We’re not satisfied
With that phrase, thus the word ‘illness’ is invented.
Too much focus on disease will keep it around.
For every cure, there is another sickness found.
All depends on how the mind is oriented.
We’re objective to the point where health is denied.

In this reality we line up everything.
We say, “This is a bad thing, and this one is good.”
We put so much more emphasis upon illness.
This is why we are making very slow progress
Toward health and wellbeing. It is understood
That knowledge is intelligence. To this we cling.

We must know what we don’t want to know what we do.
This logic is sustainable to the degree
That we snoop only long enough in the abyss
To find the silver lining. Then we can dismiss
With toxic recollections. Objectivity,
In this instance, is of very little value.

Avoid Disease Forever

Feb20

Sometime when you were little you may have been told
That your aunt died of cancer… your grandmother too.
If you were told that it runs in the family
And that you will die from it, it’s easy to see
How you can make it happen. All that can ail you
Does it because your mind has been thoroughly sold.

When you focus on something you don’t want, you are
Blocking energy flow that provides wellbeing
To your body most naturally. It is true
That illness is simply lack of wellness. This clue
Is forgotten by many who end up seeing
Sickness as part of nature – a notion bizarre.

With our words we’ve become such communicators.
We believe that speech passes good information
But we don’t need to identify with the lack
Of a thing that is normal. It’s like talking smack
When the word illness is used. It gets not much done
To facilitate healing and effective cures.

We’ve been trained to believe that objectivity
Is intelligent. This notion needs to be changed.
We create what’s not wanted by giving it names
And solutions that come with extravagant claims.
Some of them are produced by the truly deranged.
We each have guidance systems to keep us healthy.

Finding A Negative Belief

Feb6

Belief systems control us. We know that they do.
If I have chosen something that’s dragging me down
And don’t know that I’ve done so, I’m in a bad way.
My actions may confound me, and my thinking may
Be unclear about most things. I don’t want to drown
In the river of my life while absent a clue.

It’s a viable concept that I can accept
At face value. It leads to the question of why
I believe in something that does me little good.
The issue isn’t complex if well understood.
To get to the root of it I’m willing to try
To discover the mystery that is well kept.

I may seek the approval of others like me
Who share the same circumstances and the same ills
Of the spirit and psyche. It’s hard to move on
When the life force within one has picked up and gone
Totally catastrophic with negative thrills.
This cannot be the way that I meant it to be.

Once I know what is keeping me from being who
I am truly, pure nonsense it all seems to make.
Then I can let go of it. To bring to the light
What is eating away at me is only right.
The pathway to discovery that I must take
Is the only one I have. I can make it new.

The Ego

Sep19

The ego is nothing other than the focus
Of attention. It’s like a radar on a ship.
It’s a troubleshooter telling what’s in the way.
Don’t identify with it. You’ll welcome dismay,
In that if you indulge it, you may lose your grip,
Thinking that you are better than the rest of us.

Once we cease our identity with the ego,
We become aware of the whole organism.
The corpuscles and creatures constantly at war
Means that we are quite healthy. The process means more
At the much higher level. There is no schism.
Harmony is the master who directs the show.

Zooming Out is a spiritual exercise.
Not only is it wholesome and therapeutic,
It also yields a view that is truthfully clear
All the discord that haunts and that seems so austere
Is as it simply must be. Ego is slapstick
In its clumsy performance in confident guise.

It’s a hard thing to say that this world is ok
When one looks at the chaos amid the control
Of the forces of egos upon so many.
In the long run of time, can we muster any
Sense of heartfelt connection with our deeper soul?
Thoroughly it must be searched for a better way.

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