Fundimental Freedom

The fundamental freedom
of knowing you were wrong,
even when you thought you
were acting rightly.

Oh, what a great blessing
to realize this wrong ideal,
or blinding, binding view!

What a great gift to see
this imperfection -- this overwhelming
continuing flaw of character.

Again, you face a new whole day
that has a horizon unbounded
by Earthly limitations,
whole & complete upon itself.

Oh Great Truth

Oh Great Truth
I can do only so much with any mind

Keep my feet on the path
so I may go where I am meant to be

I can go far by feeling
and remembering then forgetting

I will be created
and then I will surrender & be unmade

No Excuses

My vanity is immense,
and fear infects everything I do.

For the first time
I can see this and not deny it.

Daily I am told of my shortcomings --
I listen to those who judge me.

The things they identify are true,
there is no excuse for them.

The Essence of Imprisonment

Deliver me from the isolation of the Self, for surely this is the essence of imprisonment.

Clever and calculating, I fall back into the prison of self.

When I am willful and overbearing, I am not loved, at best I am only needed.

The fetters of this reasoning binds me, but through the insight of this, I can be free.

The Cure

May we all sense the Purpose --
be it through God, or through mediation,
or by action, or through any way
that works, please let us find it.

We'll take this realization
when it happens.

Let it start this day.

Please let it be recognized now,
a cure of this cycle of wanting,
through the ache of it.

Delight

I pray delight never left
and when it comes back
it is accepted

I pray innocence are delight's
wings and generosity
illuminates it

May I not wait long in denial
before I make this place
snug for arrival

It Is In Giving That We Live

It is in giving that we live,
in giving we learn,
in giving we tell,
in giving we love,
in giving we receive,
in giving we know,
in giving we stay.

There is nothing else,
no lingering unhappiness,
no crushing doubt,
no harboring resentment,
no undying hatred,
no undone thing,
no broken promise,
no unfulfilled vow.