18 - Past Lives

Have you dug deep enough,
In the lives you have lived,
To unlock the door to understanding,
Your own unconsciousness,

The one conditioned by what you have done,
Then promptly forgotten,
In the cyclic discontinuity,
Of the journey of death's oblivion,

Through the cosmic mother's love opening,
The V of her two hands,
Guarded from a shattering vision by,
The two rainbow dragons?

'cause if you have,
The pattern of your soul,
Re-formed with ev'ry birth to a new world,
Can finally show you how to be whole.

15 - Conditioning

There was once a lion,
That was brought up by sheep,
He grew up thinking he was one of them,
Don't get how that could be,

One day he was captured by one of him,
Again, I don't know why,
For the first time he looked into a pond,
And discovered that he was a lion,

This is the lesson you are meant to learn,
Society wants sheep,
Until you see you are not that at all,
You've no identity,

Look at yourself,
Free of expectations,
Ev'ry structure needs slaves to keep its hold,
The cause of each war waged between nations.

5 - No-Thingness

Dick Gregory has died,
Back into no-thingness,
Yet, he returned there many times in life,
In the name of justice,

When he refused to eat for days and days,
So others might be fed,
He must have embraced the gap of pure choice,
Just look at the selfless life that he led,

You can delve into no-thingness, also,
It will do your heart good,
That space where all's equal 'cause nothing's there,
Not even personhood,

Just potential,
Pure and simple being,
Come back to the world's nonsense and croo'lty,
You'll see the pettiness of your naggings.

6 - The Lovers

There are three types of love,
From lowest to highest,
Lowest, the love of sexuality,
Is most person's bias,

Exactly in the middle is just love,
It's the flower of the seed of desire,
When th'other's your mirror,
Neither 'xpect more, still you can go higher,

You can become whole and reach compassion,
It's the flower's fragrance,
Moving beyond any needs to giving,
Rise from beggar to prince,

Which do you want?
The choice is up to you,
But only the highest includes them all,
Nor the lowest offer anything new.

8 - Courage

There is courage in growth,
Despite circumstances,
A seed can stay safe in its husk for e'er,
But yet, never dances,

Nor mightn't you if you expose yourself,
'midst the rocks and the guns,
But your roots will find their way to water,
Your leaves will turn their faces to the sun,

You will bloom, a small, delicate flower,
Having let go of blame,
Dismissing the hurt that kept you in seed,
Until the courage came,

Now look at you,
What you were meant to be,
Nothing is guaranteed if you choose life,
Except that the choice that you made was free.

11 - Breakthrough

Red power surrounds you,
Exploding from your core,
You've turned your breakdown into a breakthrough,
You're not weak anymore,

You are also not guaranteed success,
This could be a mistake,
But going on the way you were going,
Was no longer a path that you could take,

One often reaches a point in their life,
When enough is enough,
Needing to raze the world they find themselves,
E'en though times will be tough,

That is you now,
There are no guarantees,
You may find yourself bleeding on your back,
Still better than succumbing on your knees.

10 - Change

Sometimes you are happy,
You'll have to live with it,
That will pass, as existence is a wheel,
And you're in its orbit,

You might rather move into its centre,
It is much calmer there,
Just watch the cycle of life pass you by,
Observe the grief and pain without a care,

Otherwise you'll get dizzy on the edge,
What is the point in that?
'fyou ever want a specific feeling,
Just wait, it will come back,

Then just jump on,
Once you get how change works,
You can see it for what it really is,
If not, it will surely make you berserk.

19 - Innocence

If you drop your knowledge,
All that's been given you,
Your name, identity, expectations,
You can be born anew,

A child with the innocence they all have,
No, not to be childish,
Before the mistrust and doubt life teaches,
When change is a wonder and goals a wish,

A praying mantis perched on your finger,
Sharing stories of joy,
Pink flowers cascade all around you,
Abandon like a boy,

Or a girl, too!
It's about acceptance,
Imagine a world that is magical,
It's more real than an imagined semblance.

16 - Thunderbolt

The tower is burning,
Why don't really matter,
Disasters happen in life all the time,
E'en high on the ladder,

You may want to hold on, not lose what's gained,
Though that's not natural,
Forests grow back once the fire has consumed,
As you will stand taller after your fall,

Your consciousness must stand back and observe,
Detached, let it proceed,
There is nothing you can do to stop it,
't'salso something you need,

To improve things,
Though you may not see now,
To you it seems like giving up, I know,
It's a way to control when you allow.

12 -New Vision

You are growing wings, now,
Embraced by dimensions,
Manifest, not, and the person you are,
Married in completion,

The geometry tells the whole story,
The square is what is real,
The circle, the spirit in all of us,
The triangle is the whole three-course meal,

Now the opportunities are all yours,
From the depths to the heights,
You understand that they exist as one,
With the dark, comes the light,

And you are free!
The world has opened up,
Let the world's colours penetrate your soul,
As you drink from your overflowing cup.

17 - Silence

You're a goddess of night,
Reflected in a lake,
Its dark, ominous depths can't be fathomed,
Its calmness you can't make,

It is there to be discovered only,
Eternally present,
A never changing refuge of the mind,
Where self and the universe intersect,

Now is the time to come home to yourself,
You'll be outside again,
Once you are filled to your feet with silence,
Soon's there's equilibr'um,

Then you can start,
Living your life once more,
Or, rather, p'haps, for the very first time,
Then you will understand what it's all for.

3 - Creativity

Create with all you do,
That is the only way,
If you don't, you simply do not exist,
Then do not get to play,

Play with the materyals you have to give,
Unique to only you,
No need to paint or perform or jot down,
You can put yourself in whats'ev' you do,

Then you will become more like the divine,
You'll spread your joy and growth,
With fire and water you are possessed,
O'er you light ent'ring both.

You're not alone,
Just look at Jim Carrey,
Find the strength in yourself to be who you're,
Suddenly, life doesn't seem that scary.

13 - Transformation

It is time to give up,
Shed your skin like a snake,
Slay illusion, break chains, embrace yin/yang,
Let go, for goodness sake,

Surrender is not accepting defeat,
It is the final step,
Put the pain and difficulty aside,
The time has come to finally accept,

Eighty-four thousand doors will be open,
Where once there were just walls,
Reach down, touch the mouth of the sleeping face,
That is silence that calls,

Like death, yet life,
To a new dimension,
Accept this is a time of deep let-go,
Live in peace in this new transformation.

2 - Inner Voice

There's a voice inside you,
Beyond good and evil,
Surpassing the duality of life,
Just like I hope you will,

The mouth that speaks it knows no known language,
It goes by the name truth,
Born of the deep emotions within you,
That were far more simplified in your youth,

It's only this voice you need listen to,
To guide you on your way,
For there is no other you know so well,
Of those that wish to sway,

The way you think.
Some people are selfish,
To be at peace is be one with yourself,
For you have then taught yourself how to fish.

The Master

What are you master of?
What domain do you rule?
If you think you have an answer to these,
You should go ask your fool,

The true master has no need for answers,
Such things come from the mind,
As do preoccupations with a world,
Where self-mastery you will never find,

You must seek beyond what is the outside,
That includes what you think,
There is only one place peace can be found,
It exists on the brink,

'fthat's what you want,
It's a matter of taste,
The outside is no less real than what's in,
Depending on what episodes you've faced.

4 - The Rebel

You have found your own truth,
No fear of what's to come,
The flaming torch you hold casts its own light,
On the institutions,

Their chains are broken, lying at your feet,
Eagle perched at your side,
You do not oppress with your behavior,
Though the miserable around you hide,

Their chains have become too comfortable,
Where would they go, if free?
They'd have to carry a heavy burden,
Responsibility,

For what they do,
Something that you embrace,
There is nothing more difficult, my friend,
Than daring to show the world your true face.

7 - Awareness

Outer skin is burning,
Melting away like wax,
No fire is causing this transformation,
You're completely relaxed,

It's the child in you revealing itself,
Seeing unrestrained,
Pure, thinking and wholly unshakable,
It's what your drama had tried to contain,

Now there is no medium between them,
The child will observe all,
You need not do anything to assist,
Just let the curtain fall,

Go on living,
Or live for the first time,
We should all be so lucky to be free,
Of the petty, self-preoccupied mind.

3 - Creator

You are a masterpiece,
Like all living creatures,
To create for you is to step aside,
Reveal your best features,

The natural expression of yourself,
Forged of the fire within,
Some create art from the physical world,
Examples of a baser creation,

Just vague pointers to what they imitate,
The beauty that you are,
Become a creator by letting go,
It's not really that far,

It's ever there,
Behind the hate and fear,
Just like the old adage about aiming,
To get there's to see it's already here.

1 - Existence

You are where you should be,
Don't matter where you go,
The fear and loneliness you are feeling,
Are for what you don't know,

Open your eyes as if you were just born,
Everything is new,
It is trite to say that it's a new day,
But it is wrong to say it is not, too.

Life wan't given to you, nor you it,
Nor to any other,
The doors you close 'cause you know how it is,
Can't be because you're sure,

Just rest a while,
Know that you're always home,
Things can change around you and you change, too,
But you are you wherever you do roam.

14 - Integration

The conflict is in you,
As it's in ev'ryone,
Nighttime and day, despot and the oppressed,
The eagle and the swan,

 It's not avoidable by the most meek,
Nor those who overwhelm,
What one can do is meld the two in one,
By handing each its own hand on the helm,

 In this way do the weak attain their strength,
So too bullies take pause,
Conflict between one's inner dimension,
Is schizophren'a's cause.

But that's not all!
You might be shocked to learn,
You see in others what you have in you,
Which is why I find the world taciturn.