I died an animal and was born a man.
Why should I fear? What have I lost by death?
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The temple of love is not love itself;
Not the walls about it.Do not admire the decoration,But involve yourself in the essence,The perfume that invades and touches you-The beginning and the end.Discovered, this replace all else,The apparent and the unknowable.Time and space are slaves to this presence.
If You Want What Visible Reality
If you want what visible realitycan give, you’re an employee.If you want the unseen world,you’re not living your truth.Both wishes are foolish,but you’ll be forgiven for forgettingthat what you really want islove’s confusing joy.
I Have Been Tricked By Flying Too Close
I have been tricked by flying too closeto what I thought I loved.Now the candleflame is out, the wine spilled,and the lovers have withdrawnsomewhere beyond my squinting.The amount I thought I’d won, I’ve lost.My prayers becomes bitter and all about blindness.How wonderful it was to be for a whilewith those who surrender.Others only turn their…
Love and imagination are magicians
With which you share your secret intimate moments.This apparition is made of nothing at al,But from its mouth comes the question,‘Am I not your Loved One?’and from you the soft reply’Yes.Yes.Yes.’
Every night Thou freest our spirits from the body
Every night spirits are released from this cage,And set free, neither lording it nor lorded over.At night prisoners are unaware of their prison,At night kings are unaware of their majesty.Then there is no thought or care for loss or gain,No regard to such an one or such an one.The state of the ‘Knower’ is such…
There is a way between voice and presence
In disciplined silence it opens.With wandering talk it closes.