THE GARDEN

The Garden of Eden
is not a place long lost in mythology
but a process, within
a Spiritual Workshop
where man completes his transformation

In Christ Man has received a Spiritual recall or summons
to return to the Garden
and complete his transformation
from Adam to Christ

DOORS OF PERCEPTION

like the dawning of a New Day
my Personal Path of Inner Discovery
reveals to me
mysterious and divine laws of life
hereto shrouded but now unveiled

Awed by inspirations unimagined
overpowered by Truths undeniable
I submit to Divine Wisdom
yielding, offering no resistance
to Original Mind undeluded

'tis a bodily experience
much like the opening of a creaking door
long since unmoved
rays of Light burst forth
from a Source unkown, unseen
flooding my consciousness, illuminating its darkness
vanishing, vanquishing its ignorance

Opening the Doors of Perception
pulling back the curtains of a long darken room

Light prevails...

INNER WORTH

The measure of a man's worth
is the Force of his Inner Being
not an outward display
of empty force
quite the contrary
but by an Inner Acceptance
and Inner Balance
which can move mountains
that striving, cannot

QUIET CITY

One cannot gain entry into
the Quiet City
by kicking-down the door
rather
he must be led, like a quiet lamb
into the Kingdom

Tho the streets may be paved with gold
the door is barred
access, granted to thoz only
humble in Spirit

FRACTURED REFLECTIONS

Yesterday
my son and grandsons
(Colin, Dillon, and Talon)
came by
the moment struck me deep
Dillon said, "Grandpa, don't cry"

But in a moment
all the lost moments came as one
and my soul stumbled, tumbled
I couldn't hold my ground

Life hit me hard
and I fell away
I couldn't hold all thoz lost moments
moment to moment, fractured reflections
cut me deep
as they drove away
I bled out standing in the street

WOMB OF LOVE

From Primal Depths
unconsciouus, uncontrolable
Love erupts

my passion is for your welfare
I care not for personal gain
oh yes, I would have and hold you
but what is unthought, unsought
is the Innocent but terrible
love and concern for your good and protection
that you may alway be
unharmed safe, secure

it shakes me to my very foundations
unnerves, unhinges
but strengthens
sets me on a course

     that i may care for you
     as my own born
     issuing forth from my own body
     my love a womb
     surrounding protecting nourishing
     your every step

i don't know whether
it is horror or tragedy
to love you as i do

only that it is unsought
issuing forth from the depths
of my soul

FREE FALLING

I don't know whether
to live or die
I can' find the reasons why
thoz things I long for
are long and gone
I believe I must be
movin on

there's a greater life
somewhere wiaitin for me
holdin on is just fear of the unknown

I believe I'll let go
free-fallin into momentless being
free of the tyranny of time
I cease to exist
as a collection of moments
and enter Pure Being
with the amazement of a child

THE SPIRITUAL PATH

On the Spiritual Path
there is no "I"
there is only the moment
and moment to moment
the Truth is revealed

No long drawn-out arguments
or conclusions
only Clarity
Neither rigid, age old doctrines
but Duty
as revealed in the moment

Truth evolves, is not staid and unchanging
as human consciousness reaches for perfection
Truth's clarity comes into focus
(Jesus spared his disciples Ultimate Truth
saying sufficient are the problems of the day)

Ultimately, Truth is a matter of understanding

SHRINE

She clutches to Primal Innocence
in a corner of her heart
in a corner of her room
a special shrine of things past
but
may her Innocence be fully restored
Unbounded

THE ETERNAL VIRGIN

Virginity is not
a one time thing
to be lost in Passion's Pursuit
rather
it is honored and re-affirmed
in Love's eternal quest

"To spread white rushes underneath"

In every moment of Love-making
the Woman is refreshed, renewed
never losing what cannot be lost
what precedes and accompanies the act of Love-making
determines Virginity, not its consummation
Such Love enthrones the couple in Eternal Innocence

RETURN to INNOCENCE

I beheld in your eyes
a desire to Return
to that time before birth
When you dwelled in Innocence
unshadowded by reflection
Safe, Secure

Share with me the Joy
of a blameless existence
a Return to Innocence

High above the turmoil of daily life
beyond the pull of conflicting emotions
exists a Peace, unknown
but accessible

     In the quiet security of Heart
     I rest my cares, ambitions and sorrows
     the fullness of this moment
     leaves no time nor space
     for yesterdays or tomorrows

EARTH-MOTHER II

From beneath the depths of sand and rocks
buried by time and convention
awakens, the Earth-Mother
Mistress of forgotten ways
having retreated from emergent technology/civilization
not just its artifacts and ways of life
but from its effects upon Heart and Soul

Awaken
Sleeping Princess of the Dawn
The time is now upon us
come forth from your subterranean wanderings
the Right Man has arrived
and is awaiting you
anticipating your very presence

This is the New Beginning
You who are to give birth to a New World
a New Order
Nourish that which is ripe
awaiting...

EARTH-MOTHER

"Fire breaks out of the secret depths of the Earth
hers is a lucid beauty, tranquil

When desire is silenced
and the will comes to rest
the world as idea, becomes manifest
the world is beautiful and removed
from the struggle of existence

This is the world of Art

[Ah!] but the will awakens again
and the beauty of form
[Earth-Mother]
will have been but
a brief moment of exaltation"
                   I CHING

She appears only monetarily

RESCUE

'tis a grave injustice
far more serious, fateful
than the original fault
to be held captive
by some past indisgression

self-forgiveness
marks not only the path
to self-rescue
but of thoz around us, as well

it is, therefore
a vehicle of societal redemption

ON THE INFINITE

See thru human frailities
the friction of time and space
the limitations therein
The Eternal is here and now
standing before thee
unmitigated by Time
not in some distant horizon
far off, unaccessible
but like Vermont
here among us
all the while

SHOAL CREEK BLVD.

The acrid smell of exhaust fumes
hang heavy over Shoal Creek Blvd. this mornin
yet birds do sing, the mornin dove
does call
joggers, walkers, and bikers
avail themselves of Nature's Replinishment

Despite the fog of civilization
'tis still a Path of Rejuvenation

MY CHURCH

I build my church
slowly
step-by-step
its wall, arches and windows
are people, souls who I nourish
and am nourished by

My church is a living, breathing
organism
like the Earth, itself
not dead, inanimate as some people would believe
but like the vales, mountain tops, and valleys
the Sacred Places of the Earth speak to us
as do the walls of my church
each stone a living Soul
full of divine, vibrant Life Force

PASSION

Passion is a wild
and unruly creature
it must be handled  by a
gentle and knowing hand

Nurtured
so that its flame does not go out
left unattended
it can drive one mad
or harden in one's breast
becoming poisonous as a viper

But given proper care
Passion makes the dew glisten
the sunrise magical

Passion is an ally, my friend
treat it well

THE PASSION OF LUCIFER

Oh Lucifer!
thou poor miserable creature
Once beloved of God
jealous of Man and outcast
miserable wretch that thou are
I know you

I am your brother
I too am outcast, from the Garden
harden sinner that I am
Brothers we are
Lucifer, beautiful Angel
Bright Star that thou once was
in great sorrow I behold thee
for I share in your misery
together we stand

One
under the curse of Heaven

Can the Kingdom come yet
once again canst the Kingdom come
Might we yet stand among the Beloved
Might yet God cast his eyes
upon us

Come my Brother, stand with me
Sinner and Downcast Angel, on Earth we stand
Let the Sacrament of Earth
Evolving Creation, Mother Earth
Hold us in Her bossom
Redemption in the making

In Earth's Evolution, completion
we may yet see
The Kingdom, again

Come, my Brother
Take Heart!

You and I, Brother wilst see
The Kingdom again
by the Blood of Mother Earth
restore us to our former Glory
Persever, Persever, my Brother
Abide, but awhile

Lucifer, Bright Star thy are
Persever, we too shall know the Light
Light of the Kingdom behold
Shine upon us once again
We struggle bold
Strive not, yet wait
Abide, the time will be fulfilled
of itself
in God, we trust

THE GARDEN

Am I not
in the Garden
do I not, yet
walk amidst its pathways
in the cool mornin mist

BEAUTY WITHIN

The Beauty of the visual image
pales to that of
the Beauty within
an emotional experience...
the interplay of Heart and Soul

A LOVER'S SWORD

By the wound of a Lover's Sword
does a man begin to close
the gaping chasm within himself

INNER BLISS

As I awake to a new day
the power that rises up to greet me
swells from deep within
and I am met by an exalted sense of well-being

HIDDEN BEAUTY

Let us not wake the Sleeping Princess of the Dawn
for hers is a Hidden Beauty
In her dreams she carries our destinies
guards them with her life

Let us not wake the Sleeping  Princess of the Dawn
for in her we have our being
in her, safeguarded, is our origin

BEHOLD and BECOME

We are that which we Behold
Yet if we fix our minds
on nothing but the known
We become nothing
remain stagnant
We must seek the Unknown

Behold and Become

ANGEL

With an angel on my shoulder
how can I submit to harshness
rigidity, non-forgiveness

She lays her softness over me
and I, too, am gentle
yielding, receptive

Come Sweet Angel
lead me in The Way

ANGELIC GRACE

Ward off hardness, rigidity
harshness
with Angelic Grace

Pray for the Presence
of an Angel of Grace
may she be a child of Innocence

Summon ye an Angel, child of God

PARADISE LOST

What is life as a Wanderer
traveling
from one Unknown to another Unknown
enduring primitive hardships
never too comfortable
lest
life lose its meaning

As soon as conscious purpose
worms its way into one's way of being
Innocence is lost

Firmly rooted in the Unknown
the Wanderer finds his place in life

KEPPING STILL

As I entered the Chaos
of the Universe
I was bombarded by all manner
of bizarre influences and suggestions
only by the iron will of resistance
was I able to establish a reference point, a fortress

From there I sought to apprehend the Divine Laws and Mysteries
constantly invoking the power of Keeping Still
By the profoundest concentration were the laws
given expression in my own person
My Inner Being was so strengthened and intensified
that currents of power like bolts of lightning
ran thru me

Truly, I was humbled
awed by the Forces of Creation
and sought rest in my Fortress of Stillness

ANCIENT PATHWAYS

Ancient Pathways
Inroads into the Unknown
Unlike Information highways endless with no destination
The Path of the Old leads to The Way
the exploration is an Inner Journey
Truly, the Kingdom Within

A SPIRITUAL BODY

Beginning in the Heart
a warm, vivid glow
spreading thu-out the body
encompassing, surrounding
dissolving

A New Body emerges
the Spiritual Body
full of Light, no boundaries
with form, but shapeless
unimaginable to our conventional conceptions
Pure Being without limitation

PASSION

Passion is the essence of a woman
but in a man, unrefined
it's only beastly
it leads him on a quest for dominance
but submission, revelry is reserved
for woman
she must lead the man
in the ways of love
he must be willing to follow
surrender his dominant role

Born of the two
woman and man
Love's passion leads to Spiritual heights
unknown by other paths

EVE

From the beginning, since God made man
he has yearned for companionship

And then there was Eve

The first Eve was Hell on Wheels
too much for Adam
so God made a down-sized, subdued version


But Eve still roams
she plucks men at random
but quick is she done with them
then Eve roams

Amid the Forest and wild things
Eve roams, she inhabits nowhere
but yet she is with us
for Eve has yet to meet her match
until then
Earth will know no Peace

There was a yearning
And then there was Eve...

UNSHADOWED BY REFLECTION

Maintain
Confidence in your own Innocence
listen not to others
only that without conscious purpose
is blameless

Original Man is unshadowed by reflection
has no guile in his heart
follows confidently the impulses from therein
lest he pause and lose that which is his own

Stay close to your Inner Being
carry your exalted sense of well-being
with you, alway

IN THE MOMENT OF PASSING

In the moment of passing
a profound mystery is revealed
the meaning of which
can be preconceived
by Keeping Still

Out of Love,was Life created
and to the same, does it return

Bask in Love, as do
sea lions in the sun

GATES OF NIRVANA

Build a fire, a boiling cauldron
heat it up
The fire of the fourth chakra
propels you to the crown
but once there, you must Wait
Abide thy time
for the Gates of Nirvana
cannot be taken by force
one must be led, like a lamb
as the storm subsides, the moment exists
for itself

IN SEARCH OF THE INFINITE

Every morning to rise
in search of the Infinite
the Spiritual Substance
that lies at the heart of all our desires

Keeping Still, biding time
Pray that it shall find me
layer after layer of reason's false premises
fall aside, until at last
a Pure, Innocent Heart
is revealed

TAKE COMMUNION

Take Communion, daily
with thine Creator
renew, refresh, empower
yourself
for so it is intended

Paying homage to factory whistles
school bells
is sacrilege
the time clock of our Souls
is reflected in how brightly they shine

If ye measure, keep count
increase the amount of Light
you bring to the Darkness
how much unconscciousness did you unravel
bring to the Light this day

What of the Divine Mysteries
did you embrace
truth be told by the knowing smile
upon your face

ENRAPTURED HEART

I sit in quiet contemplation
waiting
then of a sudden
my heart is filled with the Rapture
of His Presence

'tis ecstasy pure and sweet
dissolving all barriers, griefs and sorrows
a deep well extending down to the Foundation of Being
flowing over with exaltation

From my heart, thru-out my body
a warm, vivid Light glows
connecting me to Heaven above
dissolving my physical limitations

I am Spirit
I am Spirit

WANDER

With a gentle acceptance of that which is without
and a firm strength within
I wander the Unknown
with the comforting knowledge
that I am a Son of Heaven
in whom the heavenly and earthly world
meet in mystical contact

MAKE THE PLAY

Subconscious hints, impulses
we should always follow
for they prove to be of necessity
far more than the conscious mind can conceive
coming from a time not yet our own
but filled with substance and direction

'tis like a game
to get to the next level
one must make the play
otherwise
one is relegated to stagnation
the curse of life

QUEEN OF ARABY

Why do I feel we are engaged
pre-destined to come together
Since the beginning of time
you and I have lain side by side

You and I
distant beings, now, it would seem
yet intimately bound in-heart
irresistibly attracted in spirit
Something mysterious, mystical stirring
below the surface

You and I
Surrender to our instinctual demands
Yield to our dark-souled desires
Allow  the Unknown to do its work
Perfection looms large in our shadows

Come forth Queen of Araby
let Passion rule
Deny ye, Love stirs in your breast?

I am thou Supplicant, thou beggar
I fall at your feet
awaiting anointment
won't you bestow your kiss
upon my brow?
My Soul rises to meet it

Come Queen of Araby, step forth!

LAST BREATH

Sweet is Life's  breath
down to the Last
I followed Life's abundant flow
down to the last trickling stream
ah! sweet is Life's breath
unto the Last...

RELEASE

Release the Heart from Reason's four walls
Release the Heart from Reason's Darkness
May the Light of the Kingdom
Dispel the Darkness of this world--
The Heart enclosed in Reason

WOUND

Thru my wound
I taste the Blood of all Mankind
thru my wound
I gain entry to the Divine

AVATAR

Give me Primal Power
the power that unites Heaven and Earth
Primal Power over wealth, status and military might
or material decadence in any form

Give me the Avatar of my dreams
One with the Forest, the Earth
One and part of Nature not against it

Primal Power from the depths of the Earth
the essence of Power and Energy
Primal Power which "brings about
the harmonious working together of all that is beautiful"
                                                                   I CHING

SPIRITUAL ATTRACTION

May the echo of spiritual attraction
awaken in your heart, as in mine
and might we
share a moment of love
however brief in time

PRIMORDIAL PATTERNS

Revelations in the night
plot the way of a New World
primordial patterns lie dormant
waiting awakening...

A WILD HEART

A Wild Heart
sometimes suffers immeasurably
cruel are the dispensations this world imposes upon it
                                  
Brothers were we born
but enemies turned by the enmities of this world
a world so cruel cannot long endure
Shed not a tear over its Ending
But rejoice in the New Beginning

THE BEAR

The Bear's voice
rumbles
deep and low within
stirring savage emotions
which tears, no, shreds my Soul
committed as I am to keeping the Peace
but tenuous is that balance
a faulty precipice, a dangerous abyss

Hear me Oh Father!
bring forth the rain
Let the sky thunder, shake and split apart
May the Rainbow's Promise persevere