Being Given

Veil of morning fog over Santa Cruz viewed from UCSC campus

Being Given

10/7/09

All the props are there,

in place, for grand adventure

and it's called 'this life'

with all the ego manifestations

that confuse, while also titillate,

to activate my body sensations

which lead me to 'reality',

this physical world of experience,

yet behind the puppeteer's stage

is vast universal chaotic 'isness',

where once through the 'veil'

these curtains that create separation

become transparent, fall to ground,

leaving me nothing to hold,

no longer is there 'I',

only 'us', everything as 'One',

from that perception living changes,

takes on whole new attributes

bringing accordant shifts in thought

while influencing choices every day,

seeing perfection when not measuring

capable of loving dissonance equally

through floating back and forth,

entertaining joy, sadness, as illusion,

though the former, with compassion,

allows for continued potent participation

when being given shining opportunity.