Why were you born in in this particular time and place?
With this mother, this father, this family
and its ancestral past,
this moment in history?
What does this confluence say
about your spiritual work on Earth?
Ask yourself
“Why now?”
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Sample poem from Divinity Rising.
In addressing humanity’s dream of suffering and injustice,
three sacred paths stand before us –
prophet, bodhisattva, or buddha.
A prophet, outraged at violence to the sacred dream, acts powerfully
to improve humanity’s conditions.
A bodhisattva, nearly realized, remains in the dream
to help others awaken.
And a buddha, fully awakened, dwells in the pure state of Sunyata,
seeing through the insubstantial nature of all dreams.
Each is a valid state of consciousness.
Each a profound service to the world.
Go where your spirit calls.
Caught in a drama projected onto God’s flowing Creation,
we are the architects of the world’s unhappiness.
We are the bully, the tyrant, the monster, the greedy.
Recognizing this tragic farce, let us
awaken from our collective dream.
When the thought-world ceases,
we see each other’s divinity
and discover a world of love.
Be a mystic.
Choose Heaven on Earth.
Befriend the conscious beings
known as plants and animals, rocks and mountains.
Love unconditionally.
Dance with Creation.
Reach for the divine hidden behind walls of thought.
Transformed perception,
not politics or religious belief,
will be our path home.
One day you will reach a crossroads.
Do you want to experience God
or continue your spiritual journey?
You have to choose.
The first
you can do right now,
the second
extends your search indefinitely.
If you think about this
too much
the choice is already made.
I Am God 