tangible joy
that i know you to be
extend your touch
to hearts grown cold
break down barriers
boundaries
forces that isolate
let go ego, let go

in silence i sit
a living sacrifice
in a world gone mad
with trivial pursuit

what good is suffering
without redemption
we all suffer but how many of us
lay claim to redemption

accept suffering, begin redemption

there is no linear journey
to paradise
we are already in it
surrounded by it
we must only, awaken
there is nothing for us "to do"
all is done, complete and waiting

all beauty, all joy
beckons us
all is just as it should be

only ego blocks reception, perception
of the divine
thus, the need for "self-destruction"

God rules the world, sublime
no reason for ego to create
creation already is
but for us to receive, experience

Heart informing mind?
isn't that what happens
when we "fall" in love
and thus "second thoughts"
cold feet

as mind is not familiar
at least consciously
with the ways of Heart

...been thinking
(and trying to practice)
the phrase "Christ be with you"
to give real meaning to it
we would have to literally
keep it in mind 24/7

"Christ be with you" requires
a closer connection
between heart and mind
maybe, even a reversal

where heart is dominant
where the heart informs the mind
establishes priorities, relationships
(ego let go)
where mind is subservient
as it should be

there is a boy, a man
whose fate is set, assured
his is good fortune
he need not worry or have remorse

should not our lives
be a living sacrifice
a full-time awareness
of the Christ
isn't that what testimony is


or is that just pablum
we feed to babes

"Why do you not understand my speech?"
John 9: 14

to voluntarily accept sacrifice
of earthly joys, pleasures
opens the way for the Holy Spirit

to vicariously take on others' pain
and torments
is also an invitation to the Holy Spirit

one is not really denying himself
rather, storing up heavenly treasures

make a deposit, today!

Sacrifice should come from the depths
of our hearts
voluntarily accepting
gladly
knowing that self-denial
alleviates a portion of suffering
in the world...
as it creates a portal
thru which the Holy Spirit enters

Osama Obama
a man of the times
an AK-47 in one hand
and a bible in the other

body of christ
feed the world

should we eat, overeat
till we are full
or shouldn't we spare some room
for the "bread" of Christ

should we not sacrifice
a little fullness
for those in the world
who hunger die of starvation

or maybe you don't believe
that such a sacrifice
would be effective

body, bread that Christ broke
feed the world

i serve my time
do my penitence
lawyer, doctor, Indian Chief
no matter
its all sacrifice

The Kingdom of Heaven
is at hand
but because of our un-belief
we are unready (to receive)
Matthew 22: 8-14

"Take, eat this is my body...
Drink ye all of this
For this is my blood of the new testament
which is shed for many for the remission
of sins"
Matthew 26: 26-28

if we were mindful
of the Spiritual essence
which we call food
would obesity be a problem
would starvation haunt our
conscience

I 'oft wonder
what the loaves and fishes
that Christ fed the masses
at the Sermon on the Mount
tasted like

were they imbued with divine culinary
was every bit and morsel
savored
and did the leftovers
return to their "natural state"

is present-day bodily sustenance
not of the same essence
yet we fail to detect its divinity
so diverted are we
by material illusion

The Spiritual Foundation
that feeds the world
like those bread and fishes
is limitless, spiritual

when we begin to believe in
accept
our public personas as real
we lose touch with our
Original Innocence, our true identity

We come under the illusion
that what goes down in the world
is true, real, substantive.

but true substance
is Spiritual
its only when we die
to our social constructs, cultural projections
that we arrive at TRUTH

Have you tasted pear shutney
lately
in my mind
pear shutney is the best
shutney available
have you tasted pear shutney, lately?

"Its only after
we've lost everything
that we are free
to do anything"
Chuck Palahnuk