Day and night cooperate
to unify the whole,
to unify the whole,
day does not oppress night,
and dark does not suppress light -
and dark does not suppress light -
each at their core
contains the truth of the other.
contains the truth of the other.
Life is alchemical
and always,
ever and ever more,
forever and ever after,
and always,
ever and ever more,
forever and ever after,
a restorative dance
moving
with a sense
of optimism
for the future.
moving
with a sense
of optimism
for the future.
My beliefs and choices
are personal to my Self.
Mere intellectual concepts
are personal to my Self.
Mere intellectual concepts
made to be naturally altered,
destroyed in each moment
to enable and expand
the art of my Self
experiencing expression.
the art of my Self
experiencing expression.
I craft my Self aware,
sculpt my Self identity,
I am, and so I am,
recreationally Self defining.
Each day I birth
the extraordinary lightness of my being
the extraordinary lightness of my being
to oversee the demise
of my dualistic mediocracy.
of my dualistic mediocracy.
To oppose any divisive rule
imposed on me, by my own
imposed on me, by my own
mediocre Self governing principals.
I expose the pain
that I experience
that I experience
to transcend and transform
the pain that I cause.
the pain that I cause.
The nature of creation
is spiraling escalation.
Even during times of contraction
is spiraling escalation.
Even during times of contraction
I am simultaneously expanding.
The challenge of my unknown
sharpens my sense of Self determination,
the confrontation of my Self, known -
challenges my unknown,
Heightens my sense
of Self realization.
Heightens my sense
of Self realization.
Life is not a test,
I am, I exist, and all ready
I am, I exist, and all ready
I know the score.
I am not afraid
of placing my attention
on the beauty in this world.
of placing my attention
on the beauty in this world.
I do not believe evil
will grow unruly
if devoid of my gaze.
will grow unruly
if devoid of my gaze.
Simply I have learned,
and so I am aware,
that love transforms.
The gain after the fire
is the replenishment of the earth.
is the replenishment of the earth.
After the storm the air is clear.
I still and redefine my past behind me
to carry nothing more ahead of me,
than my purity forward within me.
than my purity forward within me.
I still and create vibrant
child-like innocence and trust.
I believe in being present,
and in being present, that
child-like innocence and trust.
I believe in being present,
and in being present, that
I will be an experience,
of decorous acts that decorate
all that is around me.
One way to create depreciation,
of all demeaning and devious acts,
is to create value in appreciating
all that holds love for meaningful peace.
of decorous acts that decorate
all that is around me.
One way to create depreciation,
of all demeaning and devious acts,
is to create value in appreciating
all that holds love for meaningful peace.
I still and meditate
on restorative peace
to strengthen the harmony
of my core’s presence –
especially when the experience
all around me is disheartening
and dishonest.
and dishonest.
I still and purify,
any and all discord and dissonance,
by being present,
and so my presence
synchronizes my actions -
and so my presence
synchronizes my actions -
Sounds out and manifests
significant resonance which orchestrates
the unification of my story.
the unification of my story.
How can I be so nonsensical
in such a sensual world?
in such a sensual world?
Beauty all around me,
how could I behave as if
this world smells
only repulsive and unattractive?
this world smells
only repulsive and unattractive?
Vibrating color
unappreciated is tasteless,
unappreciated is tasteless,
an unsavory course
that causes indiscrete irregularity.
that causes indiscrete irregularity.
If Soul is left unknown and untouched,
we lay in virginal beds of senseless determination –
only to die mind-numbing deaths.
Pretending, to be something other than we are, is boring.
Whoever said that monotony
and effort are required
and effort are required
to be in relationship
with one’s Self -
with one’s Self -
was masquerading
as a Self saboteur,
as a Self saboteur,
a Self controlled artist
restraining their own imagination.
restraining their own imagination.
I clear my mind,
continuously and effortlessly,
I die to the past to remain present
in simplicity and meditate
in simplicity and meditate
transforming my lunacy -
all that insanely contorts and extorts
my Soul from my familiar peaceful patterns.
I am not blind
in a world
of growing illumination.
in a world
of growing illumination.
In such a musical world
I hear the song of life
animating the vessel of my meaning.
Role playing, to play a role, takes so much effort.
An exertion so full of impotent try,
that it manifests tiresome inertia
into ever and ever deepening virulent weakness.
I sleep for days when I am inauthentic,
exhausted from my own betrayal.
~~ Other People's Fingerprint ~~
Sometime after 1923 Brendan Behan wrote;
“Many of our fears are tissue paper thin,
and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.”
"Self Portrait" by Karin Lisa Atkinson
"Self Portrait" by Karin Lisa Atkinson