Mankind is more than
he imagines himself to be
The ancient serpent only lied when he said
Ye shall be as gods
In the word shall
For godhood is entrenched in each spirit
Like the hidden roots of an old tree
What we see is a twisted, frail form
What exists is a vast and encompassing network
Of vitality, senses, powers, knowledge
Man is not who he imagines himself to be
Though most are unaware of this
And blissfully or tragically so
The iceberg conceals its mass under the surface
But how can we know?
How can the eye look upon itself?
How can thought discern thought?
The mind contain the mind?
There was a verse of extraordinary depth
And my master said, explain this verse,
But use only the words of the verse
I could not speak
He said, now pour me some wine,
But see that the wine encompass the glass
He touched my face and said,
Touch my touch
But as soon as I tried, it was gone
He took me to where the roses grow
And said, pick me one that both gives fragrance
And smells it
He said, why are you so quiet?
I said, You ask me that which cannot be answered
To some questions,
he sighed
Silence is the only honest answer
Some prayers must consist only of breath
And some things can be understood without being
explained
Some children will play a game they do not know the
rules to
And some will dance without hearing the music
They will make a path without ever having seen a map
And will love even if they never heard the word
We are, my son, far more than we think we are
Our soul is the eagle over the mountains
While the mind trudges through a forest of words
Be silent that a path may be cleared
And the trudging mind may find its way
I said, shall we never know ourselves?
He said, there is a way
For the eye to understand sight
For the rose to understand fragrance
For the wine to encompass the goblet
Tell me Master
I am tired, he said
But he told me
For the soul to understand itself it must look upon
God
Meditate upon God and you will understand who you are
But you taught me that God is incomprehensible
So I did, and it is true
And he slept
And for a long time I was quiet
Breathing, just breathing
