RIVER OF LIFE

 

This river of life brings such bondage and freedom,

--Sorrow and Joy--

The current's endless rebirth of duality

  drowns the unity of Nature.

 

Though the soul brings light to our day,

  the objects of this world darken its golden rays.

Together they bring form,

  to the shadow of our life.

 

As ripples bring a muddled reflection

  of a vascilliting ebb and flow;

So does the waves of desire hide

  Joy beneath the tide of sorrow.

 

Aspire clear vision of light

  and transcend these mutable shadows of desire,

to behold the immanent Seer of the seen,

  that lends Quality to the forms,

and breaths taste into the nectar of Life.

 

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