SOUL
Aspire
clear vision of Light,
see
the horizons of the Soul;
Beware
the vastness it may embody,
and
Qualify us all.
Life--the
Spirit--takes on many a form,
impregnating
matter with hopes of change;
Importing
purpose and meaning, and character,
to
awareness the Soul contains.
The
Soul gives birth to the Quality of Life,
with
out which there would be no value;
No
goodness, no rightness, no sense of worth,
no
truth would Being allow you.
The
Soul is the seer of vision itself,
the
witness that perceives the perception;
The
consciousness contained within the form,
a
self-conceiving conception.
Self-illumined
like the Sun,
burning brightly like a flame;
The
Soul enlightens our life,
amidst the center of pleasure and pain.
Behold
the rainbow of color the Soul may display,
when
shined through the bodily prism;
The
forms and shapes are but shadows,
anointed
by the Soul's baptism.
Even
the beauty of the most precious sights,
are
dull reflections of the Soul's intenseness;
Most
these visions are nothing more,
than
illusions created by the senses.
Most
of our "lives" are clouded with glamour,
the
illusions seem so true;
The
alluringness of matter,
entices
the Soul to view:
To
view the distortions of misconception,
the
agonies of misunderstanding,
or
the melodies of sweet flute songs,
or
the orders of a captain commanding.
So
much may capture the Soul's attention,
making
experience an impressionable "thing";
So
much may enrapture the Soul's intention,
deafening
what the Soul could sing.
Looking
out through the medium of the mind,
the
Soul is absorbed by the world's distractions,
Neglecting
to attend to the Spirit,
It
becomes overwhelmed by the world's attractions.
This
neglect becomes a habit,
thus
does glamour and illusion arise.
These
are embraided in our evolution,
making
personality our Soul's disguise.
Once
developed these habits can be strong,
blinding
the vision of the Soul;
Removal
of these obstacles are necessary,
or
else they take their toll.
Pain,
depression, anxiety, and unbalance,
are
symptoms of the distracted condition of mind;
If
afflicted by these problems,
the
Soul rays can't shine.
The
hindrances in specifics are many,
but
in principle are few;
When
these are released from ones lifestyle,
the
Soul-life may come through.
Each obstacle may be overcome by cultivating its
opposite,
with
a constant, enduring effort of will;
Aspiration
begins with these remedies,
leading
eventually to mind that is still.
A
first major hindrance, is an unfit body,
disabled
and plagued with disease;
This
may be transformed by saneful living,
wholesome,
pure, and in peace.
Another
is mental inertia and languor,
leading
to chronic fatigue;
With
better control of the life-force,
comes vigor and vitality.
Through
discrimination of the what is and is not,
with
dispassion from what is not true to ones heart,
Disciplined
in deed and word,
May
the Soul display its art.
For
the Soul is the principle of intelligence,
that
molds experience into meaning,
The
discriminator of the Real from the unreal,
the
illuminator of our Being.
Illuminating
the rays of our life,
shined
through our personhood,
The
Soul offers sentiency to the sensible,
and
goodness to the Good.