Symbols
A laugh, a cry and most
life's things,
Withhold a deeper worth,
Symbols mark these
intuitive ties,
Giving hope to meaning , birth.
Expressed with artistic choseness
To understand what does
stand under;
A symbol brings
illumination,
Like lightening does the
thunder.
Spiritual reading
rightly done,
Revealed from divine
grammar,
Helps us in our vision,
To see through worldly
glamour.
Be attracted to the
symbol,
Identify with, its veil;
Choose the one like your
nature,
So Dharma tells its
tale.
Study first the
exoteric,
The content of its form;
Line, color and
relation,
Are important to be learned.
Pay close attention to
the feelings,
The chosen symbol
houses.
To dreams, illusions,
astral reactions,
And aspirations that it
rouses.
Study then, the
conceptual,
ideas expressed beyond the
thought;
Meaning comes through
meditation,
To see what's real and
what is not.
Try now to grasp the
hidden purpose,
And its place within the
plan;
Illumination and love
will come,
To help us understand.
Study last the esoteric,
And force of its
vibration,
Quality is revealed,
That lends to group elation .
So meditate with these
in mind,
And contemplate the
hidden meaning;
They can spark the fire
of intuition,
That burns the flame of
reason.
And hold these steady in
tines light;
Illuminated by this
find:
Keep thought of service
and growth in usefulness,
Forefront on your mind.