“THE TRUE HEALER KNOWS THIS…
THAT SOON LIFE WILL BE RECYCLED
AND THEN THE WORLD WILL COME TO KNOW
IT’S TRUE BEING’…”
As I watch the things that I love
In my life slowly pass away and die
And I feel my body little by little aging
Every day a part of it dies too
I realize that I have little
I can do or say in the matter
Only delusions to deny the inevitable
Every day, children
are dying in the world
By literally the thousands
Of starvation, sickness, war and aids
What control did they have
Over their own lives?
And I complain…
When my mother died
When my cat and my dog died
All I could do was pray and cry
But, If I cry a trillion tears
It will never bring back
What I have lost
We are at the mercy
Of this thing we call “life”
Are we mere microbes
On this colony we call “earth”
Floating through the Universe
At the mercy of other microbes
Who are constantly trying
To invade us and destroy us?
Every day I pass
The same grave yard
The number is growing
Of the graves I know
Children, men and women
We make up elaborate stories
To make us feel some meaning
Some control over our destinies
I hope that some of them are true
The only control I feel right now
Is to go home and have a drink…
A half a century from now
I won’t be remembered
I may have left my mark
But probably I will
Have been forgotten
What does it matter?
We’re each an expression
Of a unified whole
That we return to
And go out from
Over and over again
But I have so much to say
So much to write and express
And so little time
To communicate
An eternity buried within me
And maybe soon
This deteriorating body
Will no longer serve me
And I will need another
In this endless cycle
Of death and rebirth
And I do not want
To let death control me
I want to have some say
Over how and when I die
I will not lie
In some hospital bed
Wretched and decaying
Suffocating and vegetating
I will choose the instrument
Of my own death
As I chose the vehicle
Of my own life
This should be
Our inherent right
In this miracle
Of death and decay
And life again
Author notes
Here it is for what it is worth. A personalized version of it. Make of it what you will. It is based on a dream that I had and this is what I was told;
“THE TRUE HEALER KNOWS THIS…
THAT SOON LIFE WILL BE RECYCLED
AND THEN THE WORLD WILL COME TO KNOW
IT’S TRUE BEING’…”
It's raw and from my subconscious, and open to whatever you want to interpret it as. I personalized it into a pessimistic and fatalistic outlook (from my own pathetic and human viewpoint); but it isn't necessarily that - because it ends with the intrinsic belief that everything is as it should be.
And, yes I have my faith and religious beliefs. One thing that I believe ; is that soon things will change from the way we know it to be and then we will know truth. Interpret this how you wish.
A contest entry
- 2012 by maa.
999 points, ended September 8, 2008, 23 entries
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Comments
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Wonderfully written
Many truths have you touched upon in this story you tell. Many have been and will be in the future, at that place you speak of. Our physical will die, but our spirits will live on! Well Done.
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Thank you for your kind and comforting words!
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I was very touched by your prophetic stanza that very much resonates within me ... I actually often consider myself a "recycler of energies" - often practising an ancient shamanic technique of "eating and digesting heavy energy" (hucha mikhuy of the peruvian q'ero indians) - a method whose transmission I have as well received in dreamtime) ...
so I guess we're both journeying on other planes, making the best out of our temporary stay on earth ...
thank you for your valuable contribution to this contest,
maa
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That really hit me; what you said about transforming heavy, (or what some call "negative energy"). I need to work more on this practice; because most of my life I have been a medium both to positive and negative input - much of it from the collective consciousness of humanity. Although I try to put positive thoughts into this collective (not always, i admit!); I feel that I have absorbed too much of the darkness and perversion. Like a sponge; it has weighed me down over time. It is better now, but sometimes it is really difficult; and even terrifying. The divine, Light experiences are well worth any darkness and "evil" that I experience though.
I have been told not to be a psychic trash can; but it is something that at times I have no control over -especially in a vulnerable sleep state. I came to the conclusion though that I will work hard not to contribute in any way to collective negativity. I sincerely believe that our every thought goes into the collective consciousness, both the negative and the positive ones.
I must say, you are always so enlightening and instrumental in moving my spiritual growth to the next step. My son, (an "old soul"), has that affect on me also. You are truly spiritual teachers.
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Deep and also phrophetic in its dream like state , and i too believe we are in for some major changes over the next few years but to be honest the world has gone rotten and the changes are much needed. i enjoyed this read , good luck in this contest
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Very true; "the world has gone rotten and the changes are much needed." Even though there is good in the world; sometimes I feel like it is a losing battle! Thank you for your input.
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ahhh this is so deep....
and I hope you are correct, and things change...people all over the world are getting these messages...pay attention......and be prepared....and ....it was your choice to be pessimistic dear human....I on the other hand look at it as our next step.....
Best wishes in the contest and always!!!
Write on!
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Thank you for your comment. I agree, that it is our "next step"; and undoubtedly a beneficial one. When we look at the condition of our world today, a transition is definitely in order!
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