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Our individual path
weaves us in and out
but choices are ours
to continue around.
The wheel of becoming
transports us places,
bringing trials
that tests our mettle.
There’s a lower realm
and a higher;
seek the light
or close your eyes.
Painful lessons
bring us suffering.
Oh, to let go
and find nirvana!
We’re on this cycle
from our past karma.
To break the spinning,
we can release samsara.
Reality is subjective;
it’s full of traps.
Ignorance clenches
the veil ever tighter.
See with clarity
through the eye of One.
No longer endless,
our births are done.
My offering for today’s Occupy Blogosphere: http://souldipper.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/occupy-blogosphere-thursday-february-9-2012/
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Jamie Dedes
/ October 11, 2011Ah, until our births are done…What a fine poem and fine choice of subject, Gayle, and you found the perfect illustration. Very nice! Thank you … and good mroning! 😉 Looks like we are both a-blogging right now …
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Bodhirose
/ October 12, 2011Hi Jamie–I’ve been a-blogging off and on through the day–just now getting to these comments.
Aren’t we fortunate we don’t remember all those other births?!
Have a good night–see you tomorrow.
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Sharmishtha
/ October 11, 2011amazing poem jamie, so beautifully described complex words of wisdom.
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Bodhirose
/ October 12, 2011Um, this is Gayle here, Trisha. Hehe…
I’m glad you enjoyed this–thanks, as always.
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S Basu
/ October 14, 2011ahem! 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ October 14, 2011Is it secure to send you an email?
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Betty Hayes Albright
/ October 11, 2011Beautiful!! (and the image is too…) Thank you!
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Bodhirose
/ October 12, 2011So happy you enjoyed this, Betty–I appreciate that.
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wolfsrosebud
/ October 12, 2011loved your description of life’s business… we should know what is important.
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Bodhirose
/ October 12, 2011Thanks so much. We don’t always remember though, do we… I have to remind myself.
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Lorna's Voice
/ October 13, 2011As a Buddhist, I can relate. Oh, can I relate! Have you ever seen a sand mandala constructed and then dismantled? Talk about a lesson in impermanence…
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Bodhirose
/ October 13, 2011I too am probably more Buddhist than anything else but am very eclectic in my “beliefs”. Yes, I have watched a sand mandala being made (and then dismantled) by Buddhist monks in Washington, DC when I went there to see the Dalai Lama. They were so meticulous in their time consuming, intricate work and then it was gone…
Oh, yes, I can relate too!
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Androgoth
/ October 14, 2011You have written this one extremely well Gayle
it is almost like paint upon a fresh canvas, and the
finished result is excellent my wickedly fine friend 🙂
Androgoth XXx
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Bodhirose
/ October 15, 2011I’m very pleased that you like this one–thanks so much, Androgoth.
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bardessdmdenton
/ October 15, 2011Beautifully written and worth printing to look at every day. Thanks.
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Bodhirose
/ October 15, 2011Very happy that you enjoyed this–thank you!
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Inside the Mind of Isadora
/ October 16, 2011Your inner spirit on display here for all of us to a bask in the light.
A wonderful write about the journery of finding self.
Spledid ….
Namaste,
Isadora xoxo
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Bodhirose
/ October 16, 2011It pops through now and then. 🙂 Thank you–I’m glad you like it.
Namaste, friend… xoxo
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dragonkatet
/ October 26, 2011I love this, Gayle!! This was an excellent tribute. I hope that I will not be coming back again, though I suspect I probably will. There are so many lessons and not enough of them “stick” if you know what I mean. 😛 Sooner or later, though, perhaps. Then again, it might be fun to get to choose to come back and help others….:)
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Bodhirose
/ October 26, 2011Thank you, Corina. I’m with you–perhaps our paths will cross again next time around too…
Yes, so many lessons and my very thick skull doesn’t always allow them to penetrate. 🙂
Yes, if we make it to the Bodhisattva stage we can choose to work towards the enlightenment of all other sentient beings–a very selfless gift for mankind. I like that idea too. xo
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souldipper
/ February 9, 2012Thank you for sharing your poem for the Occupy Blogosphere, Gayle. Becoming is my journey on this incredible path that has no end. The discoveries are incredible – especially ones relating to the power of seeking the Light.
“There’s a lower realm
and a higher;
seek the light
or close your eyes.”
May we all seek the light.
Many thanks.
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Bodhirose
/ February 10, 2012You’re very welcome, Amy. I’m enjoying being a part of the light.
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