The Journey

I am held by Nature, her hand of love winding round me,

our forms entwined, one with the other,

breathing as one, flowing like a river over quiet stone,

lovers of eternity in a single pulse.

In the moment I feel my dual nature: mortal in flesh, immortal in spirit,

deathless yet bound to Fate’s unseen hand,

soaring above the Harmony, yet within it still bound,

we are sleepless yet overcome by sleep,

children of the unceasing Flow,

wandering in this world.

O Mind within me, teach me the Secrets Untold,

reveal the Mystery of the Universe that waits beyond all hearing,

And a quiet voice stirs within me:

“Nature in union with us brings forth many wonders, maybe even sevenfold,

moving with the breath of air,

formed from Fire and Spirit, echoing the concord of the Seven.”

Earth as woman, longing in her waters deep,

ripeness flowing from Fire, spirit given by Aether,

Nature shapes the forms to suit our essence,

and we from Light and Life become soul and mind,

from Life to soul, from Light to mind,

and all the world’s cycles turn,

endless in birth and return.

The Secrets Untold flows through us,

the Mystery of the Universe whispers:

“Find your existence in all,

magnificence of what there is and isn’t,

and you, who hold Mind within, know yourself as deathless,

for Love may bring death, yet Love is all.

In this moment those who know themselves will transcend the weight of abundance,

those who love only flesh will wander in Darkness,

bound by senses, consumed by death.”

The Truth, perhaps there is an Unseen that's walks quietly with all when they are pure,

closing the doors of desire,

turning our souls from shadowed currents,

shielding us from the body-bound snares,

lifting us toward illumination,

toward the quiet song of the eternal.

When we stray, when Mind is absent,

the Avenging Daimon rushes fire upon fire, Ash upon Ash, desire unending, striving in Darkness,

yet even this teaches the path,

revealing the need to return,

to know, to rise.

We dissolve into the Way Above,

our bodies returning to their source,

passion and desire retreating,

and we ascend through zones of Harmony,

shedding arrogance, falsehood, unrighteous striving,

clothed in our true knowledge drawn to the Eighth,

hymning the eternal, surrendering,

becoming one with the flowing Forces of the Universe.

This is when we awaken to ourselves,

ceasing from sleep and drunkenness,

forsaking the Darkness, embracing Deathlessness,

drinking the Deathless Water, cups from the old pools,

seeing with the soul’s eye, speaking the Secrets Untold,

stretching our hearts to the unutterable Silence,

moving ever toward Life and Light,

alive as the cosmos made us, attuned as it is,

and we are One with the eternal,

flowing without end.