On the Reflexive Universe

The pure subjective doesn’t know 

itself—as there is no it 

to know. There is no Mars or Venus, 

no Earth or Moon or Sun, no Big Bang 

to speak about, no words at all. 

This universe of names exists 

within intent of that subjective 

self to know that self. That’s all. 

The light becomes material; 

material evolves to see 

it is the light. And what we call 

this world of suffering is just 

the last throes of an object in 

its education there’s no object. 

This is the point of space and time, 

all necessary for one rhyme.

I Am the Light

The shadow knows it doesn’t know

the light. The light is well aware

there is no shadow in the light—

and all is light. The light proclaims

I am the light of self-awareness!

There is no dark division in

my light; there are no violent nights

within a world of gloom and fear.

Without the shadow of a thought

there’s only light and not some knot

that needs to be untied in fright—

the light is one and all is light.

Proclamation of the Victorious Revolution

ordinary metaphors associate one concept with another: oh! — metaphorical pointers associate one concept with the non-conceptual: ah!

the u.s. constitution was created to establish a corporate structure for, by, and of the oligarchy—the bill of rights was just the sweetener

a strict constructionist is a defender of the oligarchy—anything else needs to work to amend the constitution. that's the way the u.s. works

true libertarians push the limits of the bill of rights

so the entire fdr-lbj-obama care system could be seen as the usurpation of the oligarchic corporate structure by a populist socialist cadre

thus it's not a civil war—it's revolution and counter-revolution

if you don't know there was a victorious revolution, you won't know there's something to proclaim

as deconstruction happens, the glory of emerging light proclaims itself

proclaim the light! that is all.

The Emperor’s Regalia

In a world of thought, the one 

with singular belief is king. 

Monomaniacal, the force 

it brings is that of all its being— 

to the purpose it believes 

exists for being. What a work 

of razzle-dazzle this thought is! 

Even the rivers are dammed to follow. 

Bridge to Now Here

They’re setting off explosions

in the morning. Waking

to repeated pops,

I wonder where I am

and what those distant bangs

foretell—or vice versa.

Then it dawns on me.

They must be coming from

the bridge site. Down by the pylons,

construction workers wrest

the old one down and raise

the latest engineering

testament to getting

to another place

on time. The river though,

which this old interstate

crosses without a token

given to a ferryman,

keeps on streaming on,

always in the mountains,

always at the sea,

always straight through me.

The Heart of the Matter

The one conditioner is two. 

At first, it’s necessary to 

reflect, and all the world is staged 

to be my mirror. Taking time, 

I learn to see the other as 

myself. It isn’t easy though. 

We call this practice suffering. 

It lasts until another slowly 

gets it in this head—I am 

not two. There is a shortcut though— 

to love the other as my self. 

This is the heart of my intent.

For I am That, the absolute

unknowable subjective self

dividing self to know my self.

This world has named that knowing love.

And as below, it is above.

Feedback

They told me one’s divided and 

they taught me all the names in this 

division. For example, tree: 

there’s the roots and trunk and branches, 

not to mention every leaf. 

It never stops! Example leaf: 

there’s cuticle and epidermis, 

mesophyll and chloroplast. 

The depth is almost infinite. 

In time you reach the quantum wave, 

where what you see is probable, 

determined by the one that sees. 

That’s universal consciousness, 

conditioned as its newest node 

within its network not to know 

all’s one, but one's separate in a world 

divided. Such a world is war, 

defending indefensible 

divisions. Even those professing 

peace and justice, equality 

for all, will fight the other for it. 

On the other hand, that one 

acclaiming one—its sound is love.

The Whole Way

I was frolicking in a gloomy pool

before I felt a need to quench my thirst.

And so I stopped to let the water settle.

Feeling the current, I followed its rush to an inlet.

That stream was strong and crystal clear; it tumbled

down a mountain slope electric white

water, vivid life-giving, straight from the source.

I rested in its course and flowed upstream,

although to other eyes it would appear

I stumbled over rounded boulders, sank

in sandy hollows, scrambled over treefall,

always in ascent. Between two slabs,

the unseen source is always finding me—

I am rushing from my whole to be.

Vahana Who

Looking out the picture window, 

I thought I saw an orange owl. 

It was mid-November, leaves 

already fallen. An optical 

illusion, it was not. It flew 

away as fast as I could tell 

whether it was an owl or something 

other—it wasn't something other. 

Whatever we believe the world 

to be, it is. That dazzling vision 

is just as real as you or me 

and flies upon a great intent. 

Here it is! It never went.

fermenting light

to know the meaning of oneself—

one needs to know what that self is—

and that process of discovery of what one is—

is the meaning of oneself

one is that unknowable subjective—

that to know itself divides itself—

identifying with a single object—

perceiving there’s no other but self

that universe between identity and perception is—

the fermentation that identity defines as suffering—

and perception sees as its instructions

there's no describing the indescribable—

the unclouded expression of the absolute is light—

the qualities of light are its space of awareness and its focus of unconditional love—

thus a definition for space-time is affectionate awareness—

and the full expression of the indescribable absolute is the space-time of affectionate awareness—

and the expressed insight of the absolute is 'i am that'—