Not The Real Thing
NOT THE REAL THING
Fearful egoistical manifestation
Engenders armorial inflation
Leads to superfluous titivation
Over time astute observation
Advises timely disintegration
For eventual emancipation
Posted on September 26, 2020, in Poems and tagged Pure consciousness, Realisation, Samsara, Self-observation. Bookmark the permalink. 5 Comments.
Ah! I really like this one, Ben. It takes so many lifetimes to finally reach that emancipation — but thankfully it’s within reach. (I did need to look up a couple of words — so learned something new. π )
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Buddhism in a nutshell? π Learning new words is good, but these days I often fail to retain them. Ah well, c’est la vie.
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I know just what you mean. βΊ
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Thought you might. π
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π
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