often-times we travel
far and wide
in search of that lost something
in search of union, completion
only to find
that all the while
it has been close-by
never more than a heart-beat away
more often than not
it is something that we have dis-owned
only when we finally accept
that which we struggle with, reject
union, wholeness, becomes a reality

Abu Ghraib

When we have to go to school to study the criminal treatment of "detainees" as if it were a science, like medicine,its a sad commentary on how far removed we are from our source of being.Our society is adrift, sick and with no anchor to humanitarin values, much less family (values). It reveals a society that is disassociated from any connection to the word "value" itself. All is subordinated to a pragmatism run wild. Our society has lost its Soul; there is no divine resemblance (as in created in the image of God) in demeaning, destroying our fellow man. Those who carry out such deeds (soldiers) are marred, scarred for life, but thru a "dark nite of the soul" may find redemtion. For those who issue the orders to , there is no redemption, they are beyond recovery. No amount of prayer, sacrifice can redeem those who have sold their souls to satan. There can be no comprimise with evil. What remains to be done, is to Witness for the Truth. It is up to us as individuals to take back our dignity, take back our country. Allow Truth to penetrate the masses, they can and will be redeemed. But woe to him who leads the flock astray. Yea, woe to the "Evil-doer"!

(In honor of a tireless Peace Activist, JILL, who is earnestly working as a WITNESS FOR TRUTH, as it pertains to our own ist camp, the School of the Americas)

Its time for New Beginnings
to put wind in our sails
not looking back or leaping forward
but full-focus on the present
for our vision is our destiny
hindsight turns the timid to stone
outta time, outta place
God awaits us
for now he is fragmented
in you and in me
made whole again
as we come together in Brotherly Love
I look into your eyes
and there see
the divine
one and the same
as the carpenter from Galilee

when we are together
so powerful is the attraction
so complete is the union
we are one in body, mind, spirit
easily it culd be said
that our union is the coming together
of all that is beautiful
the greatest beauty being--
SPIRITUAL AFFINITY
shared moments of tenderness
with you
make me eager to explore
the relatively unknown realms of Grace, Gentleness
I am quite sure that the door
to Spititual Power, Joy is within our grasp
Gentleness on a level uncomon
to our daily experince...
Gentleness whose twin is Joy
yet in that Gentleness, in that Joy
there is a Power so great
as to create and sustain counless universes
Hold my hand as we walk together
thru the door that opens
to worlds unknown, unexplored
with Spiritual Joy as our foundation
Realms reveal themselves eagerly
we transcend material limitations
and play among Cosmic dimensions

sulking away
like an outcast stray
i turn within to my Teacher
seeking sympathy, understanding
yet he is willing to have none of it!
he pushes me to the limits
he exacts truth
which he pulls from the deepest
fibers of my heart
he too, demeans me
treats me as a novice student
as a school-boy preparing for exams
he makes me recite truths
I have been taught, know that are real
he asks from where does Reality spring
emerge
is it a given
constituted by the chaos
of the external world
is it a fate that we must mutely accept
or is there an involuntary influence
flowing from one's own being
that forms and shapes the world
currents of power emit
emanate from the heart

The Creative in whose image we exist
accepts no limits of the transitory
the Creative is the Primal Cause
of all that exists
He works thru change and transformation
until all living things are completely manifested
What I see the Father do
so must i
Heaven is not a place
but a process
all good, beauty, truth happen
come to completion in due time.

My Teacher rebuked me
directing me to reach within
and draw strength
to do the work, "cross the stream"
the coming together of all that is beautiful
manifests thru the ceaseless movements of the Primal
the rhythmic beating of our Hearts
is the drum that announces the Primal Force
and implements His will
Beauty and Clarity are firmly established
in cadence with the Primal Beat
Reality rests in our hearts as in heaven above
for..."in the law of heaven life has an inner light
that it must involuntaraily obey."

(Wilhelm p.390)

Never would I have missed
this moment with you
A moment so unlike
all others in my life
milk and honey with the mornin sun
and magic in the evening fire-light
It seems that it was for this moment
that I was made
Ah! but there's the rub
What we have experienced
I have only roughly re-created
page by page, mysteries and miracles
yet thoz sacred moments
now stand in eternity
they have become beacons
lighting the way
for Innocents in love
Chosen for Celestial Reproduction
we were but hosts
for Divine Love
and now we must surrender
the love we thought was ours
it now re-populates the heavens, the universe
What now we are
is surrogate lovers
just, surrogate lovers
thats all...

Once your heart
gives birth to love
pure and true
once you submitt
to its ancient wisdom
allowing it to nourish you
tenderly it leads
and your life is forever changed
it may turn you inside-out
challenge your most time-honored beliefs
But given free-reign
its heart that brings you blessings
heart that puts a knowing smile upon your face
But for all its Beauty, for all its Truth
no matter how thankfull we feel
its Heart we betray

we return to that shallow-way
that has no depth, no soul
that shallow way that knows not passion
as when approaching a high cliff's edge
the shallow way, halting in step
freezes in fear
in trepidation calculates
while the heart sustaind by love
sees not the edge as Journey's end
but brave in heart, leaps and soars
it flies above the valley floor

give it no thought, tho
we mortals have not eyes to see
our metaphysics, reason, protects us
instills in us a sense common
which denies "seeing" and "being"
its only Nature's Child, God's holy child
that defies reason...
but not...
no, not you and me