to define myself

to define myself

i was trying to come to know my self

to define my “Self”

so i closed my eyes that i may dwell in silence and go within

deep within.

images began to flash before me in a rush

i was going back in time.

now mind you, in the conscious unfolding i am finite

there is a beginning and an end

from seed to fruit to compost

these were the barriers of the limited i needed to reconcile

that i may go beyond the boundaries

the containers that are collected as realities

countless times

we accumulate the experiences in hoping to define

but who can speak the word of truth eternal

who has awakened to see the dream beyond the dream

and into the pool of truth

the images of light kept flashing faster and faster

and there i was

i did not recognize me

for what i perceived i was

i was not

i was not all the things i have been taught to be

there was an absence

of doctrine

of teachings

of chastisement

of rules

of guidance

of form

of boxes

there was no place for me to sleep

i was a vibrant and conscious sound

a pure energy

a radiating Sun

i felt the allness and the nothingness of being

as one

there no longer existed the need

to define myself

(c) 17 October 2010 : William S. Peters, Sr.