You have many
choices about the way you live
and work and change and survive.
Say you fall into an ocean. You may give up
and sink, or you may try to swim to
shore. Salvation is your
decision.
become the servant of everyone
Your pride in
yourself and your wanting,
these steal your energy
along the road.
If you can
kill these robbers and
become the servant of everyone,
you’ll meet the Lord in meditation and see
what you used to protect as just
a pile of ashes.
the work of learning the way
The work of learning
the Way requires greater intimacy
with each passing day, greater intimacy with
each passing hour. Eventually you develop
spontaneous familiarity and
unite with the Way.
be enlightened by all things
To study the Way
is to study the self. To study the
self is to forget the self. To forget the
self is to be enlightened
by all things.
become so free
The only way
to deal with an unfree world
is to become so absolutely free that
your very existence is an
act of rebellion.