SELF-REALIZATION

      Assume you have a Self to realize,
      Some Essence that is truly who you are,
      Which, if you don’t, you never can grow wise,
      For it is your eternal guiding star.

      How then, within the roil of busyness
      And everyday affairs is one to find
      Surcease from worldly worries and duress,
      Growing in time more spiritually aligned?

      My way is to arise from bed at dawn
      Then sit in the dim light in readiness
      To write, waiting for ideas to spawn,
      A practice that meets usually with success,

           And thus it is my wiser Self can guide
           Me toward what only Essence can confide.

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