DRAGON THOUGHTS

DRAGON THOUGHTS

RICHARD CHAMBERS PRESCOTT

GRASCOTT PUBLISHERS SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 1990

Copyright 1990 Richard Chambers Prescott Library of Congress Registration Number: TX-3-466-420 All Rights Reserved Grascott Publishers

CONTENTS
Introduction

DRAGON THOUGHTS In One Hundred Sixty Eight Verses

Part One Seventy Three Verses Part Two Fifty Two Verses Part Three Thirty Eight Verses Part Four Five Verses

Your own Atma is the Divine Mother. Aseshananda 1899 - 1996

INTRODUCTION
These verses in DRAGON THOUGHTS surfaced in the sequence in which they have been written. Each was a thought event which at that moment had significant meaning. It will be my pleasure if that significance should continue even at this time. As usual I embrace the questions of life and death and all that circles between these two experiences. The Vedanta Philosophy, the Methods of Tantra and the metaphysics of Tibetan Buddhism have influenced much of the feelings and images expressed in these verses. Any questions about unfamiliar phrases found here can be figured out by simply researching these schools of thought. Briefly, Vedanta in essence is the knowledge of the four states of consciousness and that which is beyond. Waking, Dreaming, Deep Sleep and the Fourth (Turiya) which is Pure Consciousness, Existence and Love. Then there is Turiyatita which means Beyond even the Fourth. Beyond the Fourth is given so one does not get stuck in threefold or fourfold thinking where mere Sciousness is not fully experienced. Tantra is the Expansion of Consciousness into oneness with the Goddess and then even beyond, into Anuttara, that which is Higher than even the Highest. Sahaja is also a state found in both Vedanta and Tantra. It is the innate self born state which is unaffectedly spontaneous to every individual where the Universe and the Unconditional are experienced as oneness. 7

Tantra is the protecting or defending (Tra) of the extending, spreading or diffusion of light. It is to shine, reach toward, spin out, put forth, show, manifest, display, increase (Tan) and accomplish this Anuttara. Those who practice Tantra are the defenders and protectors of this continuation and uninterrupted succession. A few essentials of Tibetan Buddhism or Buddhism in general are the five Kayas. Usually only the first three are described. Nirmanakaya is the realm of the emanation of physical manifestation of the external object. Sambhogakaya is the condition of enjoying the shining subtle energies of reflected mental images. DharmaKaya is the place of Reality where all conceptual constructions have ceased and what remains is Sunyata, the brilliant void. Then there is the fourth Kaya, Svabhava which means Self Feeling. The last Kaya or vehicle is Maha Sukha, Great Ineffable Pleasure, Great Bliss. The Buddhist Awakening is to understand these not as five, but as one. One thousand years ago, the poet Kambala most eloquently summarized the gift of Awakening by giving three conditions which encompass all the previous Kayas. Pari Kalpita Svabhava is the High Degree (Pari) or Mega encompassing of all fabricated, manufactured, invented or composed conceptual constructs (Kalpita) within Self Feeling (Svabhava). Then deeper within mere mind is Para Tantra Svabhava. Again, the Expressed Abundant Fullness (Para) or Mega power as the Energy of Consciousness (Tantra) which emanates the image of appearance in ones Self Feeling. Finally, Pari Nispanna Svabhava, the High Self Feeling which is More Than Entirely Free from all downward motion. This is Completed, Finished, Arisen and Gone Forth Self Feeling. It is so obvious, that the key to experiencing these as oneness and not as 8

triad is in the word Svabhava, your own Self Feeling is the Oneness, crystal-clear and self evident throughout the three, which are not three in reality! Poetically, you dwell in the Lake of Insurmountable Abundant Splendor and the free exclamation of Impassable Power, the Self Feeling, Love. These are very condensed notes on these belief systems. They can be readily researched for those who have such inclination. Nevertheless, our conventional knowledge does not impart what existence, consciousness and love are in fact. Existence is not mere atomic or subatomic, quantum particles or superstring vibrations. Nor is it unified fields, galactic or universal measurements, sensations in spacetime, nor is it mere void, nothingness, being or not-being, not temporal existence or death of the psychophysical organism, nor deciduous renewal or rebirth of such psycho-physical organism. Consciousness cannot be exhaustively defined by our empirical standards. It is not just brain wave activity, neural synapses, serotonin and other brain chemicals nor electric phenomena. Nor is it only dream or somatic processes, conceptual sense perception, mental and intellectual cognition, nor waking and dreaming cognition of the individual identity. The human brain equated with human mind is an electromagnetic organic computer composed of chemical substances made of atomic compounds. Still, the Four Fundamental Forces: Gravity, Electromagnetism, the Strong and Weak Force, which emanated from the Big Bang, preexisted, they predate the organism itself which is a latter production of the Four Forces, which will still remain when the computer crashes. As does the Heat Light which preexisted the Four Forces themselves. So, consciousness must consequently be more than an organic marvel. 9

Likewise, Love cannot be so defined. Love is not just heart rate and pulse, not just neurotransmitters or physical chemicals, (endorphins, dopamine, oxytocin), hypothalamic neurons or axons conveyed within the pituitary. Nor is Love mere attraction, magnetism or fondness. Can it be defined as memories, desires, cravings, wants or needs? It is said that such empirical intelligence is gained by the experience and observation of the relative example. So then why can we not regard the knowledge, the experience and the observation of out-and-out spiritual intelligence? Love may be the center of us all, the self knowing feeling in us all, never defined and never caught in the downward motion of conscious energy expressed as the mega-verse spectrum of assumed or self invented fabrications of conceptual constructions.

Richard Chambers Prescott December, 2009

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DRAGON THOUGHTS

Part One

Who among us can make the quantum leap into the next Dimension of Equality spiritual and universal individual so perfect upon our fragile bit of dust circling the Eternity_ Who among us can make this Dragon Leap? -1Constantly changing is the Alignment of Humanness with Godness... the changing moves with the Unchanging the personal passes over the Primordial like a single cloud upon the blue sky... What is the Alignment of our delicate humanness with our Pure Godness? -2Ask yourself... Consider if anything gets in the way

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of Pure Godness... Perhaps an ism marks you to date... Buddhism, feminism or masculinism... Most of us gravitate to one of these... But who among us floats and flies beyond all dichotomies and present dualities into the Formless Godness beyond father and mother and all other interdependent relationship -3I am to Godness is... I am_ to_Godness is... this is what everything is about from your Humanness to the pure Godness... Who can make the quantum leap... Who can take in the breathe of the world and then release it back into the worlds... What generous spirit among you has no meanness... Who among you would not confound the dearest life that surrounds us... -4Then comes the fear... earth fear, spiritual fear... What is this fear

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of your own universe... Does the earth fear the special company of Godness souls... Fear of the worst... fear of the 1990s... So many fears... There should be no such fears... not of birth nor of death... Get rid of fear! -5As the Soul left the body... he heard the sound she felt the feeling of a thousand angels laughing... angelic laughter rushed throughout the souls of Godness like a great audience full of welcome... Each to their own unique measure... Godness alone in all of them... angels, humans, the living the dead... -6Footprints of Godness within each creature soul so wonderfully different... Godness appears to each one so strange... Dream language no one can understand except the unique

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Godness of you... Utterly unique... What is the meaning of this Godness to you? -7My best advice... is sweep away the three million gods and goddesses just like Lord Buddha... then find Original Experience for your own self... You are the one who dreams this universe... The thought of this is your own thought... Make it your best! There is nothing outside your own Godness! First touch the thought of profound Godness... -8Men and Women Process of division Unique to each their own Self and psyche... Totality, dream, completeness... Awake and asleep Conscious, unconsciousness, the entire music, structure and symbol of the Godness once forgotten then remembered... That is what we all do within life_ We go from forgetfulness 14

to Recognition_ This is the entire reason for living... 9Your search for Godness is like your leaving the Elephant at homethen you go into the forest looking for his footprints_ Godness is the One Teacher appearing as everything_ Worship that one Teacher alone in the forest of this universe and in your home_ Where else is the true Teacher... -10The Simple most evident most obvious Secret... to the Spontaneous is to see Godness in everyone_ or at best try to See Godness in Everyone then you are in the Practice of the Spontaneous Excellent State Most Natural Most Wonderful_

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Wonderful you are in your true state... Behold the Wonder of your own Godness here and elsewhere... -11In spontaneous Godness the scholar is still a reader of books the ritualist still makes ceremony the animal still begs for food the madman and the ghost still wander about the royal king still administrates... before and after the Event of Godness these may be the same... Who is transformed? -12From Quark to Quasar Godness pervasive is all we see... Nothing is ever born in the relative universe... All reality is just Godness... as it appears it appears to a five year old child_ Godness is just this Simple... No birth, no death, no you, no me, no teacher, no student... not even a free soul_

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In the level of Pure Godness all this is clear! -13Godness is the Depth Experience we all attempt to so define... And Godness is the One in the many... that we... cannot define... Godness moves through our dreams and our awakenings... through the nothingness and the everything_ Are you running from or facing the Godness_ Whichever we do is in this Godness... Whatever you do is the Godness of you... -14Generosity and Compassion Forgiveness and Wisdom Amidst stress and anxiety Among doubt and pain... The finest human being I have known again... Best among souls is the soul who does not see the other_ Profound happiness is within your own Godness... Godness is all... there is no other being_ even the dream... even the universe is just Godness_ 17

-15The remover of darkness is a friend... but Godness is your only Friend... One can feel many things about Godness... and the human being_ You can feel Peace... you can feel that He or She is the Master... You can feel that She or He is the Parent or Child... Or you can feel that Godness is your Beloved... All these relations are felt by the Godness in you_ Relationship is not the Final End! -16Only Absolute Godness has power over the Beginning and End... Spacetime slips before our vision... Nothing lasts... not the best nor the worst of days_ All our efforts fade away_ Shift yourself back into the Unborn Godness that is the relationship we all do seek_ a thin veil of perfection we all do keep between our Godness and our humanness so fragile and weak... Break the barrier between you and it! Human purpose 18

to reason this... -17Are we afraid of the most excellent feeling that Godness might live inside our hearts... As this is, in the Infinite inside our hearts among the gods as it is in the Universe or the life of human men and human women_ Where is not the Godness of you_ Wonderful is Godness Behold Godness_ Creation is just a moment of thought... -18No communications no musical sounds no dynamic expressions Calm and clear is your own Godness at profound rest_ Behold your Godness Wonderful is Godness... What is the difference between Creation and Dream? Godness is not born... Godness knows no death... How can the Infinite explain itself? Godness and Oneness all this relative dream_ Interwoven and thinking 19

pure thought... in these Godness does seem... Godness and Oneness Meaning of meanings... -19Godness interwoven throughout the evident world_ Godness luminous in the thinking self expressing universes Godness as pure thought undisturbed... next to Godness ineffable to words... What is the Moment of Godness that you just heard? Shake off the Creation! Dream a dreamless dream... Then jump... into... your own Godness without a word... -20The next step the quantum leap make the jump from the I am into pure Godness is... the meaning of our dreams from forgetfulness leap into Recognition_ your heart will guide you there... your Heart of hearts has always been here_ Who among us will make the quantum leap? Who will make the jump... 20

before sleep overtakes you again... -21Who will be so bold to forget this humanness and remember the Godness of every creature? Who will be this fantastic to forsake anger and tension disappointment and doubt and make this Leap into the Loving Compassionate Space of Godness within you? Who will raise their own empty hands and say, I will! -22There must be one or two or ten thousand among the human race who say, I do! I know this is so at least this many would happily go into space to distant planets and strangest moons if they had the chance to make it so... How much greater is the chance to make the Leap into the intimate

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and evident Godness... -23Humanity limits the recognition of Godness by one simple feat called forgetfulness... This is the only missing of the mark of Godness... So easy, so simple, so perfect a mystery... Great is the human race and wonderful is the point of history in the spectrum of time to which we have arrived... skull changes... intelligence and memory, space and galactic dimensions... forgetfulness, Recognition_ How wonderful is this game of Godness... -24Look at the game the greatest sport the fantastic act of dying and death... the amazing birth of girls and boys and somewhere between the two is a half mad most interesting world... I think that you must agree that part of the mystery is what we see yet the rest is secret and unseen... Everyone knows this

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in their heart... and the Heart needs no teaching... -25Said and unsaid is the poetry of God... Loud and clear is the need to make the quantum leap... Yet most of us sleep in the poetry of our own life... Very few of us dare to jump the quantum jump into the Godness... yet occasionally we do, at a marriage or a funeral or when some great prize of Godness catches us up inside our sleep of human existence.... -26Most of humanity is bound by the barrier of he and of she... two words, two identities... upon the primordial face of Godness.... the name of he is within the name we call she... but she is not within he... Where is the meaning... these sacred words Godness clear cut beyond words or names or sex 23

or race or position? Again I ask who will make the quantum Leap_ -27We must take up the practice to determine our nightmares from our peace of mind_ Why should we worry when Godness is all that is? Memory and dream are interwoven with thinking and thinking is feeling and feeling is more than thought_ pure feeling, pure thought... this is Godness... Seeker and Sought are just two ideas born of imagination... -28Who can behold the quantum leap between relative Godness and absolute Godness? There is only One principle that exists throughout the wonderful universe... What is this? Make the Jump... find out for your own self_ discover the secret unravel the mystery see the Godness

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of your own Godness approaching you_ 29Your own Godness is alone the Guide and only destination_ There is no other self_ no dream traveler no space adventure no teacher, no student no husband, no wife no mother, no child no friend, no foe_ Everything you see is only the Godness of you and me_ Who will dare to make the Jump that passes this idea of you and that thought of me...... -30Make the Leap that is no Leap_ Make the Jump that is no Jump_ The human soul is so close to Godness_ It is more like blinking the eyes or taking a breathe between relative and Infinite_ Please do not confound the great simplicity of Godness with your human complexities_

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this universe of sorrow and bliss all exist within your heart thought... -31We are all afraid so very afraid of the Silence_ In perfect Silence nothing exists... In excellent Silence only you exist... the best moment is a time you create for your own self that is good that is excellent that is the Silence of Gods special heart_ good for you... yet... what of the other_ 32How much can be transferred by the word of poetry or speech Greatest Wisdom Love comes to us in Silence there everything is said, there you find everything_ the Heart of God the Head of God and all the secrets of the wondrous crazy universe of myths, dreams, time and space... -33-

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The Essence of God is actually everything, the flower of the universe, the void of creation, yet we perceive all this, by degrees_ we obstruct the limitless Godness, by our cleverness upon the subtle topic of what Godness is_ fascinating... point and counterpoint in cosmic discussion_ channel 1999 on your dial or perhaps 2199... which ever you choose to tune into_ Each moment is perfect for our revelations_ Each century is good for the compound understanding of eons_ -34Life forms pervade this entire universe_ I am sure of this_ mathematical logic tells us that there must be at least one comprehensive body per every galaxy... by degrees and numbers we can realize this galactic fact_ Would God waste all this infinite space on one experiment... surely the Creator is a better scientist than that... many creatures many experiments... 27

that always seems to be the way_ -35Degrees and numbers words and feelings each measurement obstructs infinite freedom_ each thought blocks the arising of unchanging peace_ each separate dream is like a cloud covering the blue sky which is Undivided Love_ everything we create is a veil of darkness we put over our own Godness_ the Reality of it all is always with us_ Yet by our separate definitions somethings exclude us from the Great Experience... 36Open Eyes, Open Hands... the most mature opinion_ accept everything as Godness_ he and she extracted from the pier and beam in the foundation of Godness free_ there are so many ways to build your own house of Godness_ we all do this with the house of life, children and dreams_ broken and leaking our humanity as such... Who can fix 28

the human house and make it right with God... -37There are so many definitions of Godness... there must be 500,00 per person at any given moment_ so many names of so many states which in the end are nothing but our own Godness_ we call it samadhi, nirvana, christ consciousness... heaven, paradise, sanctuary_ so many names are given for the One Experience of your own Godness_ equal to name the same to measure_ 38Beyond Understanding_ Godness understood_ the void of darkness the energy field of dreams manifest the solid field of waking experience the spiritual feeling that guides us back to the threshold where we began... Perfect cycle of Godness around the center of gravity we name ourselves... magnetic, electric, absolutely sure_

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Maybe you need a jolt to get you there_ -39Spirit descending evolution ascending a jolt of understanding the shock of realization did it arise from within or did you hear it from the other_ never mind it does not matter the secret door is opened by your own special key... that is the Godness we all must see_ there is no teacher... just the human heart... you may search from Tibet to Mars_ -40In the smallest hours of the deepest night we fear the largest fears of our lives... Our hidden dreams come forth... What are you? What is the other? Instead of talking with our doubts in this dark hour we should learn to listen to the sacred and unearthly sounds of our own God... What are you, my friend? Somewhere beneath it all the Heart of God lives_

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Make the Jump Close the gap... -41Every time I think about you and me I want to cry the feeling of our distance_ which_ could never measure the joy of our reunion... What a great thing it is to join the two... everywhere in the world democrat and communist taoist and christian I am not speaking of politics... Politics are people Citizens of planet Earth_ some poets are in prison other poets are free... maybe both have spoken to God... 42The Full Moon of Godness should shine upon freedom and limitation both... soul of man ever free... cannot misunderstand the difference... I have tried to record the words of the gods for all my life... Human differentiation is the poison that kills us all_ Freedom is the quality we all seek with our lives_

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if we did not dwell in this great land then who among this Earths children would know a single thing_ -43Grip your thoughts and hold them true to your own self_ Defend with all might the sacred right to fight for freedom_ the infinite nature of Godness expresses itself in good freedom_ every husband and wife wants changeless peace for their own... and their offspring_ I have never met a child from any race who did not have the sacred Buddha face pure and undivided complete with precious secret unspoken love_ -44Politics may or may not be the realm of God_ but most leaders assume a godlike attitude_ So maybe the realm of human business is the business of God_ distant and solitary saints and seers who say otherwise have forgotten the meaning of their own deliverance_ How can a person 32

who has tasted the energy of Godness not want to share it with the family of man... great and bold evolving through every unknown obstacle... -45What is the use of a sage who just sits on the throne of enlightenment... hiding the secrets of Gods undivided kindness... what is the use of a poet who keeps the verse in a private book... what is the value of truth... if it is not true for all of us... what is the meaning of a teacher if the teaching does not liberate all who contact it? If it cannot uplift the distant other self... then it cannot uplift you_ -46I do not want a so called truth that separates the pure from impure, the strong from the weak, the holy from the hell ridden... I want nothing to do with an arrogant exclusive sense of Reality... sages also have character_ 33

the part of us that is enlightened... is the part of us which was always aware_ yet who retains the perfect quality the excellent example of human kindness... -47The sweetness of God is the sweetness of your own heart and soul... really the answer to all seeking is so simple... when the seeker gives up seeking then the Sought is found... What is the Sought? It is changeless, infinite and undivided_ highest abode Non-Distinction... You are what you are seeking! There is no great secret to yourself... the world and you are one thing... a compound that cannot be reduced... So make the Leap! -48Make the Leap, dear friend... If you have read this far over the words we wrote then surely you wish for quantum episodes... that the entire amount of your given and known abundant discrete self 34

does jump into Godness... your own self approaches the speed of God_ the best part of you is equal to the Speed of God_ the particle that we call our own life... is created and destroyed within the Speed of God... take the whole quantity of your life... take the quantum of your own self and make the Jump... -49Gather up all your memories... bring them all together into one molecule of your own being... solid, vague, void and then transcendent... Take the compound quantity of your own life into one substance called self... then make the quantum leap_ you will find everything... you will find that energy you so fondly name the sum total of your life... is the same energy field of absolute Godness_ We are all equal... -50Phenomena, life and death upon the wheel of time... magnitude of diverse worlds_ heavens, ancestors, humans... animals, ghosts, darkness_ extremely enlightened, 35

extremely confused... there is an order in this universe called goodness and even if you should take its most horrific opposite unto your own self... the radiation of Godness still pervades the intimate element of your own being... -51Understanding, acceptance... who really knows the answer... should we lay down and die_ think_ or should we crack the bones and break the skull of evil... yes... but who will decide what is right? I would not trust any human being with this task_ Destruction is hidden within this kind of reason... perfect compassion is the one solution returned and released... -52The dragon of time consumes us all_ then we are gone... the Dragon of self is Godness itself... no time or space intending anything_

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how can we join these two dragons of Spirit and human heart where they would yield birth to an answer... dichotomy and undivided are not the question... rare is the creature who is kind to all creatures free of their own body... -53I am not trying to be Socrates or Tennyson, Ramprasad or Garab Dorje... They exist in their own Light and Godness... and you also exist in that same Godness_ it is your own self every atom of it_ void, real, otherwise... Loving Consciousness_ let go of the effort that holds the wall up_ you are not just the minute particle you name your self_ the flood of feeling greets the Ocean... -54Human life is the great adventure_ the gods and goddesses look over us... yet eventually they all return to us_ we worship those who are like ourselves_

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the self we worship in many forms hoping we are permanent expecting we are eternal praying that at the moment of death we will see the face of the Creator_ then dive into that face of Light_ perhaps to reach extinguishment or return again and again_ -55Suffering is not the outcome here of Creations design_ dependent origination... heavens and hells... worlds of bliss and pain are still only human ideas... yet it is true that anger, fear, craving... causes us, effects us to make our unique orbits thru the circle of time and the void of space_ truth is always the same and truth is wonderful_ the perfect constant throughout the universe_ humanity is the principle which is inconstant perpetually redefining what is real_ -56What you are is too precious for this world_ so why would the God of Sweetness project this realm

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of difficulty and doubt before the awareness of every soul... some say it is just a dream, a cosmic circus... others say it does not exist at all_ still others say it is all too real_ which is correct, which is wrong, maybe no one throughout our history has ever known the deepest secret of Godness... -57Run from pain fly toward pleasure seek truth because you are afraid of what might happen when you die... every single thing is unpredictable no one can out think the Godness_ nothing is perfectly certain except the Love and ever expanding Knowledge you have gathered and shared at every moment of your life_ with every soul you have met_ -58Yet our love is not stupid_

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love does not extend itself beyond itself_ you can reach only so far_ then you are empty... but that void will soon fill itself with the energy which is everywhere_ Godness undefinable transcending description, imagination or intuition_ unfindable and found is darkness and light_ gentle poetic words try to portray something we all have always known_ -59Truth, Bliss, Beauty_ these are the timeless elements of all time gone by_ in the year 3990_ 0r the year 0090 these elements will remain the very same... only the human explanation will seek to differ by the expression of what we recognize the Godness to be_ it is something like coming out of a dream and not recalling the content of the dream... only a symbol or two passes over to us_ Who would dream Gods precious dream? -60Be worthy, be humble

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before it all_ have no illusions time and space have passed the permanent eternal place_ What remains? the message, the messenger, the receiver of the message... these all only exist in your personal dream time... dream space where you climb the mountain peak of your own belief and try to comprehend the Godness_ -61Godness is the joy within Godness is what draws, what attracts all things into itself_ Godness is the ultimate pleasure_ the dark cloud which rains upon us all... Godness is hidden, the seen, the putting together, the depth experience forgetful and full recognition which goes everywhere to everyone... true Godness is not touched by distress, yet stresses compassion to every life_ there is no judgment, no measure to the one Heart of Godness... -62Godness is perfect...

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Unfindable, where we can find everything_ to everyone the same unmeasured certainty... some know Godness always, coming and going easily_ others have difficulty... some get it suddenly and others by grace... some work very hard and others eternally have it... to some the understanding comes in a dream_ while other go by the evident path of teacher and learner_ the point is that Godness has no single unique approach... which anyone can call the only way_ -63A new word is needed for us to define the Godness_ other histories have grown stale_ humanity refreshed_ by the primary value... solid and sure, ever the same to be sure_ it is always simple... the self born feeling_ after death like or lifelike awareness_ Godness surfaces... with this universe, final_ where no wind blows all the wondrous feelings... peace and calm, master servant, friend of God, parent and child, lover and beloved all shiver, shake and extinguish themselves in the one Great Emotion_ 42

-64Eyes open, hands go up... nothing ever arises again that is not seen as Godness_ void and appearance_ the bang and the red shift... knowledge and pleasure_ inner and outer... swoon. surprise, excitation, sudden news, intense fear, laughter and even union of sacred husband with spirit wife_ embodied and disembodied_ dropping the body in water or ice, like a burned leaf_ the fontanelle cracks open... spontaneous combustion... all the colors of the flame are perpetually arising in the feeling of Godness... -65Light, energy, manifestation all are just Godness perfect, manifest and intense_ unshakable and final_ interwoven infinite agent of thought essence taste of pure thought supreme without a trace_ unity, void, energy, body of galaxies, balance and equilibrium... letters and nectars, primordial sounds without time measures, peace without the idea of mind... palace silent where all things start... Who would weave 43

the greatest songs? -66Godness of its own self is free as it arises by its own self in observation of its own self... immediate Godness is what we mean extreme kindness is the cloud of truth... a million poems will say just this... energy, flesh, dream, light, death, after-world, joy, symbol, resurrection, wish, value, promise... the mirage, the smoke, the firefly of poetry... just the flame of the butter lamp... white, red, black_ your own Radiance the final Godness... -67Here is a little wisdom... practice extreme kindness to others, when you meet, and they will unknowingly teach you the secret of Godness_ because infinite Godness expresses freedom_ and changeless Godness gives profound peace_ so undivided Godness is undivided love... then the lamp of life will go out and leave no trail behind_ no trace, no shadow will remain or follow 44

while those that still dream will dream a good dream of you_ your own and all your memories_ -68Here is a little more wisdom... when the parallel of time crosses the void of space there you have the spontaneous creation of your own moment_ this is the most special and unique moment in the entire universe_ your waking event, your deepest dreams, your clear empty sleep, and the Godness of you all exist entirely in this overwhelming unique moment_ if you choose to place a mask of deity over it... then that is up to you_ -69These modern times are not so different from ancient times.... neanderthal man and nuclear man are most similar_ neanderthal people buried their dead with flowers, herbs and sacred symbols_ nuclear people do the same, flowers, herbs, sacred symbols_ both learned to love life by their respect of death_ 45

both looked out to the stars and questioned their beginning_ neanderthal and nuclear men and women still seek to understand the same incomprehensible principle -70So who will make the Dragon Leap across the barriers within ourselves_ ancient, modern and yet unknown_ who would dare to gather the smallest quantum of their self and make the leap, the jump across the universe_ then the pulsation will start... and the remainder of your independent existence of self will be transferred into the Godness_ -71A very small particle of kindness starts the pulsation of extreme kindness to begin_ then there is a flood like you have never seen_ the total quantum of your own self transfers into the greater continuum... the lesser and the greater become undefined_ 46

unfindable Godness reaches into the quantum you_ then the mass of experience becomes the energy of Godness_ in simple terms the spark falls back into the Flame_ -72Who will take the first bold step toward the unexplored world of extreme kindness... we all should make the effort to leave the solar system of our previous ideas... step into the quantum Godness... look back on early beliefs as footprints upon the infinite_ we all have waited in our own nirvana for the return to extreme sweetness_ each soul is a planet by the full moonlight circled by Godness_ Make the dragon leap into your own dimension... -73-

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Part Two

Primordial Echoes ring out the sounds within every heart... the inner room where we all first experience our Godness... the secret language of ancient origin the notes of alphabets that explain to us the presence of endless perfect sense -1Sensible to every being is our own Godness_ in the beginning and end of our lives... in all that happens in between_ Godness makes sense of it all... heart felt logic that teardrops down from the deepest caves of our craniums... doorways and openings organic and ethereal unique sense of feeling.... unparalleled to any other your own most precious Godness immaculate_ -2-

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We ourselves in every aspect of our being none excluded... all possessing the intrinsic Godness inexorable... by anything in this galaxy or any other dimension_ define for ourselves what is real and what is false within the mass entire which is entirely Godness_ we explore by adventure and experiment... perpetually testing our own sense_ -3Who can make any sense of it all? parallels and divergence happiness and sorrow... the craving for life the dread of death who can make it all make sense_ a wonderful organ of thinking feeling perched atop a cerebrospinal tree filled with nerves and various fluids no physician can understand... dwelling upon a ball that orbits nowhere in the everywhere space... 49

-4Who can make sense of it? intelligence that lives on the border of a dreamlike world all too very real_ if it were just a dream... then the question of Godness would be all too easy to understand yet... the most real part of our spirit takes part with the feast of the world... then we eat ourselves up with the passage of time devouring passions crossing space_ -5Awaken yourself by your own extreme kindness to yourself... what a wonderful creature you are_ full of infinite freedom changeless peace undivided love_ you are not separate from anything in this universe or in Godness_ awaken every cell that exists countless within your skull... remember what you are_ open your eyes

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Such a simple formula... kick down the altar of self hatred_ that is the great obstruction_ once you have done this the quantum pulsation will start... the gravity of your own kindness will reach the cloud of joy_ some little cheer inside yourself_ recognition of Godness_ you will start to dig through the darkness_ then behold... a cave-in within your own being_ you let go... trust guides you and Godness peeps through the opening...... -9Our identity is the most valuable thing we possess what is the dent of I... of self_ this bend of notion we all insist upon our own Godness_ cloud of self over the clear blue sky of Godness_ open your eyes to see both undivided...

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that we are allowed to see... greater works must surely exist elsewhere in the distance and inside our dreams_ inside the Godness everything lives_ -12When extreme tension gives way to relaxation and you are about to leave this life and enter the next room of your afterlife... when extreme pleasure or fear overcomes you or the great moment of extreme anticipation overtakes you_ or you are overcome by anything whatsoever_ at that moment your own Godness will show itself_ and all your sweet or bitter memories will be forgotten -13There is nothing special about this_ the immanent transcendence is inherent within every animate or inanimate thing_ each entity is the same_ the tragic comedy of life goes on_ in one instant_ someone somewhere gets the knowledge of God_ and someone somewhere else 54

suffers the sharp nails of stress and distress_ who has fashioned this wild world where stars are born in the depth of space and life falls apart in front of your face... -14One little note of kindness starts the domino effect of quantum physics throughout the soul of the Milky Way then the gate is wide open_ mercy, patience, straightness, courage, freedom, steadiness, happiness, truth, horripilations, tears, recognition, remembrance, majesty, industry, purity, generosity and full attention start the current of Godness to move within the single nerve of all humanity_ flood of nectars, fluid Godness ambrosia and humanity mixed together... -15All six perceptions become Godness adoring Godness_ joy enjoys the love love enjoys the joy... everything mixed together undivided one thing melting into the other coming back again_ every promise to return

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again and again until every atom has understood the Creator... until every creature has felt their own Godness undeniable_ indefinable... 16Deeper and deeper the seeker must go until the Sought is found, until your own Godness finds unfindable Godness_ the house without support is held within Godness_ within it burns your own loving consciousness which creates and illumines every single thing that comes before it_ above is the flame of energy the crescent of sound and the point of God which is the seed of your own precious infinitely aware self_ Godness itself... -17In the Ocean of Godness there is only one undivided substance of compassion, love and kindness_ yet still the drive of human nature reaches deep within to divide and yet make divisions_ twelve perfect letters that hang downward and separate us into 56

tribes and ages... hours of the clock within the hour-less Space of God... pure essence... within the timeless nerve of God... where day and night are devoured -18When Godness decides to drop the human body like a dry leaf there are certain signs... the solid begins to earthquake the fluids start to roar like waves the fire then burns without contact the air blows like a hurricane the space of your self cannot be found at any location then Godness has left the old occasion to order to make a new rendezvous... -19Mother Godness Father Godness then join together the red meets the white gathering together inside the dark blackness... for a moment then the explosion of Primordial Light

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occurs for every soul_ yet who has gained the practice of holding this primordial light by the pure power of faith and trust_ within their own unique moment of Godness_ 20Every sense is Godness itself_ you are the vastness eternal substance you are the thunder of indestructible light you are the beauty of equal feelings you are the perception of limitless light you are the intention accomplishing everything_ you are the white void you are the red manifestation you are everything darkness and light because Godness is everything_ sightless and sight... -21Two halves divide our human life... then join us back again... the heart is often separate from the head_ who among human lives would have the equal experience of Godness within the sinoatrial place inside the heart region_ and the island of reil

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deep in the brain core_ who would experience the pulse and synapse of Gods own being_ who would follow the feeling within the secret nerve that goes up from the sinoatrial abode into the island of God... -22Dreams are created somewhere between the brain core the heartbeat and distant space_ somewhere all the obstructions of unconscious being are remembered and released into the freedom of our own undivided sense of Godness where every image that arises or surfaces is just the memory of our own Godness... nothing else remains every pulse and synapse inside the core of Godness_ -23In dreams and awakenings each appears in Godness garbage becomes greatness and greatness transcendent returns to garbage again_ there is no meaning to it and every meaning is within it_ 59

what insane and ingenious dreams we all have paradise and pain inside our sleeping heads_ could it be so different when we are dead_ appearances living with living heat appearances alive within the dream appearances gone with voidness deep_ -24Out of the Ocean of Godness comes_ the triangle of desire, the triad of time, set yourself into flight Ah... the Eternal Ka... the Destroyer Tha... the Creation three notes the silent poem of Godness that recites within every life_ primordial sounds in the Echo of Godness... a special feeling everyone shares inside the space we call upon yet cannot define... -25Out of the Silence of your own Godness three sounds arise_ strike the chord of Being!

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Ah... I am Ka... the universe Tha... the Godness_ any sound will do the music of God is our own creation balanced across the crescent where creation meets silence... you are not alone Godness meets you with any movement... in every silence_ -26Three primordial notes transcendent become the immanent events of waking, dreaming and profound sleep_ from the Godness all this arises and within the Godness all this is very still in silence... in extreme kindness... every image, perception or experience... it does not matter what it is... the one who has felt the feeling of Godness shakes off every other thing, event, time or place to be open and naked in the space of our own Godness... -27A bird cannot fly with one wing alone

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so also the truth of our own being cannot fly by thought by feeling alone_ we arrive in Godness when both wings glide across the Vastness... illusions of difference are human concepts in Godness undivided there is no division_ nothing to be combined, increased or added into_ it is a strange and funny thing how we all do think_ -28An eagle does not fly with one wing alone_ the human spirit is the same_ did any of us ask the man or the woman who brought us here that we should take another birth... strange and funny_ from where we came we want to return_ while very few of us understand why our mothers and fathers are the way they are_ and we ourselves are parents in return... -29The human being

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is an island of gems and life itself is an ocean of nectar within the creation are many centers_ galaxies of our Godness_ craving, passion, belief... the dawn of God, the space of Godness... the Lamp set inside the Brilliance of the Sun_ the undivided Godness which no one has ever named or described so many galaxies turn within our being some are seen beyond seeing_ -30The perfect person is an unknown species... full of illusion and truth permanent and eternal ever dying to return always open to the Undivided terrible and beautiful both residing... in the goodness of your own unique life_ this perfect species of human being is a secret and special thing yet it exists worldwide... Neanderthal and Nuclear past and future common supernatural in everyone... -31-

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Make the Dragon Leap into the next dimension... it is not mortality nor immortality... not life or afterlife nor return to the primitive or some future evolution_ if anything at all... make the quantum leap into the pulsation of extreme kindness... everyone knows this ultimate secret somewhere inside their own being_ there is no hidden principle nor Godness to be revealed... poets only weave fantastic words for the pleasure of making us think_ -32Make the Dragon Leap... you cannot define levels or categorize the Godness_ ever beyond all dimensions... there is a dimension we cannot explain the great space of undivided Godness is known and felt when we remain on the threshold of undivided love_ loving consciousness... Godsciousness! exists in man and woman alike the dent of Godness is the same... no matter what body 64

we carry to the grave_ -33Yet this is not enough_ there are old tales almost forgotten of an age... when woman led the tribe of human existence and Goddess stood equal with God_ those days are now forgotten... and lost with those memories is our sense of self_ the human race is made of two halves equal and the same_ if this lesson cannot be learned then turbulence will instruct us... -34The great saint of Dakshineswar did teach us many things respect each other and respect the Mother of all things... who is the Teacher of such slow humanity... only the Mother of this universe could teach us these things... formless is She formless is He there is no division in Godsciousness! Make the Leap... 65

into the next dimension_ into the Space of your own Godness... -35Be bold enough to assert your Godness... feel the divine pride within your heart... that the best most indestructible part of you is a particle of Godness itself! divine pride is the unobstructed courage to demonstrate extreme kindness in any circumstance... you are not different from the other... we all have the same fears and cling to the same hopes_ -36There are no men and women in this world... no heroes or heroines... we are helpless offspring of Godness... we all originate from that self born state of ultimate Godness... many definitions are given to us all of these are too diverse for us... we have only one parent and all our doubtful efforts 66

are just to try and reconnect with the source of our substance... there is no complex definition of Godness... the self born state is the most simple... -37The ultimate state of perfect Godness... is very distant to ordinary understandings... it is most difficult for those who seek that Godness should be complex... the true fact is that the goal of all our seeking is so profoundly simple and real... on the relative side of human existence there is pain and bliss... on the absolute side there is Godness_ the undivided, the most simple principle you could ever know... -38You could try to translate the meaning of profound Godness by interpreting to yourself... the event and symbol of every dream and experience...

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yet these are a mathematical endless factor_ you know there is no end to the waves of Godness that cross your life at each moment... -39Who would make the Dragon Leap to where there is no more threshold between one and the other_ who would distill down the essence of life until all that remains is final Godness_ most precious undivided love where the other is known... and nothing is distant... -40Every soul is a mountain of gold rising out from this Ocean of Godness... participate within this Astonishment... each heart is a delicate flame that can be blown out at any moment... mountains of gold tarnished with doubt

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mountains of gold polished with freedom mountains of gold rise like sleeping secret volcanoes out of the Ocean pure Godsciousness... 41We will set our clocks to the centuries of timeless Godness maybe even make our yardsticks measure the footsteps of infinite Godness_ mountains of gold arise inside the triads of our being... birth, life, death... mountains of gold continue to arise... life and death such a wonderful weird event... no one can describe... so experience your own Astonishment outstanding without any measurements... -42Dragons leap into the unknown the place of power within ourselves the place we all seek at every moment that is only found inside ourselves where Godness puts no definitions

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upon the nature of this... the place where extreme kindness opens itself... and all the violence and the beauty are consumed in the great instant of your own Godness... -43There is no hidden or secret ritual to find the formula... human nature just stands like a mountain perfect Godness at every corner no one excluded no one outside everyone complete wherever they stand... the secret of Godness is to see everyone with the same eyes equal eyes... so experience this Astonishment without measurements -44You must break pass the barrier you must make the dragon leap... into your own dimension_ many dimensions of Godness... each pain is your own pain... each happiness is your

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own loving consciousness... now is the time to make the leap, the quantum jump... now is the moment to cross over to the other shore... -45The true test of your life is whether or not you can take the metal of differences the chain of divergence which crosses your human path... we all have occasions to rise up in anger... some of us wander among our doubts and difficulties... who of us will not be a mountain of gold... if you do not regard yourself as a mountain then destiny will toss your life around reward and punishment... -46Living and dying are the natural result... there is a wound in all our hearts... we know it everyday sometimes it is quiet and sometimes it is gaping wide... who has the medicine for human pain... that is the answer we all want to know...

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deep space of Godness... the blackness we all know so well... one step beyond dragons leap into light... -47I am ultimately ashamed to write these verses everyone knows what has been said... look into the heart of human kind... we are all equal in hope and fear... doubt and realization... who can make a jot or a tittle of difference... there is only one cause of change within the human heart... the best and worst are all given to Godness... Godness is the secret formula beyond pain and joy... the human is only waiting to decide. 48I have ended this poem many times... yet voices call us back again... there is no end to poetry... there is no end to the songs of Godness... every harmony and discordance is the sound of Godness... arising over the surface 72

of silent Godness... your own self to be sure... -49Agreements be gone... there is no vow or promise to anyone that stands the test of time... you have made only one contract with your human life... that is that you will give everything back to your own Godness... that you will be true to your own deathless ever alert Godsciousness... that no one can name, define... take away or give to you... -50Precious treasure of life you can never hold... memories and creations float away... upon the waves of Godness... listen my friend find your self make it a lasting durable discovery... nothing lasts forever that is age old wisdom so gather inside your own dream something that is more than dreams... -51We learn the same lessons

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Part Three

The pure force of infinite Godness is too simple for most of us to comprehend_ the puzzle of good and evil is too great to comprehend_ peaceful and wrathful energies no one can comprehend... the treasure of life is held within the empty hands and the eyes that turn upward... -1The pure force of Godness makes every soul open their eyes_ Godness makes you raise your hands_ you cannot compare anything to the terrible wonderful Godness who created this world... could you raise your senses and limbs to create a better world_ who can design a perfect universe?

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-2The force of Godness addresses each being equal and sure... eternity in a moment each soul gathers its own Godness... when you look through the window when you look at the other self the shadow self the self that fears every movement... it is Godness appearing as the shadow -3Memories of your own Godness undivided come back at you every moment of your life... there is no reason for the madness or the beauty... each moment is full of designs in Godness... infinite and unlimited_ human effort is no measure to this... -4-

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When will it all begin to make sense? maybe when we see that the water in the latrine is as holy as the Water within the Chalice_ this terrible universe is not so terrible when you possess equal vision... everything is Gods thing_ then there is no terrible or beautiful thing we perceive... -5Primitive and present fire by friction and the Speed of Light_ Godness send you out of sight... what is the answer to this modern question atomic and ape-like nuclear neanderthal_ who would react with the reactions of a Bodhisattva harmonious intellect perfect knowledge love that fears not birth in human, celestial or animal wombs and tombs_ -6-

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Let us take a walk through the dreams of Godness sure_ every symbol sings out the song of God_ if you can remember the things you see within your sleep then you are very close to the border of life and the edge of death... each thing that your sleeping mind says to you is a single symbol of your own Godness_ -7Your dream is your own_ let go of everything and be your own... throw away your Upanishads and holy writings learn to ignore the sacred images_ give to to others all your pictures of blessed people... you are the Blessing that you seek... let go of good deeds empty yourself of all your compassion let go of the best part of yourself... -8-

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You are the Answer which you so sorely seek with all your might... the Book of your life ends and then begins with your own name_ the Question of life and death eventually find their answer only within your own ever born self natural and simple_ do not be deceived by the spontaneous sense of this universe_ your Godness... is most simple_ open eyes, empty hands... -9Let no one deceive you_ your own Godness is the most precious most spiritual most real part of your self_ let no one deceive you_ the undivided principle is named Love... because you want to possess the feeling of being inseparate from all that goes on around you_ Love is a mystery undivided is the answer we all seek to be loved and undivided from what we love... -10-

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Now the question of the infinite... as soon as you attempt to define the infinite it has slipped beyond your definition... infinite is everything and everything is most infinite and undivided_ I raise my song to sing the indescribable undivided self of all these wonderful creatures_ wonderful undivided creatures of our dreams... who can be so bold to question the question of undivided Godsciousness... -11Unchanging is the thing that we all are... such a thing it is... changeless you are everything else is just a floating moving cloud of such dimension and memory of our perpetual nature... something beyond heaven, hell or earth_ how good it is... how great it is... life and dreams so sweet and bitter to the taste_ -12-

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Well, dear friends... I have the highest respect for each and everyone of you and your own... foul and fine fantastic and fallen sense of well being... my dearest friends each possessed with the special quality the unique element Godsciousness absolute... who can judge you who can measure you whether you are a gracious king or a kind slave... we are all slaves we are kings and queens within our own Godness... -13I can hear my own pulse beating within this head... my eardrums slow down with the pounding of my heart... that muscle that forces the human body to live and taste the tree of life... the drum beat goes down the spiral curve that rises back into your self_ -14-

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So often Godness is an illusive principle_ every soul from here to your old neighborhood dwells within the creation of Gods paradise_ old song... the souls you separate from your life are most important to kindly see what is most distant from your self_ what you hate the most... what you love the most... -15My heart still beats like a hammer... I know that those who hate the Godness are on the fast track and those who love the Godness are upon the sure and sudden... like a blue sky with lightning crossing the face_ enemies and friends without question no measurement_ who can judge good or evil_ -16-

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We all have heard the old explanation that one would not exist without the other... good and evil birth and death pleasure and pain creation and destruction yet here is a new explanation to be sure_ none of these exists those harsh and sweet teachers of our universe are dreamlike memories one undivided Godness is all that exists... all of a sudden throughout eternity... -17Every force every power, energy, movement or effort is nothing but Godsciousness... every impulse of your manifest or uncreated being is empty... except for Godness_ ghost or deity ultimate concerns forgotten worries peaceful and wrathful beautiful and terrible are the Godness of your own self... -18-

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Let your self go trust no one except the Godness of your own being... gather up all your memories and experiences put them in the treasure of your own soul then give it away let go of it now... all that holds you from undivided eternity is your own thoughts... no one, not sages or thieves can deceive you in this... you alone hold your own deception and clarity... -19Let nothing deceive you in this matter... you are always undivided Godsciousness let no one tell you otherwise... celestial, human or animal teachers know nothing about it... reality is that help of any kind... which comes from within your own Godness_ no matter what you might think we are all sparks of loving Godness... conscious and real... -20-

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You might say to yourself that this human experience is an exercise in the wondrous art of suffer and bliss... what else could it be... dimension and depth so great, no mind can comprehend_ and feelings... such horror and sweetness that circle our planet at any given moment... your own special moment unique to you... dig down into the heart of Godness and ask yourself... what pulse is this? -21Your own Godness is all that matters... next to the Godness that you love in others... the other Godness is where your very best gift to the universe may be expressed... equality for one and all... Godness in one and all_ every dream of dividedness is a memory so dear of your former Godness... Godness is all that matters every time, each space eventually disappears into these waves... -22-

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What wonder is this? flesh and bone blood and muscle synapse and nerve_ then set in the center is the divine pump having four chambers wherein red and blue fluid forces control the secrets of life the mysteries of death_ now set a top the human racing is a wonderful machine organic computer within a calcium casing_ recognition and memory waking and dream... What wonder is this? -23Great thinker_ human machine wonderful universe so many dimensions... lobes on each direction... cortex, medulla oblongata... vagus and hypoglossal nerves... this cerebellum divine... this pituitary soul... this pineal luminosity... optic and olfactory nerve upon nerve... mass of recognition recollection entire... what wonder is this_ organic computer perched within a calcium casing_ magnificent wonder... -24-

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Great thinker... what is this creation... celestial corpus callosum cingulate gyrus fissure of sylvius_ commissure divine pons and pineal plexus and puzzle thalamus and cortex lobe and pellucidum fornix inside the head of every living human_ Great thinker_ what wonder is this? great thinker the flood of memory in divine context is not limited to this earth... 25Who can dive into every ancient memory_ one by one symbol intelligence receives the knowledge_ thru ventricle, fornix, thalamus... first, second, third ventricle of God_ what wonder is this that we hear within the occipital horn... the music of amygdala, hippocampus, horns and ventricles... optic and olfactory... occipital, parietal, frontal and temporal lobes of heaven... celestial cerebrum cerebellum divine

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sacred cortex... tract of your own Godness... What wonder is this? -26Great thinker deep down within every divine creation_ each island of God_ in spiritual dimension each human island deepest insula sacred triad island of Reil_ cerebral peduncle hemisphere of heaven_ what are these wonders... divine layers of God... blue, gray, orange_ innermost flame within the human furnace... cerebral cortex on fire_ your own mind... intensely alive... when cortex meets the cosmos_ 27That is why we call this dragon thoughts... because deeper and deeper we go into the mystery of this human existence_ dragon thoughts penetrate every question_ slap your hands stamp your feet question everything_ question Godness question poetry question saints and sages_ ask for the answer 88

yes and no_ why and not necessarily_ dragon thoughts are healthy for your soul_ -28Between birth and death is the space we call the living world... between death and birth is the after world... between waking and dream is a most momentary world... between samadhi and doubtfulness is the expanse of this world... between each thought the intermediate bardo exists in full... between each thought, before each thought arises... after each thought disappears... there is the bardo... -29Never be so arrogant to think that you are the only one who ever knew this secret... between each thought, before the next one arises... there is the exact nirvana... after every feeling has died and passed away and gone... before the next feeling arises... the intermediate ...

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the bardo of light and becoming dawns in a pure most excellent rapture_ -30Well who can define the real nature of the bardo? between each thought there is a bardo... between each feeling there is a bardo... at the moment of recognizing a dream... there is a bardo... between samadhi and human doubt there is a bardo... between life and death between death and life there is a bardo... How wonderful! -31There is a bardo space between waking and dream... there is a bardo between each sweet and painful emotion and thought... everyone claims that their system is perfect... what a fine wonderful world... American and Tibetan American and Indian... what a wondrous bardo_ the intermediate state the in-between state... the state that has no state... ineffable... 90

between each thought between each feeling... the Bardo of God! -32Lets begin again... lets start over recount everything from birth to death_ remember it all_ let no thought disturb you... there is no fear of birth and death entering... leaving are things within our minds_ -33There is no one who can tell you right from wrong... no one can tell you what religion approaches Godness most closely_ your own primordial mind has compared the truth of Godness against the other_ practice the golden rule harm no one... respect everyone... be kind to every object and person... Godness exists in everything_ -34-

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There is an art to living life and there is an art to dying well_ personal as such impersonal so much... no one can determine the moment of death_ life and death are inscrutable thoughts_ where we came from... where we are going... life and death are beautiful things... What a wonder is this! -35My heart beats for you... my mind looks out for you, precious one_ What is the limit of ourselves_ it is no joke yet all of us make comedy of our pain_ we laugh and we grimace... we accept the place that we approach_ -36Lets stand in the passion for life and death... lets stand for the meaning lets take it beyond the limit of all great fears each moment is awareness in the eternal

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there is no end to our passion for life_ I will not listen to any other... 37There is human weakness, there is strength so human... life and death are easy spiritual things require endeavor_ passion and death... that is the question_ what can anyone say about the meaning of living and dying_ these are human thoughts... life and death are dragon thoughts... -38-

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Part Four

These human bodies mean nothing_ let me tear right thru your pain_ life and death mean nothing life and death are everything_ what fears behold our little selves_ there is nothing to fear... -1-

This great world rolls round around no matter what you believe_ pleasure rush pain a must life and death keep going on_ there is no simple solution... each person feels what they must feel... -2-

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Yet feeling never comes to an end_ not in the worst times and trials nor the best experiences... life is a pilgrimage towards God knows what... every moment of pain and bliss all compose the secret... -3There is just one Truth in this world_ you might think that you know what it is_ everyone knows what it is_ no one knows what it is_ the sidewalks are moving with life and death_ no one knows the beginning or the end of creation... -4-

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