Crossroads of Life

Oh look who toils up yonder hill Of shoulders stooped and slow of gait Garments hang off a frame once filled The body drips with yesterday’s fate An existence once filled with hate and greed Ensnared in a mind of ego sense Attachments and illusions that once took seed In man’s entrapment - in a fog so dense Look how he persists to reach the roads Crawling now in dust and sweat Unshackling life’s chains as he goes His saving grace - his terrestrial death Facing his crossroads - flawed Ego he must lose A formidable tempt in earthly men Freeing mental obscuration he must choose A transcendental state to reach his Zen Oh look who runs down yonder hill A liberated awakening for all to see Freed from dark paths he once did travel Oh aligned Soul - you are now set free Footnote - The precepts of the peaceful Dalai Lama, is that Buddhism is not a religion but a way of life. This is an explanation of Tibetan Buddhism, enlightenment and spiritual rebirth. Buddhahood is defined as a state free of the obstructions to liberation as well as those to omniscience. When one is freed from all mental obscuration, one is said to attain a state of continuous bliss mixed with a simultaneous cognition of emptiness, the true nature of reality. In this state, all limitations on one's ability to help other living beings are removed.