Innate Aliveness At Play

expanding in joy
contracting in pain
then seeming nonchalance 
evidently hypocritical 
so what then may we say
about desire and aversion
trickling dawn to subtle levels
processed by in-form consciousness 
held captive by samskaras (tendencies)
regulated by gender and culture

if instead we celebrate bondage 
recognising what it offers
which would be otherwise impossible
then the dance uninhibited 
within the prescribed perimeter 
enlivens the continuum 
with its uniqueness

05-December-2022
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Wolf Avatar
December 6, 2022 at 8:30 PM
Bondage to the unenlightened; a framework and structure for those whose light glows from within.
Seeker Avatar
December 6, 2022 at 10:22 PM
caged and yet free
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