Near Death Using Meditation
Suffering depression, desperate for help.
Found a book on meditation.
It provided useful guidance for one's proceeding.
Try to find a quiet time every afternoon.
Then sit in a chair, alone, in your very own room.
Light a candle, then place it safely on the floor.
Watch the flame for some time to help your concentration.
Then close your eyes and clear your mind of all possible distractions.
In 12 days, a feeling of drifting inward did occur.
Each succeeding day I traveled ever deeper,
moving in a tunnel, a tube with walls of cotton.
Up ahead, a brilliant light appeared.
Suddenly this lumen totally engulfed me,
a deep, eternal love so tangibly uplifting.
Then the notion, I'm out of place.
Go back! You don't belong here.
I quickly receded down the tunnel,
awakening in the chair in my room.
The lighted candle still burning.
Copyright © John Baie | Year Posted 2022
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