Refining Consciousness
When my wayward mind is unsteady,
unbound from the righteous roots of sanctified soul,
the dislodging thrust of the negative sensitivity
unleashes the base instincts to rush feral on sordid trail.
Vanity, anger and greed, innately so compulsive,
distort the ethos of my obdurate ego,
condition the oblique vision to look selfishly at the world,
as the insight turns into an opaque layer.
Beneath the surface of the mortal wisdom,
where my mind builds the edifice of ignoble desires,
the damaging traits lead to the abyss of dark ignorance,
I suffer wandering in the wilderness of barren life.
Deflected from the path shown by the moral compass,
I am sucked within the vortex of the vicious storm,
that breaks me into disillusioned discarded debris,
I then hear the divine voice of conscience.
I perceive life as the epithet of unique acuity,
the matchless construct of the divine elements,
manifest magnificently with the heavenly essence,
encompassing the trinity of body, mind and soul.
Refined consciousness reveals the meaning of existence,
as on the lighted pathway of the devout life I take
the inward journey to the sacred sanctum of spiritualism
to reach the ultimate destination of nirvana.
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April 26, 2023
Contest : Refining Consciousness
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