Why We Are Here
Why are we here?
my oppositional daughter
defiantly asks.
Because we're not over there?
her appositional dad
too often
and frustratingly
responds.
Sogyal Rinpoche writes
"To embody the transcendent
is why we are here."
I doubt my daughter
would find this more satisfactory,
sounds like more patriarchal malfactory.
Echeopnir Laygos has another impression,
To embody cooperative economic empowerment
and political win/win enlightenment
is why liturgy,
communion,
and transcendent meditation
are here.
So,
embodying Earth's transcendent unity
is also how we are here;
but this too
would not satisfy my daughter's constant questions
about why and how,
I fear.
Copyright © Gerald Dillenbeck | Year Posted 2020
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