Enlightenment Poems - Poems about Enlightenment

The Great Debate

(“Citadel of Light Merit Badge”, 2016, original pen and ink)

The Great Debate

The great debate in buddhism
Specifically in ancient Tibet,
Was between the sudden and gradualist schools.
Even though the event is apocryphal
And never actually happened,
It’s a good and relevant story
Because it is the debate that happens to this day
Between students and teachers,
Dharma brothers and sisters
And within our

A Journey Without A Goal

(“Rainbow Body” detail, 2018, original encaustic)

A Journey Without A Goal

The path to enlightenment is a wondrous 
And delightfully paradoxical thing!
It is complex and yet simple,
Endless and yet immediate.

The problem is it is never us who becomes enlightened,
Since enlightenment is a reunification
With what has never been divided,
And so the journey then becomes nothing but a dream.

What

The Journey Within

“I have journeyed within myself,
 Scanned rumblings of the inner self
 Lent my ears to the inner chime
 Within grasp of the sands of time.” By author.
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The Journey Within

The journey within, for diverse souls,
Begins at diverse stages of life,
    For some since early days of childhood,
      

Enlightenment

Enlightenment

Enlightenment, don’t know what it is…
As endless waves swell and break
On the ocean of Samsara
All the while under Nirvana’s spacious sky.

Is there such a thing
As a final goal,
Or is it instead 
An endless process of becoming?

How should I know? But I do know 
That once I knew with all my heart 
I would eventually become

ENLIGHTENMENT: SATORI

ENLIGHTENMENT

Be like your pupil,
Always seeking divine light:
Wisdom enlightening:-

Upon enlightenment

Tempests of fear and desire tamed ~
Ego dropped, light of Self is claimed

Mandrake and Other Temptations

I sat where the ferns stood guard—
solemn sentries on wood pedestals—
my back pressed against her bookcase,
cradled in the soft hush 
of the window seat
as snow rehearsed its silence
just beyond the glass.

Like a priestess reading spells
I turned the musty pages
of her herbal catalog—
wild ginger, mandrake, devil’s claw,
some deadly and some to heal—
and I whispered their names

Aspiration towards elusive apotheosis of enlightenment

Aspiration towards elusive apotheosis of enlightenment...

analogous to where
the fountainhead of knowledge
gushes forth unstoppable
as a result after Atlas shrugged
his head and shoulders
loosing bits of esoteric material
(and hairs - i.e. fluff
as the spouse would say
caught up in the shower drain)
handy dandy blue's clues
deemed more valuable
then fine spun gold
retrieved with tweezers
filaments randomly stitched
into indestructible raiment
and remaining threads
woven into

Flashbulb Moment

Flashbulb moment in the black
Everyone frozen in a truth attack
You learn who justifies means from ends
You learn your enemies and your friends.

You look for an anchor in a bible psalm
But there's chaos in your brain from blast of this bomb
A moment that divides the right from the wrong
A moment not imagined in ancient song.

(chorus)
Flashbulb night,

Purple Dreams In Other Realms

Once upon a magical evening an enchanted fairy I happened to see, 
dressed in a fantastical dress with two dappled wings of lace,
she shone like the midnight sun;
I must confess, she looked rather whimsical,
sitting there by a green wooden door, waiting for your lore!
Her eyes sparkled with spiritual wisdom, lips trembled a whisper of secrets,
She

Here we go again

Here we go again
Back to chaos’ den
Emotions stretched abound
Spirits are being drowned

Yet another test
Stressed no rest
Pressing my vest
Nest of pests

Nowhere to hide
Noone to bride
Embrace the tide
Time to ride

Living is ripping
Praying for blessing
Singing while stinging
Bathing in beating

We’ve been here before
Scars from past gore
Roaring while being sore
Crying for no more

Get used to the downpour 
We must make

Thyself

Anxiety and shame riddled my youth and I just wanted to belong
The desire to excel and conform was beyond measure 
The painful difficulties of youth are rarely validated 
Being told to follow your hero but blaze your trail
Follow the shadow but color inside the lines
Neverendingly seeking the rightly wise
I finally woke up one day and

Mahabodhi Temple Protest

buddha the light of asia
the beacon of peace
revered around the world
confined by some radicals
in his own enlighten abode
shackled in superstitious principals
he broke away from
preaching against blind faith
encouraging open mind
to question all and everything
not even sparing him
to accept something
only after examining 
on self realization and scientific fact
so hear this plea
if it appeal to humanity
with no intent

Message To The Blackman

If slavery was a choice, as some have agreed, then what are we?
If watching your father and mother endure rape or murder was a choice,
Then why do we sit on idle hands, while Trump eradicates our posterity’s opportunities,
As if they were written in sand?
If not being able to read was a choice,
Then why do you

ENLIGHTENMENT My SpokenWord

ENLIGHTENMENT 

I am encased in the Darkness asleep 
But we are the light
Nightmarish skin get their dreams I flourish
Still better encased then I a light glow plight
Soar we shine bright
Both night and day light 

Enlightenment 

I walk in light 
I speak forth light
I am light for the God in me...
Bright beam
Though a pin drop
Sight stop

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