Thursday, May 19, 2016

Notes for the road


Notes for the Road

To find yourself you must lose yourself.
The One you are seeking is not inside you.
You are inside the One.

To be present in every time
you must be here, now.
Now is the center of all times.

Here, now, you can step on and off
the trains to past and future
and travel on parallel lines.

To get to a place you do not know
you must go by a way you do not know.
Burn your maps to make beacons.

To wake up, you must dream.
Without dreams, you are a sleepwalker
who could join the ranks of the living dead.

There will be monsters, of course,
dark dwellers at every new threshold.
Without them, how could you be ready to pass?

In dealing with demons, you must learn
to choose the forms of your worst fears
and laugh at your creations.

If you wish to see marvels around you
you must carry marvels within.
A mirror can't show you what you don't bring.

The gates of the Otherworld open
from wherever you are. Don’t think
you have to drink jungle juice with anacondas.

Put your blade away, dragonslayer.
You only conquer the dragon when you raise it
and ride it and turn its energy towards Light.

Turn out the lights if you want to find the Light.
The visible is the skin of the invisible.
In the dark, it is easier to see with inner eyes.

Don’t list the Trickster among your demons.
He is your friend if you expect the unexpected
Everything interesting happens on the boundaries.

If you want to be fully alive, be ready to die.
How about now? You feel the cool breath
of Death on your neck. Give him some foreplay.

To find the One, don't spurn the many
Name only one God, and you’ll always end up with two.
Seek the nameless behind the forest of names.

Make your confessions on the road
not from behind a curtain. The hawk will hear you
and the rabbit, the lily and the stone.

Walk on the mythic edge. Let your life
become a stage for divine events.
Notice what neverending story is playing through you.

Look after your poetic health.
Notice what rhymes in a day, and a life.
Follow the logic of resemblances.

Practice real magic: Follow the passions of your soul
and bring gifts from the Otherworld into this one.
You’ll regret what you left undone –

the fence you wouldn’t jump, the dream you didn’t follow –
more than anything you did when your cool lover
stops licking your neck and takes you in his full embrace.


Photo: Path in Transylvania (c) Robert Moss

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just what I needed to hear in this moment.

Russian son said...

A lot of good stuff. I like the perspective of seeing oneself inside the one. Thanks robert.

Unknown said...

Moon Magics radiance, Oh Magi's composition lilting
gifting our One- infinite origins of ethereal parades.
Seeding flowers of Timelessness Come Dreamers of All
in opulent light- Waking worlds,oh so sublime.
Come dreamers of myth,
ancient storytellers of now- Thank you Robert,
Cast dreams of remembering Moon magic kisses
in gossamer clouds,
while luminous beings kiss our Souls
with tantric songs of forever Love.
Come dreamer of All,leave no being behind

Peggy Bartlett said...

Robert, you seek and speak truth and beauty. Merci.

Russian son said...

Speaking of dragons! Look at this beauty!
http://imgur.com/IMOdsXJ

Anonymous said...

A lot of good stuff. I like the perspective of seeing oneself inside the one. Thanks robert.
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