The Plague of Ignorance

 

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Black clouds appeared in the sky

Due to ignorance, no one had listened

The canary in the coal mine died

The seas were poisoned

Crops did not grow

Animals and species faded away

But no one noticed

Business as usual 

The game of profit and power

Fixation on empty "selves."

Life was not seen as precious

The lords of nihilism ruled

Black clouds blocked the sun

All was in darkness

It was no longer business as usual 

Many fell sick and passed away

Fear filled the land

People hid from the plague of ignorance

There was nowhere to hide

They were forced to look inside

Within a celestial spring of life overflowed

The first tree flowered

Nothing was fixed 

It was all a dream

Some awoke and crossed over

Some remained asleep

But no one was abandoned

The treasure of love and compassion

It is always within awaiting us

An undying sun of Love

Our true nature

Our birthright in the illusory dance of life 

Those whose vision was clear

Saw the world as a celestial healing Pureland

Those who were blind saw a wasteland

The lost sheep were not forgotten

The good shepherd never gives up

All who are lost are found

All who look outside

Eventually, look within 

Time an illusion

Suffering purification and blessings

The innerspring of love always flows

We can drink the healing water of Dharma

Our thirst is not for the illusions we chase

We thirst to love and to be loved 

There are no external enemies to conquer

Only internal enemies

Ignorance, attachment, aversion

The black clouds of fear are impermanent

Nothing to do but still ourselves within

The inner clouds dissipate

The rain of loving-kindness and compassion

Falls on all equally 

Relax Relax Relax

Spontaneously

We will all be freed 

From the timeless dream

We are free but don't see

Everything primordially pure

The true teachers hold the key

Showing their true nature

Our true  nature

Is the same 

Trust and have faith

All storms pass

Rainbows will appear in the vast sky

A dove with an olive branch appears 

Empty yet full

Infinite potentiality

Time to leave the cocoon

Like butterflies, we fly

Empty yet appearing

Then dissolving

Into spacious skies 

No need for fear

Nothing fixed

Everything flows

Waterfalls

Streams

Rivers reach the sea

Where a boat awaits us all

We cross the sea of suffering

We return to cyclical existence

Gather the lost sheep

No one left behind

No one left behind

AH AH AH

AH AH

AH

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Etched in the sand by a butterfly with broken wings on March 31, 2020. He knows little and is still lost in the dream but has faith in the love and wisdom of the true teachers who manifest in whatever way necessary to benefit all sentient beings. Never give up. What lies ahead is inconceivable and beyond these poorly written words. Never give up. Even if your wings are broken.

E MA HO 

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Written by David Penn Trinley Arndt on March 31, 2020.