Black Clouds, Butterflies, and Moonbeams

Black Clouds, Butterflies, and Moonbeams

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Black clouds appeared in the sky
Due to ignorance no one listened
Canary in the coal mine died
Seas poisoned
Crops didn't grow
Animal species faded away
No one noticed
Business as usual 

Game profit power
Fixation on empty "selves."
Life not seen as precious
Lords of nihilism ruled
Black clouds 
Blocked the sun
All was darkness
No longer business as usual 

Many fell sick passed away
Fear filled the land
People hid 
plague of ignorance
Nowhere to hide
Forced to look inside
Celestial spring 
Life overflowed
First tree flowered
Nothing fixed
All dreamed
Some awoke 
crossed over
Some 
remained asleep
No one abandoned
Treasure  
Love 
Compassion
Always within .
Awaiting us 


Undying sun of Love
Our true nature
Birthright 
Illusory dance of life
Those whose vision was clear
Saw the world as a celestial healing Pureland
Those who were blind saw a wasteland
Lost sheep not forgotten
Good shepherd never gives up
All lost are found
All who look outside
Eventually, look within
Time an illusion
Suffering purification 
Blessings
Innerspring 
Love flows
Drinking 
Healing water of Dharma
Our thirst is not for the illusions we chase
We thirst for love and to be loved
No external enemies to conquer
Only internal enemies
Ignorance, attachment, aversion
Black clouds 
fear 
Impermanence
Nothing to do 
Still ourselves 
Within 

Inner clouds 
dissipate
rainfall . 
loving-kindness 
compassion
Falls equally 

Relax Relax Relax
Spontaneously
all will be freed 
timeless dream
Were free 
don't see
Everything 
Primordially pure
True teachers .
Hold the key
Showing they are the same as we
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
There is a boat awaiting us all
We cross the sea of suffering
Then 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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E MA HO

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David Arndt 2022

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Artwork - Tara Turner

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