If
In this life-time
Ones soul-path appears to gravitate
Towards a ‘path of service’
Or even of personal-sacrifice
Then perhaps it is because in a previous life
One had already fulfilled ones creative principal
And actualised ‘The Self’
Perched high and dry at the top of Maslow’s pyramidal hierarchy of needs
Yet this time around the pyramid is standing on its head
Inverted, ‘The Self’ is at the bottom
Supporting the needs of the ‘Whole’
For once one has gratified and appeased the ego
Where else is there left for it to go?
What more is there to achieve?
Except to reintegrate back into the whole
To realign, transcend ones isolated pinnacle
Of I’m the King/Queen of the castle
To rejoin the rest of the motley rascals
In a more enlightened way
To actualise ones elevated consciousness
For what has been separated seeks unity
That which has been united seeks individuation
Purged from delusions of grandeur and self-gratification
The soul seeks to evolve
Further than ever before
In new ways that one cannot possibly anticipate or foresee
Or intellectualise from the perspective of the ‘I’
The journey of the soul supported by experiential understanding
Is how one can one truly ‘Know and Be’
Co-joined in harmony, a balanced dovetailing duality, a self-perpetuating reality
Which exists already, irrespective of you and me
And is futile to resist, lest one creates dis-ease of the mind or the body
And so, the only available option is to Surrender
When in deep water, become a diver…