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Joseph Campbell:
"This is it,
This is it and if you don't get it here you won't get it anywhere,
And the experience of eternity right here and now is the function of life,

There's a wonderful formula that the Buddhists have for the Bodhisattva.
The Bodhisattva, the one whose being (sattva) is illumination (bodhi), who realizes his identity with eternity and at the same time his participation in time. And the attitude is not to withdraw from the world when you realize how horrible it is, but to realize that this horror is simply the foreground of a wonder and come back and participate in it. 'All life is sorrowful' is the first Buddhist saying, and it is. It wouldn't be life if there were not temporality involved which is sorrow. Loss, loss, loss.

You have to say yes to it, you have to say it's great this way. It's the way God intended it.

History is a nightmare from which I AM trying to awake, and the way to awake from it is not to be afraid, and to recognize that all of this as it is is as it has to be, and it is a manifestation of the eternal presence in the world. The end of things always is painful. Pain is a part of there being a world at all. Realize that this horror is simply the foreground of a wonder and come back and participate in it.

Come back

And participate in it."


In this Excruciating,
Illuminating,
Exhilarating,
Ever-reborn and ever-fading,
Frustrating,
Elated play in which where playing,
At updating and penetrating,
Through demonstrating,
What we're saying,
We're ready and waiting,

When I can't deal with this pain anymore,
I have to let it go,
And I can't deal with this shame anymore,
I hope it doesn't show,

And you can dance at my funeral,
If you don't like it you should move,
Celebrate the pain in the grove,
I do,
All is impermanent,
Maybe you heard of it,
But we're out here living it out,
All without a self,
No doubt,
This life is yours to make it,
So go ahead and create it,
Let it be and let it out,
Let it out,
And let it go,
The best things in life you can't hold,
The simple and the subtle undefinable moments,
Are worth more then gold,

It's the end again,
I shed my skin again,
But I'm still alive and spittin' this hot venom,
It gets written again,
I waited then debated and upgraded
Got my shadow integrated again,
If not for my friends,
The ones who got my back,
I could never be prepared for act,
Action,
Traction,
Begin,

I can't fully plan or freestyle my life,
But I just might,
Find a symbiotic balance between both tonight,
With my growth insight,
I'll redefine whats right,
Calm the urge to take flight,
I'll stick around and fight,
To change the giest of ziet,
Change the mind of time,
Finding shanty in the chaos till the chaos is fine,
These lessons stay on my mind,
And they change me forever,
They hurt my heart,
But they make me better,
I awoke unfettered,
But these insertional shackles are all that I've ever known,
And now I'm not sure where I should go,
I've been blinded by these binary extremes I've been shown,
And when in Rome,
I'm just feelin' sick for my home,
But there's no place to hide,
I'm committed to this moment,
Even though it kinda hurts don't it,
But I still feel so grateful to have been shown it,

Come back,
And participate in it

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from The Universe Project: part 1, released December 28, 2012

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I AM (david long) is an Integral Philosopher, Artist, and Musician.

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