The World Tree of Freedom
The world tree,
Shares the fruit of life,
Branches out to all,
And is rooted in common values,
As values are the portals to understandings
beyond the material universe.
True knowledge is not thinking,
For as we climb personal mountains,
Each higher than the one before,
The vista of life unfolds before us,
And this is the horizon of awareness that expands,
As we question the meaning of life itself,
We find higher perspectives.
The light of humanity is not the structure,
It is the content from which the open heart shines on the world,
It is in the warmth not the welcome,
It is true communication not the speech,
It is eye contact that seeks to see truth and reconciliation,
For unity is our only purpose,
And voices that convey messages of love, compassion and understanding,
Seek to en join by example,
To en joy the moment as it is,
To en fold the arms of family,
For the acceptance of difference is the elixir of the heart,
That journey’s home,
To happiness.
If we do not judge we do not project on to others,
If we do not criticize we don’t add to darkness,
If we do not exclude we model inclusivity,
If we are not influenced by opinions we turn to our own truth,
If we step out from the crowd and look back we see more,
If we question our thoughts we understand we do not know the whole truth,
Just collective beliefs open to doubt,
For the world is multi-layered and multi-versed,
We do not know the purpose of an event,
We see the yin and yang but not the whole,
Far beyond concepts there is only love,
Love was always the answer,
Yet many do not feel what this means.
It is to be moved by feeling not acting from thought,
It is to be spontaneous not controlled,
It is to be authentic not prescribed,
It is to see the world as one with no strata,
It is to walk with curiosity and laughter
not anguish,
For there is more things in heaven and earth Horatio that you ever dreamed possible,
Perhaps it is time to make dreams real.
Sometimes we must suspend belief in favour of possibility,
Allowing the flow of life,
To suspend being seen in favour of inner reflection,
As stillness with no thought,
For the truth exists not in constructs of right or wrong that rein-force lines of division,
Truth lives in our reality in the moment we experience truth,
Truth is the question that truly seeks peace,
For the past has faded,
The future is imagined,
And what transpires is the result of our belief about it,
Feeling is the change agent of belief,
This is the pearl that emerges from values.
Therefore be clear about what you truly feel,
Feeling is the navigation of the soul,
Ask yourself clearly:
Do you feel truthfulness, wisdom and peace is the essence of humanity?
Or violent intent that descends into cataclysm?
Is the mirror Hobbes or Locke?
Do we believe the media or ourselves?
For it is the truth of our own hearts that sets us free to see our reality as it is,
To give more space to service,
To give more time to those in need,
To live the virtues of humanity,
For these are the fruits of the world tree,
That give root to true sustainability,
And will ripen just in time.