Consciousness
Is the One Force
By the presence
Of which all
May be;
By which we are:
Conscious
As what we are
(I am a man);
Conscious
Of something
(I am);
Conscious,
In degrees
Of being conscious
(I know I am,
I know I am a man:
I am conscious
Of being conscious
As a man).

Only one Consciousness is;
And is all.
From One Consciousness
Man did fall.
Now by desultory self-esteem
Man believes Consciousness
Is his, and his alone.
But Consciousness is.
Man is vaguely aware that
Something is there, which
Makes him think, desire to know,
To live, and grow;
But that something he knows not.
Vaguely knowing it’s there,
Too many men have no inkling
Of care to know this One
Consciousness.

It is not a cause;
Nor an effect.
It has no function,
Yet no function
Can be without it.
It cannot be used;
Cannot use.
No attributes,
No qualities;
No measurements
Or properties:
Consciousness cannot
Be divided into
Degrees; diminished
Or expanded;
Held or released;
It cannot
Be possessed;
Or possess;
It never began, and
Never shall cease.
The ultimate reality:
Consciousness IS.

By it may rock
Be conscious as
Its function – rock.
I am conscious as a man.
But I long to be conscious of
Consciousness again.