I have visited islands where,
\nIn solemn praise of inward gods,
\nA mask was lifted from my Self
\nRevealing islands of hopes and fears;
\nIslands where no mortals trod
\nNor humans as humans dared.<\/p>\n
An island god is an inward god,
\nLike a god of the sea and a god of the sky,
\nIt removes human masks from non-human Selves:
\nMasks that separate; masks that obey;
\nMasks that denied the godless lie
\nThat humans as humans shared.<\/p>\n
Thrusting through the godly waters
\nThe island reached into blue-white skies.
\nReached eternally in every moment
\nCarrying my reaching for heaven’s high
\nReaching and removing my mortal disguise,
\nTaking us back – heaven’s sons and daughters.<\/p>\n
Sheer black cliffs torment the mind.
\nIncessant in beauty, this tow’ring black wall
\nShelters nests and birds and other things,
\nAnd shelters my body from a cold north wind.
\nThese cliffs encompass and echo my call,
\nReaching more recesses than alone I could find.<\/p>\n
God of heaven, here on earth,
\nNot finding or Knowing the Self I am,
\nBut hiding the Self and thus pretending
\nBy taking masks and wearing them.
\nMistaken for granted, but not Knowing I am
\nA grandfather of the Universe.<\/p>\n
Son of heaven, here on earth,
\nWearing the mask that disguised the Self,
\nFinding the mask before the Island
\nFinding the island before the Self
\nFinding, Knowing, and accepting my Self
\nAs a grandchild of the Universe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have visited islands where,
In solemn praise of inward gods,
A mask was lifted from my Self
Revealing islands of hopes and fears;
Islands where no mortals trod
Nor humans as humans dared.<\/p>\n
An island god is an inward god,
Like a god of the sea and a god of the sky,
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