Here’s a poem that I’d like to share.
You can read more of my stories and allegories here:
Spiritual Allegories and Stories
Here is straight-forward advice about spiritual rebirth.
Spiritual Rebirth: The Arising of Natural Living
Enjoy!
Jim
Spring Does Not Come on Its Own
I see
you there
looking at me through winter-frozen, glass eyes.
You’re hoping,
waiting for the thick bands of frost to dissolve in your heart.
and the frigid winds to abate in your body.
Spring does not come on its own.
I know
what you’ve been told.
A thousand asanas and you’ll be done.
Two thousand meditations and the fragrance of illuminated flowers fills the air.
Five million mantras and affirmations bring the full promise of lavender and honey, but
Spring does not come on its own.
I hear
the charlatans talk.
They’ve called for an early thaw
again.
Everyone rejoices,
waits.
No work gets done.
Spring does not come on its own, my friend.
I say
break the tectonic ice sheets of fear
crack the thick slabs of pride under the upthrust of your tired shoulders
grind the glaciers of doubt to specks of glass.
Transform the tundra of your soul into a forge.
Work the bellows of determination until your fiery sincerity is white-hot.
Then the warmth of spring might heat a seedling struggling towards the light.
I put
down this burden of wisdom to your shoulders.
Bring the spring
into your life
because rebirth does not come on its own.
