When you find a belief system 

That is new to you, 

It is easy to fall all in 

And drink of the new nectar 

Of this belief system 

And the love that comes from 

Rubbing shoulders with 

All of those in this belief system, 

And sometimes you may 

Even begin to believe 

That you have found the secret, 

You have found the path, 

You have found the way. 

We say: There are many paths 

Up the mountain. 

The mountain is your mind. 

There are no paths up the mountain.

The mountain is your mind. 

Actions such as spite, cruelty, 

Violence all come from 

The belief in separation and 

The belief that only one can be at the top. 

When you, with your belief in Oneness

Come across this, you are shocked 

And you have an anger response

Because you know 

Separation is not truth. 

The vibrational shift from what is 

To what is mirage of fallacy is difficult.

The bottom drops out. 

The field changes. 

When anger comes, 

Get out of the situation and later reflect. 

You do not need to remain

In an unstable or shifting field 

Nor condone separation. 

That experience is not needed by you. 

Those who follow mainstream 

Or dominant culture

Have allowed their ego to be consumed 

By their need to fit in, by their insecurity

And seeking outside sources of 

Power and affirmation and belonging, 

Even though they and you 

Know already that none of this 

Can come from without. 

It is always an inside job. 

The inside is the soul. 

Still, do not think you are wiser

Just because you have cracked 

This particular code, 

And others have not yet. 

The lessons arrive, the lessons arrive

No one is inured from the lessons

And even now as we speak

The most conscious of you

Is receiving lessons

And the most dull of you

Is being awakened. 

The Universe works with all souls. 

There is no hierarchy.

All are dazzling in their essence.

This lifetime will be remembered

As less than a blink of the soul. 

It is not about what you learn, 

It is not even about people:

Who you love or who love you. 

This lifetime will be experienced

At death’s door as a passage, 

A slide show that flies by the eye

More quickly than can be known. 

This happens to some of you

In facing death when you do not die. 

It also happens to some of you 

When you meditate or dream 

In deep states where you see

The progression of your life

And may view everything 

Tumbling in image and emotion,

One after another,

So quickly you cannot attach

To anything in particular,

Just the knowing of the overall

Onslaught of the experience,

Purely passing through your awareness.