Spiritual Poetry
Karma
When we learn to let go; only then can we receive.
When we learn to serve; only then do we become the master.
When we learn to be always a student; only then do we become the teacher.
When we learn compassion; we can become the difference between love and hate.
When we spend our energies seeking; we never have anything left to find.
When we strive to make ourselves empty, only then may we be filled.
© 1998-2002 J. S. Brown
The Wheel
The moment we begin to define what is good and what is evil;
we let them loose upon the world.
The moment we cast judgement of someone's morality,
we ourselves become immoral.
The moment we make a rule;
someone decides they are the exception.
The moment we devise a law,
the lawyers begin looking for loopholes.
The moment we think ourselves someone's better,
we only demonstrate our inferiority.
The moment money becomes more important than people;
people become expendable.
The moment hatred becomes greater than love;
hope turns to desperation.
The moment hope gives way to desperation,
desperation becomes suffering.
The moment desperation becomes suffering;
we begin to define what is good and what is evil…
© 1998-2002 J. S. Brown
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