Prayer of Aspiration

February 2000

We carry so much baggage burdening down

With the weight of reasoning mind's profundity,

Our vital appetites and indulgences,

The heroic godhead struggling to break free.

If only we could focus on the flame

Of aspiration burning at our core

Repeat the mantric word, invoke the Name,

Install within the image we adore.

Earth in its subtle atmosphere prepares

A new material body for its king,

Omnipotent, inviolate and pure.

From eternal realms the grace unperishing

Shall lift our souls to truth-identity

And earth transform to heaven's majesty.