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To Order Interbeing

How to Order Interbeing when disorder is what we're seeing? What theory or philosophy Will make us bond beyond entropy Turn matter into energy And bring unity through diversity? How to Order Interbeing What can be more deeply freeing Than to arrive with every step Into this Pure Land we create Carrying the jacket of our Bodhicitta Do we take the leap of faith? How to Order Interbeing and to become real human beings To not be lost in thoughts or feelings And find real purpose and meaning Non-selves coming into oneness One Action to True Emptiness How to Order Interbeing And to meet Love’s high demand In the midst of separation We come together to make a stand Build the beloved community Until injustice is forever banned How to Order Interbeing Let our activism be an organism Practice openness, no dogmatism We are the light that breaks inside the prism Liberating us from mental prison Reconnecting us with ancient wisdom How to Order Interbeing And as a species to evolve? For our igno...

The Dictator in My Head

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There is a dictator, who’s living in my head. He tells me what to do, and keeps me awake in bed. And why I listen to him? Honestly, I don’t really know I just do what he tells me to Why can’t I just let go? He says: ‘If you let go you’ll be lost’ ‘If you let go you’ll go mad’ Facing a wall inside your head? And I feel all heaven will fall down, just because that’s what he said But maybe there is life beyond these dictator’s walls enclosing me If I stopped listening to him then maybe I could be free I could go and walk in the sun, enjoy it shining on my face Just sit down and have some fun And not be trapped in that small space It would be like a revolution, and heaven ‘d rejoice and sing So why can’t I make the resolution And for once do my own thing?