Duality is not reality Illusory fractality All is one in actuality Merely flow, factually
We spew distinctions and categories Reinforced with teachings and allegories Form begets function and hides the true junctions Structures simplify our senses so we do not swiftly die
To live as one, connected to all Is oddly not compatible with life When peace is necessary for strife The rise just a part of the fall Thereβs no reason to avoid the knife
For survival we must throttle this expanse of information Categorize and segment Love, despise, and fragment Place labels of good and bad To navigate the moral landscape To function as one in the part of the whole But in doing so, we split our soul These labels surely take their toll They hide the unity of you and me Strangle the beauty to simply be They keep us from being free
There is no light without dark No flame without spark There is no cold without heat No slow without fleet No better without worse No life without the hearse
Death and life two sides of the same coin You and I seem separate but are in fact joined These invisible lines divide and try to hide That we are all beautifully, inevitably, intertwined
To see past these illusions We must accept flowing fusions Every cause has an effect We are spiraling specks Coalescing and creating Forming and making Finally breaking The cycle continues Eternally, infernally Or ceaselessly, peacefully For me This connection is a gift A resurrection from the rift
The void is void when we donβt avoid it If you are me and I am you There is truly nothing left to do I float and live and love and die I find little interest in finding out why Instead I just seek to live in truth Love Impermanence Equanimity
Realizing control takes a toll Surrendering control is the goal We are all just a part of the whole
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