Are we blind, or what?
The earth is ruptured.
Oil spews from the bottom of the Gulf.
The seas are being polluted.
Wildlife is dying.
It's not about BP.
It's not about our government.
It's not about shifting blame...
or about shifting responsibility.
It is a wake up call.
When will we stop playing victims
And finally step into our own power?
We created this – you and me.
Not intentionally.
It's not about blaming ourselves
Any more than blaming others.
Both are useless.
We are co-creators of what we call: reality.
Yes, whether passively or actively
The world around us responds
To whatever we believe reality to be.
Funny how that works.
We look for bad in someone,
and they fulfill our expectations.
Our true beliefs always manifest...
Even when we claim we do not believe THAT.
Oh, how amazing it is when you finally see it.
We cannot keep lying to ourselves.
Or to each other.
What kind of world do we want?
These calamities around us...
Is that the way we want it to be?
I don't.
There is one solution,
The same one that has always been here:
LOVE!

Not some romanticized version
Or wishful thinking.
We're talking about real love,
The kind without conditions.
Are you willing to love everything?
Are you willing to finally accept your role?
Are you willing to say you're sorry...
To yourself...to others?
Are you willing to embrace your own weaknesses,
Not in a fatalistic manner,
But in a creative manner.
Are you willing to see the gift in the problem?
Are you willing to change your perspective
From one of being a victim?
Can you see how disempowering that is?
Life does not happen to you!
It comes from you!
You are 100% responsible!
Yes, you! And me too!
You have the power to respond.
You have the power to define your reality.
It has whatever meaning you choose to give it.
Can you give it a positive spin;
Or would you rather only see the worst outcome?
If you keep seeing as you've always seen,
You'll keep getting what you've always gotten.
You never correct what you do not like
By hanging on to your old programming.
See, hear, feel what we are saying...
The old game of shame and blame,
Denial and Guilt,
Reaction and retribution
Has gone on for far too long.

Yet, it's just long enough to see it,
To finally see the connections.
Everything is interconnected.
Always has been.
Can you see it yet?
Are you willing to give up the idea
That you are separate from everyone
And everything?
That's simply not true...
No matter how it appears.
We're in this together.
All the problems we see...
We did that by playing the old game,
The game of lying to ourselves.
The lies are now seen everywhere.
The whole system is built on lies.
And it's not just them; it's us!
This is the wake-up call.
We've been through this before,
Long before our present lifetime.
And we didn't quite get it right then.
Let's change that now.
Let's love ourselves,
Forgiving and becoming thankful
For the opportunity to change our minds,
To take our blinders off,
And to love one another.
Love is the only thing
That has the power
To change EVERYTHING!

© by Ron Van Dyke,
Paradox Publications
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
All rights reserved.

I’ve told them what I wanted
Shared my vision in detail
To co-create new worlds
Yet it’s all to no avail
I’m still alone and longing
For the partner of my dreams
And even though I talk to her
And envision loving scenes
The women I find attractive
Seem to run away in fear
Or just put up their walls
Just why is not so clear
They do not articulate
Perhaps they do not know
Leaving me to ponder
Which may not be apropos
Living inside my monkey mind
Is not the way I’d choose
Still I try to figure out
Why I always seem to lose
I know I am particular
I’ve even made my list
Are they only testing me
To see if I persist?

I hope that’s not the case
For persisting’s not my way
I never force the issue
I just simply go away
I think my heart is open
Yet at times I have my doubts
Whenever I feel threatened
Something in me shouts
Fear comes to the surface
It’s face I almost see
Providing all the reasons
Why this one could never be
Perhaps she is too needy
And I don’t have enough
To support the both of us
Which makes it very tough
That happened in December
She had no job or money
And I could not support her
It wasn’t very funny
Two months later here I am
Still pondering the whys
All the reasons are not clear
I can only just surmise

Can you see that I am stuck?
The reason is not plain
Something deep inside of me
Seems totally insane
‘Round and ‘round in circles
Or trapped within a maze
My heart cries out for answers
Yet I’m left here in a haze
Still I keep on writing
Line follows dreary line
Grasping for some insight
From the part of me Divine
I want to stop the pattern
To cut my chains asunder
I want to know the answers
To no longer need to wonder
Where is my loving lady?
When will she manifest?
When will I allow myself
To finally pass this test?
The answers are within me
And the outer world reflects
My consciousness completely
As my Higher Self directs

Perhaps I am resisting
Or refusing still to see
The messages I’m given
That are meant alone for me
Help me, God, please help me
To see and to release
The blockages and obstacles
That rob me of my peace
The feminine with in me
Is honored with great respect
And I’ve always loved the lady
You know that is correct
You made us both together
Before the world began
And everything that’s happened
I’m sure was just a plan
To enrich us on our journey
To gather precious knowledge
Help us pass our tests
And graduate from college
To co-create new worlds
Where peace and joy will reign
When the love song commences
To end this sad refrain

“I simply quit!” is what I said
And I knew I did not know
Exactly how that would look
Nor how the thought would grow
What will I choose to change
As I ponder which things to quit?
What in my life’s not serving me?
What routines no longer fit?
This turns into a complex job
When I wanted to simplify
So much analysis and doubt
I can neither play nor fly
Instead I find I’m anchored
Paralyzed by the inspection
No patterns yet have changed
And neither has my direction
How I see is how I’ve seen
And I see the whole world stuck
Someone needs to shine a light
Before we run out of luck
People need to wake up
And see the crazy game
Though I want some changes
Everything stays the same

It’s almost like I’m programmed
Along with all the masses
Except that I’m not looking
Through airy fairy glasses
At least I don’t intend to
Share a vision that’s not real
I want to give voice to everything
That I think and see and feel
I thought that was my mission
Though I saw it was seldom fun
And the Voice told me to lighten up
Yet I haven’t even begun
It still feels very heavy
This burden I must bear
I can’t let go of what I know
And act like I don’t care
I do care; that’s the problem
I want the world set free
From the lies and fraud and greed
And the total insanity
Yes, I want to play and dance
I want to party in the streets
I want the celebration
As we overcome elites

Who think we are their slaves
Just puppets they control
They care not for humanity
And they hate the Divine Soul
So what am I to quit?
When this is how I see
This is why I’m here
It’s a real part of me
I want to liberate people
To lift our shared perspective
To help empower everyone
Throughout the whole collective
Even the rich and powerful
The greedy so out of touch
I want them to see the light
I want that oh so much
These are things within me
So how am I to quit?
I am part of everything
Including what does not fit
The things that lie outside my dream
Of the wholeness I envision
They too must be included
To end separation and division

I can’t quit loving or caring
But I have to find stability
Somewhere deep inside of me
I know there is tranquility
A peace to match the passion
A calmness in the storm
Where I am grounded yet can rise
And co-create new form
Structures of a new world
That support and yes enlighten
When every child of creation
Wants awareness now to heighten
No one is left out of this
No one is left behind
So how can I have fun
When so many yet are blind
They’re my brothers and my sisters
By invisible strings connected
I can’t quit till the job is done
And the job can’t be neglected
What does quitting look like?
I’ll tell you when I know
It’s not time to quit now
When changes start to grow.

I try to give people hope
In a world that is in trouble
To encourage and uplift
To burn away the stubble
I try, but often fail
For truly I don’t see
The responses coming forth
That would give some hope to me
People seem oblivious
Reflecting my own doubt
It seems they do not hear
The things I talk about
Yes, I have been consistent
In serving day by day
Giving to the community
My dependable display
Yet when I feel down
Who’s there to lift me up?
Who gives me the hope
Refills my empty cup?
My heart sometimes is heavy
My soul, it feels so sad
When I don’t see results
In a world that has gone mad

I must expect too much
Which always disappoints me
My cries go unheeded
No one hears my plea
I don’t like the low points
When my energy is drained
I feel lost and lonely
And my sprit feels constrained
It’s part of being human
I know, I know that’s true
And I chose to come here
World peace to pursue
And when I’m on the mountain
And seeing Life as whole
I feel so empowered
So joyful in my soul
Then circumstances trip me
And I come falling down
My smile is erased
Instead I wear a frown
Oh God, I need an uplift
Some way to bring me joy
To transform my melancholy
And more than just a toy

Once again I feel a partner
Is calling out to me
But I can’t see or hold her
And yet I do agree
Based on past experience
The wrong one can bring pain
Which puts me in a tailspin
My peace I can’t sustain
Hear me, God, please hear me
I’ve made my list for you
To bring me what I need
My life to now renew
Nothing brings me greater joy
Than to find my soul aligned
With a beautiful sweet lover
Who’s both passionate and kind
One who speaks my language
And understands my heart
One who shares my vision
Who can finish what we start
You’ve seen what I have listed
You know all of that and more
Which qualities are pleasing
And which ones I abhor

Yet beyond this precious lady
I have a dream inside
To co-create a world at peace
Where none will be denied
Everyone will be fulfilled
And dreams will all come true
Where to violence and trouble
We all will bid adieu
No one will seek to injure
No one will live for greed
Everyone will prosper
Having everything we need
So please, Lord, give me hope
That this vision’s not in vain
Help me make it real on earth
And help us all attain
Our grandest and greatest desire
To transform our troubled earth
We all need more than hope
Our hope must now give birth
Let every heart be lifted
Let every soul be blessed
Let everyone now celebrate
As we conclude our quest.

I do my best to walk in two worlds
My best isn’t always good enough
To synchronize the seen and unseen
Is a confusing task that seems tough
The part of me that I can see
Often struggles with the part I can’t
And I’m hoping to find some meaning
In this, my latest poetic rant
So I’m asking, seeking, knocking
At the door of my Higher Part
The Self that is still connected
To the great Universal Heart
Is it possible to have answers
That can please the rational mind?
Is there really, truly meaning
That humans can finally find?
”We create our own reality”
Is a new consciousness cliché
Yet from physical perspectives
It does not seem that way
Many things occur in life
That most of us don’t want

These are things that fill our lives
That baffle us and taunt
Few of us want war or lack
Fewer still are seeking pain
All of us know suffering
And life often seems insane
Everyone’s experience
Has many ups and downs
And those who try the hardest
Seem like fools or clowns
All my life I’ve striven
To make the loving choices
To serve and shine my light
In a world of confusing voices
I’ve done my best to tell the truth
To express with open candor
Yet sometimes such expression
Is perceived as merely slander
Others take offense at me
Though no offense was meant
It gets so very complicated
Communication becomes dissent

Always animosity
Rears it ugly head
No meaningful connection
Misunderstanding reigns instead
How can the gap be bridged
To heal all the hurt?
What creates the changes
This dilemma to avert?
Are there no solutions
That lead our souls to peace?
Some inner transformation
Allowing our strife to cease?
Must we always live with conflict
That robs us of our joy?
Is there not a master plan
That we can now deploy?
So many unanswered questions
That leave us in confusion
Even when I think I know
I see again: delusion
My soul, oh God, is weary
Disappointment and sadness reign

And every step I take ahead
Seems another step in vain
I don’t want to end this poem
Without a ray of hope
Yet sometimes in my tunnel
It’s difficult to cope
As I become the observer
And look at what I see
Who is the visionary
That’s looking back at me?
Who is the one who claims to love
Without pretense or condition?
Is there any way that we can merge
To help me complete my mission?
I don’t want to walk in two worlds
I want to live in one
I want to know the unity
To feel joy and just have fun
I’m tired of the struggle
That complicates and confuses
I want all mankind to find the peace
Where no one ever loses.

I do not feel especially creative
As if I am out of the flow
Much time spent simply reflecting
On my recent relationship woe
Oh how I loved the beginning
How disappointed I felt at the end
We started out as great lovers
And now she’s not even a friend
It’s not that she’s a bad person
In fact the opposite is true
She is a remarkable lady
Which makes me feel so blue
That the timing was simply not right
I felt inadequate with money
I could not support her and me
To keep her as my lover and honey
And our ways of disagreeing
Were not in alignment at all
I need a more laid back type
It’s an issue that makes me stall
Even though she keeps reaching out
I keep on drawing back
Feeling so very discomforted
As I face my obvious lack
I want so much to love simply
Without any strings attached
But my own fears keep arising
Since I feel we are not well matched
I don’t like loud confrontations
Nor fingers that wave in my face
Nor saying that I am an asshole
These make it hard to embrace

There have been those who told me
That I should give her another chance
Sometimes the idea is tempting
Yet I am afraid of that dance
I’m scared that I will be trapped
Getting in something over my head
So I continue hugging my pillow
And spending more time in my bed
I’ve even made a detailed list
Of the qualities I strongly desire
It does not include characteristics
Of ladies born in signs of the fire
I remember interactions with others
Who are air signs too, as I am
Never the yelling and blaming
And eleven plus years is no sham
But I suppose my biggest regret
Is that now I am questioning me
Of course this makes me distrusting
Which is not how I most want to be
Then, of course, there’s the mirror
Mentioned in a poem I had written
Just four days before our meeting
Before I had ever been smitten
In that, it said, “She’s a keeper”
If only I could love truly
I guess it seems like a mountain
To share time with one so unruly
So even though the sex was exciting
Something in me wants to draw back
I can handle my own money needs
But with hers I feel such lack

Yes, I know it’s just a reflection
Of issues that I have to face
I resist and do not surrender
Maintaining my own lonely space
As I look back now I ponder
What lesson am I willing to learn?
Must I now exercise caution?
Will I never let passion just burn?
So many issues have arisen
To challenge my innermost core
Yet I know I cannot choose fighting
I’ve lived with that issue before
Though I’d like a passionate romance
The passion must marry the peace
Anything else simply pushes
The buttons I’d like to decrease
Which douses the flames of the passion
And snuffs out all of the joy
Repulsion instead of attraction
With feelings that only annoy
So for now I guess I’m not ready
My loving is just not enough
I’m choosing to just keep my distance
Sometimes that choice seems so tough
That’s how it stands in this moment
And though I may feel regret
I’m not sorry for the experience
It’s one I’ll never forget.

© By Ron Van Dyke
Paradox Publications
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
All rights reserved.

Don’t fly me away
To some far-distant shore
Bring heaven to me
That I might adore
The beauty and passion
The caress and affection
The smile and the pleasure
Of Life’s greatest connection
A man and a woman
Two lovers indeed
Together creating
With joy guaranteed
That’s what I wanted
And that’s what I got
A lady who sings
And boy is she hot
She knew what she wanted
And she wanted me
Straightforward she asked,
“May I kiss thee?”
Of course I said yes
Our tongues then did touch
As our lips came together
Desiring so much
A few days have passed
And oh what delight
As we snuggle together
Throughout the night
How cool is this
That our hearts did connect

Mine with this lady’s
Who spoke so direct
She’s getting to know me
Just like she said
Conversations so deep
And even in bed
She shares my vision
As I share her dream
This lady named Donna
That I highly esteem
For she has a soul
And a spirit to match
My own inner longings
Which makes her a catch
Available and willing
And ready to fly
On 12-12 we met
And I cannot deny
That I debated to go
To the party that night
Not knowing Natasha
Had a plan in her sight
She’d told lady Donna
“There’s this guy you should meet.
You share common ground
And his poetry is sweet.”
Natasha kept tabs
That first day or two
Encouraging Donna
And following through

Of course I did my part
But the email bounced
Followed up with a phone call
I had not announced
Yet she knew it was me
When she answered the phone
Though I called from a friend’s house
And was not alone
No caller ID
To reveal my name
Just a coincidence
In a great cosmic game
Bringing two souls together
For passion and bliss
Don’t know where we’re going
But I will tell you this
Already it’s happened
Serendipity revealed
Great mysteries opened
That were so long concealed
An early Christmas present
One could easily say
As Donna and Ron
Are beginning to play
To unwrap each other
To the depths of their hearts
Many things now entwining
Each playing their parts
As a tapestry of beauty
Is woven by Fate

What am I looking at?
What do I see?
Who is this person
Glaring back at me?
I called her my lover
Thought she was my friend
This rage she’s displaying
I don’t comprehend
She told me she loved me
I thought it was true
She made me so happy
Now what did I do?
I’m so confused
I don’t understand
This romance ain’t going
The way that I planned
When we met it was perfect
So loving and serene
I was her king
And she was my queen
Then came the nagging
The bitching and such
Raised voices and pushing
We’re so out of touch
How could the heaven
Turn into a hell?
I just want to die
Or run from her spell
She wants to control me
Tells me what to do
I’m just a man
Who hasn’t a clue
She used to smile
Now she bares her fangs
Like a hell’s angel princess
Or one of those gangs
Who is this woman
Who swore she would love
Who now is a vulture
No longer a dove?
Why didn’t I see it
Coming at me full force?
Our marriage is broken
All I want is divorce
Oh what I’d give
To finally be free
Of this furious damsel
Throwing insults at me

And then I woke up
As I realized
And oh what I saw
I was fully surprised
She was a mirror
Reflecting my soul
My own barren wasteland
Gone out of control
She was projecting
Her own inner pain
Blaming me for her torment
And acting insane
Her little girl crying
Wanting someone to care
So she tried to mold me
To end her despair
She wanted to fix me
To conform to her dream
And when I didn’t change
She started to scream
Her frustration reflected
Something in me
And as it was dawning
I thought it couldn’t be
But something said YES
Pay attention my son
Look deep with compassion
At what you’ve begun
This is the chance
For your love to go deeper
And if you get through this
You’ll find she’s a keeper
For you are both wounded
Hurting inside and out
So long you were cut off
That’s what it’s about
This is the purpose
It’s Life’s Divine plan
In bringing together
The woman and man
Being born of blind passion
Pure sexual lust
Can they touch even deeper
And see what they must?
Will they find wisdom
And ride out the storm
Or will they just part
And follow the norm?

So often it seems that we are trapped
In limitations of time and space
Plagued with feelings of unrest
We’re engaged in an endless chase
For that elusive dream come true
That ship that never arrives
That perfect partner that loves us
Still our emptiness survives
Sometimes I see the long lost city
Where peace and gladness dwell
Then I am again reminded
By the ravages of hell
That in these three dimensions
Of apparent separation
People fight each other
And nation battles nation
And each one blames the other
For truly we don’t see
How we co-created all of it
That’s why we are not free
Connecting with the hidden realms
A most challenging of tasks
When we never tell the real truth
And only show our masks

We think the image we portray
Somehow fools the other people
And that our grand persona
Comes from some holy steeple
Or from a gilded silver screen
With movie stars of fame
Only poets tell the truth
Revealing pain and shame
Which is why I love my poet friends
My brothers and sisters searching
For we divulge the shadow self
That’s always somewhere lurching
Wandering through the cloudy days
Feeling the wrath of the storm
Willing to be bluntly honest
Which is never quite the norm
We also go to mountaintops
And scale possibility’s heights
We touch the very face of God
Drawing in celestial lights
Whether ecstasy or painful trauma
We reveal 3Ds delusions
And because it never stays the same
We do not draw quick conclusions

The poets are a gift to all
We are prophets, clowns and seers
We sense the vision and hear the call
Through our laughter and our tears
Walking in two worlds apart
We stand and live in the middle
Searching for the hidden meaning
In the paradox and the riddle
Yes, we find delusions
We are not immune
Raptures too are in our path
With both we do commune
Sometimes we elevate the devil
The master of the absurd
Then we talk of finding God
Which for most is quite preferred
We feel the polarization
Within our very souls
We give voice to the tension
Of paying the costly tolls
Living in a fallen world
The price tag is very high
Yet something in us whispers
My child, you’re made to fly

So the fallen world is rising
On wings of poetic hope
That somehow cast a lifeline
That enables us to cope
Feeling the pull of the anchor
That would hold us in our past
We cut that chain that binds us
And now we’re floating fast
Into a world beyond 3D
We drift without a clue
Only that we’re headed
To a realm that’s all brand new
Where poet’s words are turned to song
And the struggle gives way to the dance
And humanity awakens
From its 3D delusion and trance
Into the rapturous arms of God
That we discover are our own
We rise as our future beckons
Revealing what was unknown
I’m grateful for you poets
With such courage to express
Your feelings and experience
In this challenging 3D mess

Living in a time-based world
Is most challenging indeed
Keeping faith, an upbeat mind
All you see is what you need
You think you are connected
What you seek feels almost here
Finally days pass, then weeks
Once again you shed a tear
The carrot has moved away
It’s no longer in your reach
Then comes the introspection
What am I trying to teach?
What lesson do I need to learn?
What message is here for me?
That I can’t trust expectations!
There’s so much that I can’t see
It makes me want to cry and cry
How long, my Lord, how long?
Must I experience weakness
Will I never become strong?
This roller coaster that I ride
That dashes my hopes asunder
Leaving me in another storm
With lightning and such thunder

I thought that I was ready
To turn yet another page
To finally find support I want
To bring in the golden age
I’ve always felt so incomplete
That parts of me are missing
And longing so for wholeness
What I get is only wishing
Frustration is never far away
Even when I ride the crest
Euphoria gives way to gloom
And I never get to rest
Always another disappointment
That I rationalize away
And feeling so damn heavy
When I’d really like to play
Where is the message for my soul
To enable me just to know
That happiness really can be found
On this earth plane here below?
I’ve searched in desperation
With moments of pure bliss
Yet deep within my valley
There is no angel’s kiss

Just more inner heart felt longings
To wipe away all tears
To lift mankind from sorrow
For a hundred thousand years
To stop the great amnesia
The insanity of forgetting
That we really are immortal
And it’s time that is upsetting
Living for tomorrow
Through yesterday’s regrets
When focused on my sadness
My program just resets
Round and round it plays again
Recycling my karma
I know deep in my heart
That that is not my dharma
It is the Father’s will they say
For His children all to rise
Inheriting His Kingdom
Where each receives the prize
The reward for our descension
Into lives of hell and woes
To finally reawaken
In a world where glory shows

She’s beautiful, she’s smart
She loves me from her heart
Passionate and sexy
She understands her part
She is a co-creator
Wild, warm and willing
Facing fears undaunted
Knowing her is thrilling
She is still a dreamer
A visionary grand
This Goddess with her God
Walk the world hand in hand
Heart to heart, eye to eye
She shares her thoughts and feelings
She accepts no limitations
No artificial ceilings
She’s learned to love her body
For its wonder and delights
She stands in all her strength
Ascends to glorious heights
She’s a healer and a lover
Her compassion knows no bounds
And when we come together
She’s not afraid of sounds
She moans and screams and giggles
Displaying her delight

Her passion is amazing
Her aura shines so bright
She sees beyond the human
The frailties and such
Beholding the Divine
Creating with her touch
She does not run away
When challenges come knocking
Nor does she hide her feelings
When something feels shocking
She’s able to articulate
And say what’s on her mind
She does not speak with anger
She’s firm, but always kind
Fire dances in her eyes
And water stills her soul
She brings heaven down to earth
That’s always been her goal
Her wisdom’s unabashed
She’s overcome her shame
Her inhibitions and her guilt
She no longer plays that game
She’s free, she flies and dances too
For she has found her love
Her partner from eternity
From the heavens high above

She’s more than any role she plays
Though she plays them very well
She’s joined me in a happy song
In harmony we dwell
This fair-skinned royal beauty
Would be any man’s delight
But our souls are reunited
As our bodies share each night
I am hers and she is mine
Though each of us is free
There is no power struggle
And now I’ll share the key
Telling each the truth
Our secrets are unveiled
No hidden sad resentments
That would let us be derailed
She sees into me deeply
And I can see her power
I know where she is vulnerable
And protect her every hour
I hold her vision as my own
Her soul is part of me
We are ONE expressing
A heavenly unity
We walk: embodied spirits
Transforming all around

Demonstrating love to all
Wherever souls are found
She is fully Woman
And I am fully Man
Embracing Light and Shadow
We each do what we can
Our power has been multiplied
By a factor of ten or more
Together all our gifts
Are something we explore
We each make the other better
Our talents we expand
And we’re not afraid to co-create
What we don’t yet understand
We are no longer separate
Our dreams have coalesced
Finally, now together
The entire world is blessed

© By Ron Van Dyke
Paradox Publications
Friday, November 27, 2009
All Rights Reserved .

You’ve heard the advice
And you know it is true
Stand in your power
The power of YOU
Often that advice
Can get you in trouble
When you’re unaware
Of your Divine Double
The Higher Self
As it’s also known
Is still connected
You’re not alone
Oh yes, I know
How it looks from here
With bodies separate
That doesn’t appear
That part of you
That stays connected
Patiently waiting
Until it’s selected
It waits and it waits
It’s whispers not heard
As we all adjust
To a life so absurd
We all seem as slaves
Being told what to do
By others pretending
They know better than you
We know that’s not power
So how can we stand
And exercise freedom
As we live on the land?
They show us a way
We call it pretend
That we know the answers
Which we will defend
Yes, we will tell lies
Even though it is true
That we are all lost
And haven’t a clue
As long as we think
We’re only this form
Living the lie
Is always the norm
Yet how can a half
Ever be whole
Until the body unites
With its spirit and soul?
Yes, I know, I know
The connection’s not lost
But that’s not what we feel
And it is a high cost

That causes delusion
Anger and pain
Because we’ve forgotten
Again and again
Our power’s depleted
We gave it away
By listening only
To what others say
We created a system
Of invisible bars
Enslaved as prisoners
That came from the stars
We came from afar
Oh yes, yes indeed
We are actually born
Of Royalty seed
Every one of us
Is a sovereign in fact
Though that’s not the way
We normally act
Now let’s get it straight
It’s not a delusion
That our true self is hidden
Within this illusion
Yet when it is found
Reconnected by choice
We begin to hear
Its most loving voice
The Voice of God
Knows us intimately well
Even though we’ve been living
In self-created hell
What began as a journey
In time and in space
Became a disaster
For the whole human race
Victims and tyrants
Oh what a scam
All because I
Forgot who I am
So if you want power
Here’s what you must do
Humbly say to yourself
I now forgive you
It’s not about blame
And guilt is absurd
What’s happened has happened
And here is the word
Choose now to love
To forgive and forget
From this point forward
Don’t live in regret

I've always taken myself so seriously
Feeling I had to change the world
A massive task for a solitary man
Around me everything swirled
Highs and lows and in betweens
Like a roller coaster emotions shifted
Up and down, back and forth
On a storm-tossed sea I drifted
Hanging onto my battered raft
My compass could not be found
And even when I called on God
His reply was a silent sound
My tattered vessel finally crashed
On a godforsaken shore
An island of crazy people
Confused and so much more
They didn't see me as a savior
It didn't matter what I said
The message I carried in me
To them was lifeless and dead
How could I save the others
When I myself was adrift?
There was no way to help them
Until I could self uplift

So now you see the answer
The only world you can save
Is the one that you've created
From the cradle to the grave
Beginnings, yes, and endings
It was really quite a con
Shutting off your power
With the switches still turned on
Oh yes, it's always been there
Though you became convinced
That someone did it to you
No wonder that you winced
Now it's time to smile again
To create a world of joy
To dance with your own children
The girl and the boy
It’s not your son or daughter
But the kids within your soul
Play with them, oh somber man
And let them make you whole
Lighten up and just relax
As you see from a new perspective
That everything in human life
Has always been elective

Always a voluntary choice
Before the earth plane's entered
And the mystery is always solved
When the human soul is centered
So seriously... it's over
Time to lay your burden down
Wear a smile upon your face
And go wash off that frown
It’s time for celebration
Go get your own award
For the Academy of Angels
Are all in one accord
To show each man and woman
That the one behind the curtain
Was just another part of you
Of that you can be certain
You and only you decide
Just the way it's always been
So seriously, it's party time
You’re coming home again.
© By Ron Van Dyke,
Paradox Publications,
November 10, 2009.
All rights reserved.

Wake up, we shout with fervor
Realize we’ve been asleep
Pay attention to the observer
Who leads us in our leap
Into a world yet unknown
A world of grand design
Where love and peace are finally grown
And all is yours and mine
Yes, we possess it all
Our Divine inheritance
We rise up from our fall
And dance the cosmic dance.
Awakened from the nightmare
New beauty we behold,
Our stories we begin to share
As the mystery we unfold
Lift your eyes, look and see
Transformation’s coming fast
Look within both you and me
As our future eats our past
Behold the crazy mystic
Within your very soul
Overcome your cynic
Becoming finally whole
Pat yourself upon your back
Knowing you’ve succeeded
Waking up from pain and lack
Our dreams will be exceeded

© by Ron Van Dyke
Paradox Publications
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
All rights reserved.

My precious loving daughter,
You’re the apple of my eye.
How could I ever punish you?
My child, I even cry.
I feel your broken heart.
Your pain, it is my own.
What you did was simply learn.
Your soul, it now has grown.
You have gained in wisdom.
Your lesson is not wasted.
And every child of mine has come:
Forbidden fruit has tasted.
Your religions, they have taught you
That you have fallen short.
Something beneath my glory,
So here is my retort.

I tell you, all have sinned,
To me it is such glory
That my children created pathways
Of a most amazing story.
Each of you has ventured
Into a place unknown,
A world of separation
Where guilt and shame were sown.

You thought you were abandoned,
Alienation you have felt.
Yet I have never left you,
Even when your heart did melt.
I picked up the broken pieces,
And held them in my hand.
Even when you didn’t hear me,
I said, “I understand.”
Oh, you’ve shown such courage
In your endless search for love;
How could I be mad at you
When I see from up above?
I see the missing fragments
That you each left behind
As you ventured into darkness
My love again to find.

I saw you in your struggles.
I heard your awful screams.
But you alone determined
To remember what it means.
You plumbed the depths alone
For that was your desire;
And I stood back with loving heart
As you stepped into the fire.

I watched with admiration
As each time that you fell
You stood back up onto your feet
Took another step in hell.
Oh, my little children,
If only you could see
The beauty of your sacrifice,
The gift you’ve given me.
You taught me more than I could know
About the depths of life...
About the possibilities
Of overcoming strife.
The beauty of your creation
Resounds to infinity.
Your brilliant star is rising
For everyone to see.

And you ask me if I blame you
For passion you expressed.
My little girl, I love you.
You need not feel distressed.
There’s nothing you have done
That’s worthy of my blame.
I bow before your brilliance,
For Beauty is your name!

I thought I saw her face.
And felt I knew her name.
My muse, my co-creatrix.
Of mythological fame.
This goddess that I've longed for.
Whose siren song I hear.
The one that I've been sensing.
As very, very near.
Oh, the synchronicities.
Passion's fire was lit.
And for a brief moment.
I believed that she was it.
Yes, I thought I saw the signs.
Applied meaning to what she said.
Yet it was all inside of me.
Being played out in my head.
Once again expectation
Was sadly disappointed.
For on our second meeting.
My reality became disjointed.
All I'd perceived the night before
Was different now, it seemed.
And her response to me
Was nothing like I dreamed.

Before our second meeting.
I sat down to write a poem.
I tried to make it happy.
Yet sadness filled my tome.
Twice I tried again.
Each time it would not jive.
No matter what I did.
The poems were not alive.
My soul was showing something.
My mind didn't comprehend.
I finally got the message.
My guides were trying to send.
Dynamics of Romantic projection.

Were working in full gear.
And when I finally understood.
Yes, I shed a tear.
It was a tear of joy.
With sadness mingled in.
To see unconscious content.
Long hidden deep within.
Would I let it simply drop?
I had a choice to make.
Or would I have the courage.
Another path to take?
Was I willing to reveal.
My inner mental chatter?
Would she even listen?
To her, would it matter?
She was just a catalyst.
To reveal inner working.
But would she even talk to me.
Or would I go on shirking?
Another opportunity
To face my inner Dragon.
Approaching her requesting.
With my tail waggin’.
I know I have to give her
A chance to hear me out.
Of course I'll need to listen,
That goes without a doubt.
Dialogue is in order.
To me it's plain as day.
None of us will ever learn
Unless our truth we say.
Willingness to really share.
Our deepest, darkest truth.
Yes, I'll feel vulnerable.
And may even seem uncouth.
Yet if I do not take the chance.
Confront this honestly.
How can I expect to grow.

And ever feel free?
How many times I've run to hide.
Retreating to discomfort zone,
Burying my feelings
That I did not want to own?
How often I did feel ashamed.
Embarrassed and chagrined.
Yet feeling foolish, I realized
It recycled with each wind
Always it returned to me,
This pattern would repeat
Whenever I felt attracted
To a lady looking sweet.
All my inner content.
My hopes and yes, my fears.
Projecting them upon her.
And hoping: NO MORE TEARS!
Then I'd feel rejected.
And think she was to blame.
My own creative pattern.
Was always just the same.

Now my path is obvious.
I know what I will do.
I will not run away.
My choice for me is new.
My request’s already given.
I'm awaiting her reply.
Where it goes, time will tell.
On that I can rely.
Living in the moment.
Without an expectation.
Conscious of projections.
I’ll now try sublimation.
Making myself vulnerable.
Aware of games I play.
I'll simply share my truth.
And take things day by day.

I don’t know if I’m the one
Who was made to see your soul
I don’t know if I’m the one
To attain the eternal goal

I don’t know if I’m the one
To sing the song of your heart
I don’t know if I’m the one
Who has been yours from the start

I don’t know if I’m the one
Who calls this very hour
I don’t know if I’m the one
To unleash our mighty power

I don’t know if I’m the one
To make your dreams come true
I don’t know if I’m the one
Created just for you

I don’t know if I’m the one
Yet I hear you calling me
I don’t know if I’m the one
But I know I want to see

Are you the one eternal
Who shares my secret song?
Are you the one forever
Who makes my weakness strong ?

Are you the one I’ve longed for
In the empty days and nights?
Are you the one whose siren song
Created my spirit’s flights?

Are you the one whose beauty
Intoxicates my being?
Are you the one whose eyes
Are the very eyes I'm seeing?

Are you the one whose fingers
Touch me very deep?
Are you the one I love so much
Into whose pores I seep ?

Joining in our union
Singing now our song
Are you the one I’ve waited for
So very, very long?

This dream of separation
This illusion that we made
Lifetimes of bewilderment
Are they now about to fade?

As our spirits draw us closer
In the finite realm of flesh
Will body, soul and spirit
Finally intermesh?

Will we recognize each other?
Will we know beyond a doubt?
Will this be different than the rest
What our journey’s been about?

I can almost taste you
Your kisses – oh so sweet!
I reach out to touch you
From your head down to your feet

My arms almost feel the substance
Of your body next to mine
I close my eyes, I’m knowing
That everything is fine

The fragrance of your perfume
I breathe it in so pure
Everything about you
Helps me know for sure

You are the one I’ve waited for
And you waited too for me
It’s been a long, long journey
Your smiling face to see

You are the one who’ll co-create
And make our visions real
You are the one, my lady
And I will not conceal

How thrilled I am to touch you
Clothed in flesh and bone
I’ll cherish you forever
No more are we alone.

I love you!

From my infinite past to my eternal future … I am.
There’s a part of me that has been here always;
For so much of my experience, I forgot that part.
Now, remembering, ever so slowly it often seems,
That infinite past is being recalled from my depths.

I swam and frolicked, splashed and drowned in ten thousand seas
I sat and walked and danced and chanted around a million fires;
And in a trance-like state my soul would take flight
To a place without dimensions
And a time with no calendars or clocks.

Much like most dreamtime, the experience was lost
Buried in the recesses of the collective unconscious
Unable to be recalled in the waking, non-trance reality
Of forgetting who and what I am.

Oh, it seemed real enough, this amnesia engulfing me.
Yet how could anything born of forgetfulness be real?
How could any partial experience answer the question:
Who am I?

Lifetime after lifetime provided few answers.
Each lifetime became like an anchor
Tying me to a more recent past
And binding me to an illusion
Sometimes with hope
Yet often with meaningless repetition
Caught in the web of habitual behaviors
Entrapped in recycling thoughts
Round and round and round we’d go
Never arriving because we lacked the courage
To leave the familiar and venture,
With timid steps, into the great unknown.

And the time came, and now is
When memories trickle into consciousness
From that infinite past before the beginning.
Drip, drip, drip, faster and faster
Until it is flowing, first a trickle
Then a steady stream
And now more like a downpour
Washing away all my illusions of separation
From Creator, and from my own Self.

Remembering my heritage …
Before the very foundations of the world were laid,
I am
Not, I was, for what I am has never changed.
Nor can it.
I am infinite and eternal
Immortal and incorruptible
So powerful a creator
That I created an impossible illusion:
I thought I could be separate from all that is …
And for a long time, I believed it was true.
Now I know better.

And my eternal future beckons
To worlds and realities far beyond
Anything imagined, or imaginable
Within the illusion of my proving ground.
I laugh that I had deceived myself for so long,
And my laughter turns to pure joy
Ecstasy and bliss
As my apparent opposites reunite
In a Divine marriage of twin flames
Each transformative!
Together omnipotent!

I am she and he is me
And we are one force
Joined in inseparable love
And unspeakable delights
Never-ending thrills
We are together … again …
For the very first time.

From the infinite past
To the eternal future
We are one
I am.

© By Ron Van Dyke, Paradox Publications, August 20, 2009.
All rights reserved.

Restore my soul has been my prayer
With renewal of my mind;
Rejuvenate my body,
Transform the things that bind.

With all the changes coming
I ask to be made whole
To heal what’s been broken
With unity my goal.

Calling forth my twin flame
In the flesh, my lover
Awakening my Muse
My talents rediscover.

Let our destiny together
Bring forth upon this earth
Rekindled sacred passions
Creative winds of birth.

Taking all experience
Whether labeled bad or good
Weaving it together
To be finally understood.

Let all the joy we long for
Total ecstasy and bliss
Our celebrated loving
Sealed with our kiss

Our bodies come together
Orgasmic, sacred thrills
Caressing each the other
Sending energetic chills

Up and down our spines
To every cell indeed
Holy loving required
Only this can meet our need.

Not settling for less
Our every dream fulfilled
Experiential quickening
Passion’s fire is willed.

Enthusiastic visions
Manifest in matter
Rekindling our passions
As we climb the sacred ladder.

© By Ron Van Dyke,
Paradox Publications,
August 20, 2009.
All rights reserved.

In calling forth my twin flame
I stop to analyze
Is there room for a lover
Who will take me by surprise?

For quite some time I’ve been alone
Mostly quite contented
Yet something in me calls for her
That part of me consented

To make the changes there must be
For two to live as one
For Fate to bring together
What was long ago begun.

My left brain wants to know the how
The details are unknown
Who is this lady of destiny
In whom the seed was sown?

The seed of co-creation
With ecstatic visions grand
To recreate the world
That long ago was planned.

My focus is so narrow
Much detail here for me
Both physical and spiritual
Have important needs, I see.

Can she listen to her heart
As I listen so to mine?
Does she love her body;
And is that body fine?

You see, I call for passion
And passion has its lust
Image is important
Although it’s made of dust.

Are the particles arranged
In a way that pleases me?
When I see her body
Will I feel ecstasy?

It’s sad my mind’s conditioned
To even care about the form
Yet that’s my truth no matter why
It is, for me, the norm.

Beauty comes from inside
I keep telling me it’s true
Yet I can’t picture making love
Except with very few.

I would not want another man
I do not think that way
And size is so important
For the way I want to play.

Does she fit upon my lap
Without me feeling pain?
Is it comfortable to hold her
As our bodies join again?

I don’t want superficial love
Though some would disagree
And there’s a voice within
That’s screaming now at me.

You can’t let others see this
You’re shallow, they will think.
This is my inner chatter
Recorded now with ink.

Go ahead and judge me
My ego mirror back
I know what excites me
When I am in the sack.

It may not seem spiritual
For others just like me
Who’ve lied so very often
By pretending they are free

From seeming contradictions
That betray their grand ideal
So we withhold our truth
Concealing how we feel.

Though it may seem unkind
To simply state the fact
To live with integrity
Is a most courageous act.

So here is my conclusion
To this journey…making room
To give up my ideals
Is just another tomb.

With precise articulation
And clarity of word
I open to the lady
And this may sound absurd

Whose heart was made for soaring
And her body made for love
Whose mind embraces truthfulness
Her spirit connects above

To realms beyond the norm
Where worlds are created
Who is open for surprises
She has not anticipated.

© By Ron Van Dyke,
Paradox Publications,
August 21, 2009.
All rights reserved.

“Touch me,” she pleaded;
And I was only too happy to comply.
Wanting to fulfill her every desire
Was my greatest pleasure.

“Up just a little bit. Ooooh.
That feels so good!
Slow down just a little. Aaaah!”
Together we played
Caressing in the stillness of a night
Whose only sounds
Were ecstatic peals breaking the silence.
For me it was pure pleasure
Seeing her writhe and undulate
Hearing her barely audible moans
And feeling her damp sweat all over
As her wellspring gushed forth
With the liquids of Eros.

If two hearts could ever sing
Ours were harmonizing
As we took turns
Actively pleasuring
Then passively receiving pleasure.

There was more, much more
As I was caught up in the rapture
Of glorious reunion with my beloved.

I have to tell you the truth though …
Once I became fully conscious
I knew…
This was yet just another dream
Bursting upon my realization
Reminding me once again ...
She’s coming, Ron, she’s coming!

I pause, wondering …
I knew she was …
I know she will be.
The question is:
When will she be coming to
... and with me?
I’m ready for such pleasures!

© By Ron Van Dyke,
Paradox Publications,
August 20, 2009.
All rights reserved.

I have visions of peace
That resonate in my soul
A world where dreams come true
Where everyone is whole

I have visions of bliss
Of joy and hopes fulfilled
Where children play and flowers bloom
And only good is willed

This place I sense so far away
From this world that we see
Is really not so distant
It exists in you and me

Every child knows this place
As the dream from which they came
But adults, they have forgotten
And don’t even know its name

Yet I hear the child within me
Laughing and singing a song
Whose lyrics and whose melody
Get louder and grow strong

It seems it is a heavenly choir
That I know is from my home
It’s calling me, its eerie sound
And I know I’m not alone

Others, too, can hear the tune
Of the angels and the Masters
As we silence the cacophonies
It echoes off the rafters

The structure of our inner Self
Hidden from our knowing
Forgotten many lifetimes
Yet now, again, it’s showing

Eternity, infinity,
I can hear them calling
Come home creator spirit
It’s time to stop your falling

Come home is not to travel
But to turn to depths within
To finish what you started
And yet it’s to begin

From the nightmare’s war you travel
To the dream of inner peace
When you stop looking outside
And projections you release

Dream my bother … sister
And make your dreams come true
By finally recognizing
That it’s all inside of you

You hold the keys to every dream
You can direct the vision
When you see only love and peace
You end the great division

© By Ron Van Dyke,
Paradox Publications,
Saturday, July 18, 2009,
All rights reserved.

The veil gets thinner, they tell us,
The energy downloads are more.
The lights are getting brighter
Than they've ever been before.

In the places dark has hidden,
The love is getting through,
Raising the vibration,
And preparing for the new.

Peace is in our future,
And not that far ahead.
Injustice and the lying schemes
Are dying, though not dead.

Those who've worn the dark hats,
Contrasting with the light,
Have struggled to hold on;
They try with all their might.

But the consciousness of dreamers,
The poets with their visions.
Embraced their so-called enemies,
And ended the divisions.

I'm speaking in the past tense;
Yet it's going on right now.
The changes sweeping o’er the earth.
Are coming, and this is how.

We are creating miracles
As we balance dark and light.
On the solstice of 2009,
We win without a fight.

Overwhelming kindness,
With grace – unbounded love,
The gods responding to our cries,
Bring heaven from above.

This is not a rescue.
Though for some it may seem so.
It's Divine cooperation
With humans in the know.

Angels are among us,
Clothed in bone and skin.
Some are in this room,
Others didn’t come in.

The earth, it is surrounded
By a massive heavenly host
In the Spirit of the Living God
That some call, “Holy Ghost.”

The Divine decree was given.
The game has run its course.
All may step into the Light,
Find Truth without remorse.

Our separation was our lie;
Our ego played the joke.
Once we know that we've been loved,
Our illusions turn to smoke.

There’s no need for regret
Once wisdom we have gained.
We simply wash our garments
That through our life we stained.

Yes, it is the miracle:
The prodigal son awakes,
Connects with all the latent gifts,
And heals all the breaks.

Look up, look in, turn inside out;
Nothing stays the same,
As Truth declared by many,
Becomes a grand refrain.

We won! We won! We won!
We made it to the end!
This schoolhouse of duality;
Our enemy’s now our friend.

Take all your skepticism,
Thinking this can't be;
Seeing all connections
Is how we become free.

No, I will not apologize,
Not even for my doubt.
My brain may fight my heart
As my spirit leads me out.

Releasing my delusions,
I judge myself no more.
Embracing my condition,
My soul, I do restore.

My mind, it is renewed.
My body is made whole.
This year on Summer’s Solstice.
Will I finally reach my goal?

Ron, what are you saying?
What is this that we hear?
Are you telling us you’re God?
Have you lost all your fear?

This is what I’m saying
Hear me if you can
There is only God
In Woman and in Man.
Holographic images
Projected on a screen
We call it reality
That is what I mean.
Fragments of Creator
True of all Creation

Now we’re coming home
Again, we remember
The journey started long ago
Was it August or September?
Ancient times unmeasured
Months were yet unknown
Years not yet determined
Seeds were still not sown

Infinite, my son
Creator says to me
We go back a long ways
You begin again to see.
Loving and courageous
Curious in your heart
You embarked upon a trip
To create an inner art.
A mural and a melody
A story and a poem
A drama unforgettable
The prodigal from home.

You never left the Father
The Mother always knew
The physical connection
Between me and you.
You did not remember
Reality was unseen
Oh the cries you uttered
You did not really mean.
How many times you cursed me
How often did you swear
That you hated everything
And did no longer care.
So many times you quit
Engulfed in your despair
And you could not hear me
When I told you I was there.

Now the time has come
Full circle, yes, indeed
You have run the course
And finally you do heed.
That all is there within you
And serving all the while
Powerful creator
You went the extra mile.

All creation thanks you
Soon you’ll know it too
That Heaven’s been enriched
Because, my son, of you.

A time for laughter … a time for play
A time for lighting … a brand-new day.

Open your eyes … what do you see
Peering back … from eternity?

Recognize … the things you lost
Returned to you … without a cost.

Inside – outside … realigned.
Your eyes are open … no more blind.

See your future … see it now.
Your chains are cut … you don't know how.

Outside you are … of your prison doors
Upstairs, awake … on your higher floors.

Psychic powers … dormant long
Are back, and yes … they do belong.

The things you see … the things you hear,
As all the clouds … begin to clear.

Wait, there's more … for now you know
The things unveiled … can finally show.

The rest of you … that you forgot.
It's not a little ... yes, it's a lot.

All your fragments … now unify.
That soul of yours … could always fly.

The gifts within … you now employ
As you experience … orgasmic joy!

© September 1985, Ron Van Dyke, Paradox Publications
From unpublished book: Inside Out and Upside Down
This poem was recently pulled from a box of my old poetry and shared in both a poetry and writer's circle. The feedback was quite positive, so I decided to post it. As you can see from the year, it was written at the height of Moral Majority influence in the USA.

A fundamentalist went to heaven, and oh was he surprised
To find a pristine garden like he never realized.
Men and women everywhere frolicked in such delight;
And to his consternation, not a stitch of clothes in sight.
His face was flushed and pensive. His palms were moist with sweat.
His heart, it seemed would burst apart, and his clothing became wet.
He tried to find a place to hide as he sensed a great erection;
But everywhere, he turned, oh my, was someone for detection.
Where was God? he wondered; I must get to the Lord.
This cannot be heaven with all these sinners stored.
They have no shame or modesty; everyone is bare…
A nudist camp in a garden, and no tears anywhere.
Where are the gnashing teeth our Lord said would be found:
The weeping and the wailing, the characteristic sound?
Where are the flames of fire, I thought would be in hell?
Why did I get sent here? Can anybody tell?

Just then a massive angel clothed in splendid lights
Came and stood before him with the sword of ancient knights.
“You have no wedding garment. How did you get in?
You are clothed with vestures, made because of sin.
Evil here does not exist. Divisions are abolished.
Everything is open. All gold is brightly polished.”

Gold? What gold? He saw no gold, just bodies clean and tanned.
The puzzled look upon his face showed he did not understand.

“The gold oh wary stranger is the treasure God created
That mankind in rebellion has despised and even hated.
Tell me, how was your God when you were down below?
Was he a God of hiding; or did he say, ‘Let it show?’”
Of course the awesome angel knew the answer very well,
For the unsuspecting preacher had come prepared for hell.

“My God said, ‘Be ye separate; touch not the unclean thing,’
And I obeyed him faithfully, my best fruit I did bring.”

“Who said he wanted fruit? The fruit you gave was tainted;
And all your separation was just uncleanness painted!
Did not the same God also say, ‘How you judge you shall be judged?’
Were you among that number: The ones who never budged?”

“Yes sir, I was a preacher, First Church of Holy Law.
The scene before my Christian eyes is a scene I never saw.
I kept my eyes from lustful sites, and I always fought my sex.
Why I even held a picket sign against things rated X.
I called my congregation to boycott 7-Eleven
To stop those trashy magazines that keep the men from heaven.
We took cameras to the theater to film the people sinning.
It gave us quite a feeling to know that we were winning.
I fought against pornography, quoting the statistics;
And I supported build up of rockets and ballistics…
Defense against the enemies, the Liberals and the Commies;
And I stood against the murder: those baby-killing mommies!
I followed big-name preachers and sent them my support.
To protect ourselves from all the sin, we built a mighty fort.
Hey, you should have seen it: constructed out of rules
Made to hold our wisdom and keep out the wicked fools.”

“It sounds like you are bragging. You talk as if you're proud.
Look around at what is here. Behold the naked crowd.
No one has a thing to hide. Not one has any shame.
Love is the rule up here, the main rule in the game.
These aren't afraid to touch, and touching brings their healing.
All of these know who they are, because they accept their feeling.
They don't say, ‘This is evil.’ They only say, ‘This is!’
They don't have the perception that everything’s a quiz.
These are not on trial, because they do not judge;
And since they don't feel guilty, they cannot hold a grudge.
On earth you called them evil. Your walls there held them out.
Up here the walls have fallen to show what life's about.
“When you first came the story of your arrival spread,
And went before the throne of God whose verdict now is read.”

“You, oh phony preacher, you injured many people
By saying you were my man from the pulpit of your steeple.
You built on that which had its birth at the good and evil tree;
And you wouldn't hear my voice saying, ‘Set my people free!’
You're persisted in your arrogance of always being right.
You quoted from the Scripture, and with Scripture you did fight.
But I told you in that very book that the letter always kills;
And truth with grace the remedy that restores and yes fulfills.
But you, oh man, insisted in wearing masks and playing roles;
Now the place you came prepared for is a place of burning coals.
But these whom you rejected have pleaded with me here,
To let you stay a while, and face the things you fear.
In mercy I've consented, for here one's kindness grows,
The only thing that I require: you must take off your clothes.

How often did I hear it said,
Love is all around?
But with my fortress walls so high
That love could not be found.

I argued for defenses,
The lies of separation;
Then complained about my pain
And my constant consternation.

What a fool that I held on
To what I thought secure:
Ideas, concepts, ego's thoughts –
Could such foolishness endure?

I had the answers figured out.
I knew what I believed.
But what I knew was just part true;
I was mostly just deceived.

I often said that God was All
And in all far and wide;
But I held onto doctrines
Framed in my foolish pride.

“Outside your camp,” I heard it said,
Is where you'll find release.
It's where the opposites are joined:
The only place of peace.

Finally driven by my pain
And faced with certain loss,
I ventured into land unknown
And stood before my cross.

I stood, confronting choices.
I wrestled in my soul.
Then I chose surrender,
Relinquishing control.

My walls fell down day by day
Outside my camp I marched
Finding healing water
For my aching soul so parched.

I swam with whales and dolphins,
And sang with them their song.
We dove into the depths of seas
Where light did not belong.

But light was there and shining,
In darkness I could see.
My walls fell down, oh glory!
To set my spirit free.

Then to the surface we came with force
And changed as we broke through
Up in the air into the sky –
As eagles now we flew.

We soared into the heavens.
We sang among the stars –
A song of liberation,
Of freedom from our bars.

My walls continued falling.
Love was rushing in.
I was love and love was I.
Love covered all my sin.

Now my heart knows freedom's joy
Where everything is one;
And love is all around me.
My life has just begun.

I sing a universal song,
A song of great renown.
I sing with all creation
As all my walls fall down.

© 12/16/1993 by Ron Van Dyke

© By Ron Van Dyke, Paradox Publications
Written on January 17, 1995
for presentation at the
Service for Planetary Peace
on January 28, 2005
at the Chapel of Divine Love
in Palm Shores, Florida, USA.

A heavenly host is gathering 'round.
In the air above, and on the ground.
Angels, Masters, a Cosmic Choir.
In the water, the wind, and, yes, the fire.
Creation's birth pangs, contractions start
In every conscious, human heart.
Watching, waiting — joyfully anticipating;
New heaven and new earth creating.
The Wonder of All Ages comes:
The Prince of Peace with the Holy Ones.
The die is cast, the choices made,
The Hand of God no longer stayed.
The eyes of the Man look in, look out,
As the Cherubim and Seraph shout.
All is made to resonate
To the Song of Universal Fate.
Flowers burst forth from the buds of Spring.
All Creation joins in as the Angels sing.
The triumphant Love brings the Age of Peace.
As the people of Earth find sweet release.

The Millennium's prelude is now—
An interlude of choices.
There is much for us to ponder,
For we all hear many voices.

“My peace I give to you,” He said,
“But not as the world gives.”
The Christ of God was speaking—
The Nazarene who lives.

In every heart that ever beat—
Christ lives! He is the light!
And He is you, and you are She;
But some don't think that's right.

Lost in separation,
Fighting in the soul,
Power struggles going on—
Just who is in control?

“Think not that I bring peace,” He said,
“I came to bring a sword.”
Who was this Man of Paradox?
Many have called him Lord.

What is this mystery we see,
This enigma that we hear?
Why, when we have chosen love,
Must we still face our fear?

There is no easy formula,
For it's not a set of rules.
It's living Love and loving Life,
And using all our tools!

Some say the world, itself, is evil,
That the flesh is always bad,
That Spirit alone is Life and Truth;
But I tell you: that is mad…

Insanity that any part
Could live without the Whole;
But can we know the Masters plan:
The Universal Goal?

“That they all may be as one in us.
That we may be in them—”
Connected, so connected,
The roots, the leaves, the stem.

The heart, the soul, the body,
The feeling, seeing, hearing—
The mystery of the Sword of Peace
For many now is clearing.

Divide that we may witness.
The Beauty of each part,
Enlightened Understanding:
The Wisdom of the Heart.

Expand, expand, expand!
Express with joyful Dance,
The interplay of opposites,
The Cosmic Great Romance.

It's Love, my friend, it's Love;
Love, that's all around,
To, and through, and for us,
Such harmony of sound!

Hear the heavenly choir,
The soprano and the bass.
See the radiant smiles
On each enlightened face.

Forget religion’s binding.
Run, run fast away.
Honor the Child within you.
Learn, again, to play.

Experience the Wonder.
Taste of Joy's delight.
Know when there is sadness,
That, too, is quite all right.

Make friends with all your dragons.
Walk with them through the night.
Know that they protect you.
When you live in Truth and Light.

Be yourself completely.
Love every part as good.
Only then can you know peace,
And stand where Masters stood.

Every place is holy.
We live and move in God;
And every one is worthy
To walk as Jesus trod.

Everyone, yes, every one,
Is whole — yet incomplete.
Oh, such contradiction.
We are forced to meet.

We are gods, yet human;
But Human is Divine.
Experience for the knowledge:
I'm yours, and you are mine.

One! Yet separated—
Together: our best choice!
Unity or disharmony?
Can you hear the inner voice?

What song does it sing in your Secret Place,
That timeless melody you cannot erase?
Planetary peace? It's so much more.
That the Universe is waiting for.
They wait for you, they wait for me,
To ask for help, to set us free.
Ask and seek and knock, you'll find.
Light where all of us are blind.
Treasures of darkness yet untold,
Nuggets of truth worth more than gold.
The focus IS on planet Earth.
Creation’s gods are giving birth.
Sons and daughters, women and men.
Remembering how long it's been.
Ancient, oh so ancient, we,
Creatures of eternity.
You and I, facets of.
The God of peace, the God of love.
In order for the peace to be:
The choice to love must be free.

I choose to love; myself I give.
In bodily form, I chose to live.
Before the world's foundations laid,
In the mind of God, the plan was made.
I in Him, and She in me.
Holy, Divine Unity!
The Kiss of Matter and of Spirit.
No longer will my mind just fear it.
All my opposites, I will embrace,
For the God of Love is a God of Grace.
A God who All in All does Live,
And Shine, and Love, and all Forgive.
So be, just to be, just be the peace;
And know that tension will increase.
Till all the plan is manifest,
And all come home to the Father's best,
Till all in embrace our Mother's breast,
And know the Soul's eternal rest.

“My peace I give to you,” He said.
Then to the cross he was led.
He died — yet lives forevermore.
The Truth speaks in your Inmost Core.
Open up and you will see:
Only Love brings Peace and sets us Free.
And Love we're always free to choose.
We're free to win and free to lose.
Each is asked to make a choice,
And all can hear that Inner Voice.

For so long I thought I was all alone.
As so many do,
I thought I knew the answers—
But there are no answers!
There is only the gift of time—
Fleeting and precious moments
For each to experience
The breadth, the depth, the height of Life.
From Center to Circumference
There is only Life — One Life!
It is the Universe!
Within or without—
It makes no difference—
It is All One.
Breathing, beating,
Dancing, singing,
Crying, dying!

Are there illusions?
Perhaps only two—
And the second may be part of the first:
Separation—
The illusion from which fear is born;
And death—
The last enemy that shall be destroyed.

Then the old heaven and the old earth
Passed away.
Everything was made new;
And there was Universal Peace,
And Joy unspeakable,
Full of glory.
And Love beyond comprehension—
Eternal Love,
Undying Love,
Immeasurable Love!
Love that unites ALL, in ALL!

Let us choose to love one another,
For Love is the whole of the Law—
All that is required of us—
And the only thing that changes everything!
We are all Children of the Most High.
When we love, we know, and we are known.

Love is the Divine Spark
That allows us to burn with passion,
Yet remain unconsumed.
Love owns nothing,
Yet has everything!
Love uses no one,
Yet enjoys all!
Love is the foundation
And the fulfillment of all dreams.
It heals those who give—
And those who receive.

Love cannot be possessed
For it is the river of life—
Ever moving,
Always dynamic,
Changing all who allow its flow
Around, into, and through them.

Love is the Father that impregnates all things.
Love is the Mother gives birth
To every noble expression of Life,
Every creature great and small,
Every thought of kindness,
Of justice and mercy,
Of peace and prosperity,
Of cooperation,
Of helping and healing.

Love creates the best dreams
Mankind has ever dreamed.
It is the Song of the Poet,
And the Promise of the Prophet.
It is the Longing and the Home
Of every Human Heart.
It is the only Hope we have
Of ever changing the world,
Bringing planetary peace.

Two things remain,
And one is born of an illusion!
LOVE or FEAR?
Only a choice stands between them:
Yours and mine!

“Please love me,” begged the blind man;
But the priest said, “You are wrong.
You are earning karma.
That’s why you’re weak, not strong.”

“Please love me,” sighed the prostitute.
But the holy man turned away.
“You immoral woman,”
Was what I heard him say.

“Please love me,” cried the leper,
The most despised on earth!
“Who sinned,” they asked the Master,
“That led to this man’s birth?”

“For the glory of God,” he answered;
“That the glory of God be shown.”
Only the despised Samaritan
Showed Love that could atone.

I am the priest and holy man
Who turned away in fear!
Deceived by my false holiness,
I condemned without a tear.

I am the blind man begging.
The harlot, too, is me.
Am I not the leper
Crying to be free?

Who will bind my wounds?
Who is not afraid to touch?
Who can accept me as I am?
Is what I ask too much?

When will we have peace on earth?
When will our dreams come true?
When we choose Love instead of fear,
And let the Light shine through!

When I can love the Darkness
That dwells in my own heart;
Be willing to be open…
Then, yes, then I start.

When I can cry with others,
Or dance with them in peace;
When I let myself be human,
My enmity will cease.

Come home, my friend, and join me.
Together we’ll change the planet.
Let’s choose to join our Fires;
And then let’s chose to fan it.

Let the Holy Conflagration burn
Consuming all our dross;
Leaving gold and silver
In the shadow of our cross.

The prelude to Peace: a paradox.
All through hell do go.
Yet Heaven’s on the other side…
Right HERE for us to Know.

The angles sing for joy again.
We can join them in the dance.
There’s only NOW, and NOW is when
We awaken from our trance.

Sing, Oh Heart, of Life Divine.
I am yours and you are mine!
From Love we came, to Love we go.
Be still, my Soul, and you will know.

The ego's been on a power trip:
Creating illusions is its game;
Taking reality and making it flip
Until nothing left is the same.