God Is Poem by Michael Maxwell Steer

The anguish, also, is god -
the desire for transcendence.
The search for unity
of experience
links to the universal
evolutionary
process of environ-
mental adaptation.

To each the choice of path:
spirituality
or materialism?
(The world needs both.)
But for the spirit-led
life becomes
a constant alembic of learning,
where we are heated
to burn away impurity,
distilling the spirit
of transformation, whose ultimate
goal isn't seen
in physical existence.
Here my dear mother
claps her hands with joy.
On earth she suffered
ending her days in pain:
yet now she shines,
part of the constellation
of love upholding
all material existence.

The confusion
that was hers was mine:
and now I share
in her clarity.
What was physical
slowly burnt away
leaving her essence.

So the life dynamic
within each
spurs or dulls the evo-
lutionary process.
If all the universe
is one organic
whole, then every part's
contained within
a single entity.

Thus we see
that the identity
of All is One -
and One comprises All.
Yet the harmonic
of the One transcends
the All, a sublime
melody arcing above
the orchestra,
defining all the music-
making below it.

Within this ensemble
discord and its
resolution are the
light and shade
which give existence form:
a little suffering
gives richness to delight.
A night of anguish,
that final stepping stone
to morning joy.

The cosmos within which
we live and breathe
reveals an underlying
intelligence,
surpassing human concepts
of rationality -
as a great composer's
inspired designs
create the experiences
enjoyed by millions,
with life far beyond
their creator's death.

Without the eye of faith
noone can see
the ultimate destination
of anyonelse's
life trajectory.
All that matters
is that we walk our own
true path.
Sometimes that involves
a walk in darkness.

Remember, the height of the building
has to be matched
by the depth of its
secure foundations.
Trust the architect
who formed the world
to prepare the ideal fit
for your contribution
to humanity
now and forever.


04/12/2008