There Was A Poet Seer And The People Gathered Round Comments

This poem is similar to THE POET SEER IN PARABLE but it is more complex, expanding on his role as Teacher. First, I love this lovely image of place and repose: DUSK WAS DEEPENING AND THE NIGHT'S ADVENT WAS IN THE FIRST STARS. What he gives them is not a passive transference of grace or spiritual power. He is giving them them the greatest challenge to shape their own destiny: the ability to think and the desperation which stems from it. It may seem harsh at first, but he is preparing people to be (as the historical Buddha put it) , LAMPS UNTO THEMSELVES. I suspect this will be a hard road for many but the Poet-Seer is not redeeming them, he is preparing them to create their own destiny. (I think I am reading this correctly, Emmanuel. Let me know if I am misreading you because I want to do justice to your vision.)