Journeying
There are many beginnings
To the end of a journey
There are many paths
To a single destination
When that place
Is not defined
By a position in the world
But is a place in a heart
That beats in time
With the rhythm of being
Then it is the way of travelling
That unfolds the living life
That prepares the spirit
Of the traveller
To be not just in life
But to be life living life
There lies awareness
Expanded beyond
The exigencies of life
Beyond the knowledge
Of the processes of life
And the origins of
The material world
There lies awareness
Awareness sparkling
With the awareness
Of being

Childbirth

There in the awareness
Of the beginning of a world
Seemingly just begun
Is the experience of pleasure
The comfort of the body
The satisfaction of desire
And the knowledge
Of objects of the world
The material and the living
That bring such satisfaction
Or thwarted
Bring such distress
So we seek simple pleasures
From people and obtainable objects
And we learn to like and dislike
We learn of the hierarchy
Of likes and dislikes
We learn of the systems of our life
Our biology
Our minds
Our social roles

Pleasure
What pleasures derive from each
We learn the nature
Of the different pleasures
We discover integrated pleasures
And transition from the passion
Of the pleasure physical
To the satisfaction
Of the pleasure of meaning fulfilled
We move from pleasure to joy
And we move from wanting
That which gives us joy
To wanting to be fully
With that which gives us joy
We move from joy to love
With the highest love being
Being fully
With whom we love

Being in love

I love you with the greatest love
I love being with you
Living life in this wonderful world
With the wonder of you
I strive to find
The way of love
That will allow me
To be in being
In love with you
There we will not be
An I and a thou
We will be an Us