A few stanzas from one of my favourite books which has somehow spoken to me strongly over the years...can be interpreted in many ways...would be interesting to see how others do so..
Response/Ability
the game we play
is let's pretend
and pretend
we're not pretending
we choose to
forget
who we are
and then forget
that we've
forgotten
who are we really?
the center
that watches
and runs the show
that can choose
which way
it will go.
the I AM
consciousness
that powerful
loving perfect
reflection
of the cosmos
but in our attempt
to cope with
early situations
we choose or were
hypnotized into
a passive position
to avoid punishment
or the loss of love
we choose to deny
our response/ability
pretending that
things just happened
or that we were
being controlled
taken over
we put ourselves
down
and we have become
used to this
masochistic
posture
this weakness
this indecisiveness
but we are
in reality
free
a center
of cosmic energy
your will
is your power
don't pretend
you don't have it
or you wont.
- Bernard Gunther from 'Chicken Soup for the Soul'
