ATONEMENT

If I accept Atonement,
I must see the end of choice, —
see myself as God sees me,
silencing the voice
of uncertainty,
where every branch of doubt is rooted.
Questioning must be commuted 
to knowledge — joy that knows no scar!
What am I?  Is not a question.
It’s the ego’s false suggestion
we’ve forgotten who we are. 

“Know thyself”, is truth’s advice
for thwarting ego-centric vice.
The ego’s claim that it is you
exacts a subtle, unseen price,
demands of you this sacrifice: 
the loss of Self, without a clue 
that you are something now 
instead of you.
A body with a sinning soul,
a mortal man beyond control
of thinking or of destiny,
an egotistic parody
of man.  
Drop this tainted ego-view
of ancient dreams.  It isn’t you.
Atonement is the proof 
it isn’t true!


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