6.

Thirst for the Real

W I L L.

Choice.
Matchless, priceless faculty.
Power of self creation
and privilege of personhood.

* * *

Thou givest unto me
my sovereign volition
from the infinity of
Thine Own Limitless Will.
I thank Thee forever
for this most precious
of any gift I could receive.

* * *

Two juxtaposed worlds.
One dark, prowled about
by humans motivated by
animalistic instincts.
The other bright,
populated by persons
acting with true volition.

Humanity encompassing the spectrum
of motives, from self-seekingness to love.

Individuals responding to situation in the
temporal river of mutating circumstance.
Each personal precedence-setting response
altering one's response matrix,
which is one's character.
One's soul.

* * *

Legions forfeiting choice.
Indiscriminately accepting values from others
or from the inappropriate hand of drama,
commercialism, or tradition.
Reaping disillusionment when
goals based on these defaulted values
fail to bring true fulfillment.

* * *

Some individuals
responding to circumstance
with thoughtful action based on
consciously embraced values.
Seeking, with each new class of
decision confronting them,
the highest cosmic response.
The greatest good.
The most beauty.
The purest truth.
The benefit to others
as well as to themselves.
In these individuals,
the burning flame of
desire for the real.
The genuine.

* * *

Thou sharest with me
Thy great vision for things
beyond the physical moment.
Thou instillest within my breast
the burning thirst for
realness in all things.
Thy great love exalts me
beyond my earthly abilities
and imaginings.

* * *

Individuals, through the exercise
of volition, manifesting presence.
Standing like beacons.
By their truth-manifesting actions
lighting a way for their awakening brothers and sisters
who are feeling the urge toward the real.
An invisible cosmic brotherhood-sisterhood,
a true reality.

Souls increasingly understanding
how hollow the darkness behind the
meaningless and the valueless.

Hearts across the universe
beating with a single cadence,
echoing the tones of Eternity through the
halls of time.

Eager students of life
seeking and finding the
true, beautiful, and good.
Discovering through experience new ways
to manifest these qualities
and reveal them to others.

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