PERSPECTIVE
“Be brave and accept yourself as
just one drop of My Ocean’s spray-fling.”
--Francis Brabazon (from The East-West Gathering)
1
Try to get
a perspective,
drop-soul.
You are one drop
in the cosmic Ocean.
How helpless that
would make you,
except for You-Know-Who!
You started out this life
in a crazy way—
it’s so obvious, looking back,
though it was not then.
Half of you believed
you were “hot shit”
while another big part of you
languished mute, deep
in a dungeon within
your own body,
A bit like two
nested Russian dolls.
The “hot shit” guy
became the caretaker
for the wounded
vulnerable child.
He was a parent/teacher-pleaser.
He made it through,
carrying within the “damaged goods”
of the inner child.
Damaged himself, too, of course,
shape-shifting into
a kind of grotesque,
to fill a necessary role.
And all that time, drop-soul,
you believed that
was all there is.
Then, even these
shored-up, last-ditch
defenses
crumbled
and you were nothing
but a bleak ruin
out of which thoughts
continued to emerge,
and a voice could speak
though it had
nothing to say.
The sky was black
with no moon or stars,
all the time.
2
Then came
the Revelation,
like a surprise
Birthday Party!
one that you, drop-soul,
had hoped,
but not believed
could happen:
THE OCEAN CAME TO YOU,
AN OCEAN SHAPED LIKE A MAN,
AND SHARED WITH YOU THE NEWS,
YOU ARE THAT, TOO!
Gave you a glimpse
of Who You Really Are,
little itty-bitty drop-soul.
You have Treasured
that Photo in
your scrapbook ever since.
You have done
your best to Remember.
The Ocean told you a Name
and you've tried to keep
saying the Name
and to Remember
THAT Photo in your scrapbook
is the one
that is Real!
When the Ocean
in the form of a Man came
and imparted to you, drop-soul,
that Vision of your True Nature,
you had no idea
what would happen next.
You savored for awhile
that experience of your True Nature
(as Everything),
but then the experience
began to fade.
You had no clue
what to do next.
But you learned
there were books,
there were Centers,
there were meetings,
even films.
And, drop-soul,
you began to get
a perspective on
The Long Game:
that there is a Path
to tread to
the very end
of ourselves.
3
You haven’t been
by any means
a perfect traveler
on that Path.
You have Conviction
(“God-Realization in disguise"),
you have passion,
sometimes He gives you
Inspiration,
but you do not have
perfect Obedience,
which is another thing
the Ocean says
is essential.
4
So where does that
leave you, drop-soul,
with a long way
yet to go?
The Ocean in the form of a Man
has left that Man-form,
in fact, He had left it
even before appearing to you
as He is—or showing you
enough to make the point,
All you could handle.
manifesting from out of
“Be brave and accept yourself as
just one drop of My Ocean’s spray-fling.”
--Francis Brabazon (from The East-West Gathering)
1
Try to get
a perspective,
drop-soul.
You are one drop
in the cosmic Ocean.
How helpless that
would make you,
except for You-Know-Who!
You started out this life
in a crazy way—
it’s so obvious, looking back,
though it was not then.
Half of you believed
you were “hot shit”
while another big part of you
languished mute, deep
in a dungeon within
your own body,
A bit like two
nested Russian dolls.
The “hot shit” guy
became the caretaker
for the wounded
vulnerable child.
He was a parent/teacher-pleaser.
He made it through,
carrying within the “damaged goods”
of the inner child.
Damaged himself, too, of course,
shape-shifting into
a kind of grotesque,
to fill a necessary role.
And all that time, drop-soul,
you believed that
was all there is.
Then, even these
shored-up, last-ditch
defenses
crumbled
and you were nothing
but a bleak ruin
out of which thoughts
continued to emerge,
and a voice could speak
though it had
nothing to say.
The sky was black
with no moon or stars,
all the time.
2
Then came
the Revelation,
like a surprise
Birthday Party!
one that you, drop-soul,
had hoped,
but not believed
could happen:
THE OCEAN CAME TO YOU,
AN OCEAN SHAPED LIKE A MAN,
AND SHARED WITH YOU THE NEWS,
YOU ARE THAT, TOO!
Gave you a glimpse
of Who You Really Are,
little itty-bitty drop-soul.
You have Treasured
that Photo in
your scrapbook ever since.
You have done
your best to Remember.
The Ocean told you a Name
and you've tried to keep
saying the Name
and to Remember
THAT Photo in your scrapbook
is the one
that is Real!
When the Ocean
in the form of a Man came
and imparted to you, drop-soul,
that Vision of your True Nature,
you had no idea
what would happen next.
You savored for awhile
that experience of your True Nature
(as Everything),
but then the experience
began to fade.
You had no clue
what to do next.
But you learned
there were books,
there were Centers,
there were meetings,
even films.
And, drop-soul,
you began to get
a perspective on
The Long Game:
that there is a Path
to tread to
the very end
of ourselves.
3
You haven’t been
by any means
a perfect traveler
on that Path.
You have Conviction
(“God-Realization in disguise"),
you have passion,
sometimes He gives you
Inspiration,
but you do not have
perfect Obedience,
which is another thing
the Ocean says
is essential.
4
So where does that
leave you, drop-soul,
with a long way
yet to go?
The Ocean in the form of a Man
has left that Man-form,
in fact, He had left it
even before appearing to you
as He is—or showing you
enough to make the point,
All you could handle.
manifesting from out of
photo of that Man-form.
He is now the Unbounded Ocean
of Love and Mercy
and He is still accessible
through the portal
of that Man-form, as well,
in photos, film, Art, and inspired
imagination.
5
And He remains your Reality,
drop-soul.
You are imperfect
but your Perfection
remains within you
to be Realized.
JUST KEEP GOING!
Even if you lack
an element of
the perfect Disciple,
of the perfect Love,
KEEP GOING WITH WHAT
YOU HAVE!
DON'T LOOK BACK!
REMEMBER:
This does not go
“by the book”—
ANY book,
But by the LOVE
OF THE UNBOUNDED OCEAN
OF LOVE AND MERCY:
MEHER BABA!
And do not worry.
All things are possible
by His Grace.
All things are made new
in His Love.
****
written on February 25, 2024,
Meher Baba's 130th Birthday
PHOTO: "The Tao of LOVE" (2022)
He is now the Unbounded Ocean
of Love and Mercy
and He is still accessible
through the portal
of that Man-form, as well,
in photos, film, Art, and inspired
imagination.
5
And He remains your Reality,
drop-soul.
You are imperfect
but your Perfection
remains within you
to be Realized.
JUST KEEP GOING!
Even if you lack
an element of
the perfect Disciple,
of the perfect Love,
KEEP GOING WITH WHAT
YOU HAVE!
DON'T LOOK BACK!
REMEMBER:
This does not go
“by the book”—
ANY book,
But by the LOVE
OF THE UNBOUNDED OCEAN
OF LOVE AND MERCY:
MEHER BABA!
And do not worry.
All things are possible
by His Grace.
All things are made new
in His Love.
****
written on February 25, 2024,
Meher Baba's 130th Birthday
PHOTO: "The Tao of LOVE" (2022)
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