An Angel Named WON’T BOW DOWN

11.1.04

 (Inspired by a very dear friend)

music playing is To Go Beyond by Enya

All adored her.

Yet there was such a stubborn

edge to her inner space.

She tried.

She really did.

Yet there was this space

inside

where no one could touch her.

It said, “No!”

She could bow down

as many times

as she wanted.

Yet the inner bow

was what she could no longer do.

“Won’t Bow Down”

the angels called her.

It was her nickname,

a secret code

for the one so beloved,

yet unwilling.

Unwilling to forsake her own inner shrine,

her own intelligence.

She had learned

and Learned The Hard Way,

that The Ultimate Truth

of Existence

could be heard

and learned

from others,

yet,

that in the Last Analysis,

Truth Came from Within.

It was gleaned from Experience, itself.

That Life was her Teacher,

and that other than Life,

there was no teacher.

To have come to Life

and not to learn from IT,

would have been

The Ultimate Waste

of this precious Existence.

Won’t Bow Down

had seen the very best

and very worst,

and she had made up her mind

that from now on,

she would Seek Within...

that Answers

would come from That Space.

General Truths

and Guidelines

were available

Without,

yet the Specifics,

pertinent to Herself,

could only be found

Within.

Going deeper,

she Agreed With Herself!

This then became

The Only Thing

which No One and Nothing

could take from her.

It was Eternal.

Bowing to the Buddhas

gave her merit,

made her humble,

and generated a precious quality within.

Humbly bowing to herself

had Made Her Whole.

This she called “Integrity.”

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