Awake, Aware, Alive
(Friend or Foe, Dead or Alive
by our Definitions,
thanks for being here
as I journey through Galaxies,
Ethereal, Astral, Physical,
through Destinations and Destinies
appearing solid and daunting
on a Ship of Questions to Remember
what it means To Be Truly Free.)
Are we truly Awake, Aware, Alive
or are our days merely a dream,
a haze, a maze of perceived illusions,
mistaken assumptions, erroneous conclusions,
distortions and confusions
about Life, about God, about Us?
Are we truly Awake, Aware, Alive?
From Childhood on, are we fed
and educated by our systems,
our families and societies
in what may by some be called
our Local Prejudices and Propagandas-
Cultural, Political, Religious-
as Blinders and Binders
through which we view
Life and God and Us?
Are we truly Awake, Aware, Alive?
Do we really know how Life works,
how Interconnected, how Interdependent
everything is everywhere
in The Larger View, The Grander Vision-
of this Universe, the Earth and even
The Great Beyond- Life Beyond Death
connecting All, including you and me?
Do we see how we’re part
of this multilayered Universe
of particles, waves and densities,
consciousness and frequencies,
even this Earth, this World
of waters and lands, elements and animals,
trees and plants and All That Is?
Do we understand even now
how our Well Being is Interconnected,
Interdependent, part of the All
and as we do to This, we do
to ourselves as well?
Are we truly Awake, Aware, Alive?
How do we Awaken to Oneness?
How do we Live in Awareness?
How do we value Life and being Alive?
How do we state, demonstrate,
to the All who we each are?
Who do we choose to be?
In large or small measure,
what do we contribute to Life
whether selfish or selfless?
Who do we think we are?
Do we see Life as a Name for God,
Life Itself and Freedom too?
Do we see Life in Us as Us,
a Process, a Force, an Energy
constantly moving, changing,
sustaining, recreating ever
in every Here and Now?
Do we see Life Itself Present,
Alive in Us, as Us, as All
even when some are not truly Sentient-
Awake, Aware, Alive?
I seek out New Definitions.
I leave Lesser Truths behind.
(So here I am enjoying the journey
on a ship of Questions flying
Beyond my past understandings
of Life As It Is into Mystery
and what it means To Be Truly Free.
Thanks One and All for joining me!)
January 2, 2023
Shelley Audrey Wilson
Victoria, BC
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