we have a problem

we have a serious problem in the world today

we are a serious problem in the world today

as children we were taught how to perform

how to act

now  -  instead of living  -  we are acting

playing roles

in order to sustain the role we must repress
 our true nature

which means we are repressing life

and living a lie

experiencing ourselves as a lie

lying both to ourselves and others

we are now several generations deep in
 untrue existence

the parents are playing roles

the teachers are playing roles

the preachers are playing roles

we play roles with each other

with our friends

with our partners

with the children

with our selves

this role we are playing  -  this lie we are
 perpetuating on ourselves is stifling the

truth of our existence

we are creating barriers between the role we
 are playing (who we believe ourselves to be)

and who we actually are

this leads to great conflict and pressure
  inside ourselves

this pressure is making us sick and mean

this separation from the truth of ourselves
 (what life created us to be) makes us afraid

the sickness and fear and violence in our world
 is a product of our unnatural existence

and will continue to grow until we give up
 our unnatural existence

we are are emotionally constipated  -  constantly
frustrated

the conflict between our true nature and
 the role we are playing (the lie we are living)
 leaves us no peace

the thought processes we involve ourselves
 in are constantly seeking escape from the
 pain and fear and conflict and frustration

this leads to confusion

we create an endless stream of ideas of what
 we think will make us happy

we live in almost constant torment and need

all the time trying to act like we're not

we are taught to take control  -  when it
 was control that got us this way

life is not to be controlled

life is to be lived

to be lived and experienced openly and fully

we repress life and expect to be happy

that is insane thinking

the creatures in zoos are not happy

they were meant to be free  -  living their lives
 and taking their chances in a free environment

thinking that we are ok when we're not
 (so called positive thinking) will only make
 our situation worse

more lies won't help

it will only lead to more disappointment and
 frustration

the truth of our existence is the only hope
 we have

life is sacred

we must respect and cherish the life within

and the life without

all life is one life

life is complete within it's self

life is whole

life is holy

as long as the truth of life  -  the truth
 of our existence  -  is to be avoided
 and denied  -  we will suffer

the truth of all existence must be
 respected and cherished

all life must be respected

the life within

and the life without

all is one life

the seperation is an illusion  -  a product of
 our self imposed isolation from life

from the truth of our existence

from the truth of all existence

we ask doctors to fix us  -  and they can't

although their drugs can dull the pain  -
 which is just a further separation from
 our truth  -  not a cure

this just makes our situation worse

we seek to escape ourselves when we
 need to embrace ourselves

to accept ourselves as we are

to experience ourselves as we are

which we could have been permitted to do
 as children

but we were trained and programed to
 act a certain way

we imitated others who were acting out
 their roles (or lies)

each passing generation has gotten farther
 from the truth of life

which is eternal love for all life

we have learned to seperate ourselves
 from life and we suffer lack and longing

we feel alone and afraid without our
 distractions  -  our activities  -  our
 toys  -  our companions

we fear being alone with our self

we seek love as we reject life

we want another to give us love when
 we were born to be a source of life

which is love

there is no price for life

life is forever free

but humankind has created a price
 which must now be paid

the lie must be allowed to cease to be

it must not be nourished by us anymore
 for us to live

and for most of us the lie is all we've
 ever known

it's who we believe we are

belief is not real knowledge of what
 actually is

theories of who we are and who we should
 be only mislead and distract us from truth

truth exists

life is

we must be open in heart and mind and
 body to the truth of our existence

to the truth of all existence

only life can heal us

we can't fix ourselves

life has it's natural way

life is within us

we are life

we are resisting life

and paying a terrible price for this resistance

life is a gift

when a leg is what we call "asleep" from
 lack of circulation

the process of "waking up" can be painful

now pain is the price we often must pay
 as we "wake up" to the truth

today is as easy as it's going to be

with each passing day living the lie
 the price (pressure) gets greater

and there is no escape from life

only isolation is possible

life is eternal

we can live life fully

or cling to our dishonest performance
 and suffer

we only suffer because we have forgotten
 how to live

we need only be willing to live  -  to live

as long as we blame others for how we
 feel and seek from others what we think
 we want or need we will continue to suffer

and inflict more pain and suffering on
 ourselves and those we call others

there is only one life

one eternal life

one eternal truth

all hopes and beliefs must be surrendered

eternal truth can only be accepted as it
 actually is

we are all children of life

only life can heal us

life is free and so are we

as long as we continue to choose for
 our petty little ego selves we will suffer

we must be open to life to live

forever open

forever free

such is the way of life

our selfish deprived little isolated selves
 cannot create love and happiness

we can only accept or reject them


i orginally wrote those words

somewhere back in the 80's

seems to me