Saturday, October 20, 2018

Pretend game

Pretend game                                                                         

Meher referred to existence as the divine game –
but not a contest; not a flag to capture.

A pretend game.  A masquerade.
And once you find yourself

a mandated participant, the only course left
is to play your role best you can.   

The only way, apparently,
to bow out is to make that

holy, hair’s-breadth shift of perspective
where every moment you act

not for the moment but for the eternal,
ever aware of the pretense, recognizing

yourself and your fellow players
under the make-up and costumes to be

none other than God playing solitaire,
God the great ubiquitous pretender.

O child of God, follow the clues as best you can
until you are able to see through the charade.



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