Half house

Half house                                                                                        
 
These piles of stones, this half house –
is it being built . . . or torn down?
 
What is courage, o pilgrims, without adversity?
Without disillusionment, how would we find faith?
 
Without transgressions could we ever know grace?
Selflessness requires a dismantling.
 
Love involves separation and sacrifice.
Through suffering, we let go this realm to grasp another.
 
Without the Godman, what inkling
would we have of the deeper reality within us?
 
If there were no Master,
Who would show us the Way?
 
O child of God, don’t try to reason your way to surrender.
Use the mind only to fortify your heart’s resolve.