The queue of souls

The queue of souls                                                                                          
 
Estimated within the context of time and space,
each of our rough rankings in the queue of souls –
 
behind the truly advanced surely but ahead
(under Meher’s guidance) of countless others. 
 
We envision a tangible path – employing
various techniques and teachings 
 
(especially from the One Who said
He did not come for that), to skirt warily
 
the frequent mires, wrong turns, blind alleys;
racing down the straightaways.  Jesus said:
 
the last shall be first and the first shall be last
and is this not a way of saying every soul
 
shall unite with God (and every other soul)
at precisely the same moment of ultimate splendor
 
in a realm unimaginably beyond
rank, category, time and space?
 
O child of God, comparisons exist only
within the sphere of illusion and duality.