Abiding innocence

Abiding innocence
 
I know now that I loved Jesus
before I heard His name 
 
which came to me as a recognition
rather than an introduction.
 
Innocence is a state of unconscious surrender.   
It’s the opposite of ignorance – a deeper understanding.
 
The mind over a lifetime tends to become hardened
and haunted while the heart remains unaffected.
 
Its purity prompts the shaming of the mind.
I loved Jesus as a child and Meher as a man
 
and I know intimately now the illusion of time
and the reality of abiding innocence.
 
O child of God, embrace your true self
and return to the purity of your birth.