THE NEW RESURRECTION

The greatest obstacle
To intuition
Is everything
You already know.

That which limits
Innovation
Is what
You have already
Done.

To see
With new eyes
Requires a death
And a rebirth.

A death
To every aspect
Of who you are
Because
Who you think you are
And what you think the world is
Is exactly
What holds you back.

The ancient ones
Understood
The importance of death
And it's true transformative nature
- Carefully guided -
It became the vehicle
For a new rebirth.

Today
Our fixed thoughts
And rationalizations
Our sentimental desires
What we have already lived
Becomes the new death.

Now
The awakening
Comes not from a guide
Who raises us from the dead
But instead - from our own striving
To truly live anew.

- Truly New -

A rebirth
into the same world
only this time
even more alive
and finally
so
are
You.

by Michael D'Aleo March 16, 2012