Perception’s Threshold

“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is – infinite.”
William Blake


“Open Doors” — by: Christa Taylor

 

We are infinite beings
standing at perception’s threshold
eager to find the truth

here we find ourselves
awaking slowly
from some infinite place

our coming to be
unknown to us as any mystery
our essence is an enigma

learned in stories
in evolving relationships
gradually we open to our identity

slowly — awareness dawns
like the rising of a newborn sun
breaking on our doorway of perception

we feel the draw of its warmth
and flow effortlessly into timelessness
as though immortal in the evermoment

we see — not over the horizon
for we perceive no horizon at all
there is but limitless eternal possibility

we comprehend no end — no beginning
immersed only in the perfect now
embodied wholly of our origin

it is therein exists the miracle of life
we are infinite beings — in this moment
dreaming to sustain this infinite moment

the struggles and limitations of time and reality
are not their truth — but our perception
so let go into the flow — let time carry you

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rob kistner © 2022

Poetry at: The Sunday Muse

 



26 thoughts on “Perception’s Threshold”

    1. Thank you Lisa. We must live daily life mindful for sure, but to anchor one’s happiness to the degree of true control you have over your fate — is to be extremely disappointed snd disenchanted. And if we spend exorbitant amounts of time in a vain effort to control our future, ironically, we waste the only thing we truly possess — NOW! We
      can and should exert meaningful influence our NOW, to the degree we are able — but the past certainly, and perhaps more importantly, the future, are not things we ultimately can control — so we do our best in the infinite NOW, and play well the future hand fate deals to you, because as a whole you do not have ultimate control… live your life believing, or trying to make it otherwise, you will drive yourself mad!

  1. we see — not over the horizon
    for we perceive no horizon at all
    there is but limitless eternity

    we comprehend no end — no beginning
    immersed only in the perfect now
    embodied wholly of our origin

    Simply fantastic, Rob…

    ~David

  2. The idea of infinity has always made me queasy…this poems pulls as if I was hanging on to the edge of a swimming pool.

    1. When I was quite young Chrissa, 5, 6, 7, I had such a strong desire to escape my situation, that I would lie in bed and fall into extended deep meditation, on the concept and feeling of infinity, to the point that I would literally nearly have an out of body experience. It was really consuming, and definitely a little frightening the further in I went — but for me, it was absolutely fascinating. 🙂

    1. Thank you Angela, but most people never master the true ability to do so, and live lives of dissatisfaction, longing, control seeking, greed, depression — simple statement, but remarkably difficult reality… 🙂

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