The Law of Graduality


There is the high and the low

I swing between the two.

When low I am swamped with guilt

Of having so easily let go

Of the higher poise.

When raised, I feel secure

Sure that this time I will not let go.

But the cycle repeats, repeats, repeats - 

High and low, high and low, high and low.


Why not accept all that is in me - 

Not only the high, also the low.

Gather all together in an equal embrace,

No room for guilt, no room for pride,

Just be. Just be. Just be.

All gathered in a middle ground

That is only temporary.

As I grow, it grows - 

A foundation for now,

Tomorrow’s past - to be let go.


Level by level ascend.

Don’t just aim for the stars,

On earth depend.

Create the bridge, but this know -

To be only at the starting point, and slow -

No shame in it.

Better to be consistent

Rather than reach a shallow high,

Un-rooted in my being’s reality.


Feel the lure of the high,

Nurture it,

Open to Her to establish it.

Do not justify or hide.

Walk the middle path with dignity

Till the middle path rises to high,

Or becomes the new low -

The law of graduality.


Anuradha (The Gnostic Centre, India)

Comments

  1. Anonymous23 November 2023 at 15:35

    Nicely incapsulated and well resonates with Life Journey of most of us..."Middle path" is an aim for seekers on Spiritual Journey ..and it comes with Practice and Perseverance as we learn to be unaffected by Highs and Lows by Letting Go and being in the Present ... Pranav Srivastava

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  2. words of virtue23 November 2023 at 17:35

    It is just the Truth and these highs and lows really happens but a remedy is to accept facts and walk with Mother in our consciousness and letting go walking in a balanced way.beautiful thoughts true images.

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  3. Anonymous24 November 2023 at 13:59

    It's a beautiful real life easy understanding poem that I can relate myself within.....

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  4. Anonymous25 November 2023 at 00:55

    Deeply resonated

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