by Ram Dass

Be Here Now,  by Ram Dass

SURRENDER
WHAT ARE YOU GIVING UP? A HOLLOW LITTLE TRIP
THAT'S GOOD FOR ANOTHER 40 YEARS AT BEST.
YOU'RE GIVING IT UP FOR:
ETERNAL UNION
WITH
PURE ENERGY & PURE LIGHT

YEAH I'M GOING TO DIE WOW! DIG THAT! I'M GOING
TO LIVE WOW! DIG THAT! GARBAGE WOW!
NEW BLOSSOMS ON THE TREE WOW!

NO ACCIDENTS
[Jesus in a Mushroom Cloud]

DO YOU THINK
THAT WHEN CHRIST IS LYING THERE
AND THEY'RE NAILING THE NAILS IN
HE'S SAYING, "OH MAN, DOES THAT HURT!"? HE'S
PROBABLY LOOKING AT THE GUY WHO'S NAILING HIM
WITH
ABSOLUTE COMPASSION
HE DIGS WHY THE CAT'S DOING IT
WHAT HE'S STUCK IN
HOW MUCH DUST COVERS HIS EYES
WHY HE'S GOT TO BE DOING IT
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS

HE'S YOUR FINGERNAIL
JUST BITE YOUR FINGERNAIL
& YOU'RE EATING HIM ALIVE

"We would drive deeper the nails into thy hands, press down the crown of thorns upon thy brow, bring blood and water from the dry wounds of thy sides. And that we can and will do by violating the quietude of thy body." Then the host was placed in the dung. -- Marquis de Sade: His Life and Work (1899), by Dr. Iwan Bloch, translated by James Bruce