Winds of Emotion

There is a ceiling to happiness
Joy, bliss, ecstasy, euphoria
Exultation, elation, nirvana…
Are lateral moves
There is no happier than happiest

There is a bottom to sadness
Despair, gloom, sorrow
Misery, grief, desolation…
Are spokes of one wheel
There is no sadder than saddest

Same goes for fear
Terror, panic, fright
Alarm, horror, anxiety
All have a limit
If you aren’t afraid to go there

And more negative emotions
Like hate, shame, guilt
Loathe, detest, abhor
Despise, resent, aversion
So easy to get lost

Climb to the top of your mountain
And dive to your ocean floor
Find your emotional edges
Welcome intense fear
And it vanishes

It costs nothing
This grand adventure
Of knowing yourself
Exploring your own forest
Overgrown with labels

Chop down the trees of illusion
Until you see clearly
Until you feel the vast
Ocean of your true being
Wordlessly, call you

Transcend the world of words
Experience the breath of aliveness
The silence of peace
The awe of love and beauty
And the om of all creation

Root yourself in that
Chageless primordial space
Let it embrace you
As the winds of emotion
Move through you

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