Magister
by magus Friday, Jun 21 2013, 2:05pm
international / poetry / post

a master magician
determined to apprehend his shadow
and enter the shadow world
performed numerous austerities
to gain the power,
he then performed countless rituals
to achieve discipline.

with the focus his power and discipline
had given him
he fixed his attention
on his goal and did not waver

after achieving the ability to fix his attention
he shifted focus to his elusive shadow
-- portal to the shadow world --
and focused his entire being on his shadow
until he vanished from this world forever.

What is the moral of this story
and what other lessons does it teach?

hint:
the shadow has no more or less substance
than the body though both are inextricably
connected.

to what are both body and shadow connected?
understand that the body is merely a shadow
of the Self.

bear this in mind at all times –
there is nothing to achieve
there is nothing gained or lost
no-thing there is and THAT
is ALL