Something happens.

We feel pain,
and we are reminded
of our suffering.

We try to escape this feeling
through a method that we have learnt
from someone or discovered ourselves.

I am the kind of person
that is having a hard time truly escaping,
it seems like no matter how I try to escape
there is still this pain.

Now,
I don't want to escape it,
but I won't pretend to be in charge.

It follows me
wherever I go,
whatever I do.

But it’s a gift being able to see this truth,
even if I haven’t always appreciated it.

I believe this is grace
telling me that I truly cannot
continue seeking relief from pain,
because it will not work.

It is time to fully turn around
and walk towards the pain
and learn of its origin

or this cycle will continue forever,
where I try to forget my pain,
but am always reminded,

for it is always there
waiting to reveal the secret.

There is no other relief
than the true relief of union
of the false self and the true Self.

For this union to manifest,
death is a necessary sacrifice.

What has to be sacrificed
is the deluded self
that perceives separation
and lives in forgetfulness.

It cannot find peace
any other way.

I already know the answer,
I see it every day,
but I forget
until I am reminded.

The illusion must vanish
and all be as it is.