10. SPIRITUALITY
(the idolateral)
'The facts of life do not penetrate to the sphere in which our beliefs are cherished; they did not engender those beliefs, and they are powerless to destroy them.' - Proust
From a symphony of motives at the heart of thinking
A beauty resonates which is a confirmation
That breath is sweet and the root is drinking
Deep from the mutual and enriching relations
In which it is grounded, and the degree of its permeance,
As it gently takes and gives of its substance,
Informs every one of its lateral affirmations. –
It's not the reality, but the ideal I'm proposing!
I'm still pressing on in the direction of wholeness:
If only the barrier would crumble before the nosing
Root-tip; if only the dull mould of soleness
Would simplify and yield to more openness to others -
My radicalism would go more with the grain of the universe,
Loving and marvelling, well-rounded in boldness.
For something there is in the experience of becoming
More human that enhances the mystery of man
And human experience, and makes it something
To hold onto, to believe in, to build on, if we can;
And if, by being invoked, it inspires us to grow,
It provides food for our hope no science can overthrow
And the mystic will finish what the reductionist began.