The Topsy-turvy Tree

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THE TOPSY-TURVY TREE

It seems that you can’t climb this tree
Wearing those constraining intellect-coated
Spectacles of illusion
For this is the imperishable tree
With a paradoxical downward growth
Taking its roots at the top ―
Our thoughts streaming down as its trunk
Emotions its branches
Pleasures and deflections its leaves.
Once sans the rational eye
Ascend it progressively
Breath and awareness your equipment
From leaves and branches through trunk
Till you reach the root ―
The zenith of Ananda
The pure and absolute Bliss
The joy that Life is.
Know this tree to know Truth.

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(Source: Kundalini Tantra by Swami Satyananda Saraswati) www.facebook.com