Since ancient times in hallowed halls The Word was ever told That man is God and God is all And heaven makes the mould
In Eden’s day, man’s paradise
The gods walked hand in hand
With lion, lamb, and unicorn
And husbanded the land
And then the Fall and man took mind
And heaven withdrew a distance
Mankind they say then forged his way
Without the gods’ insistence
Then came a time of trial and tears
In accord with heavenly season
And cosmic masters graced mankind
With intellect and reason
Free will appeared and in its wake
Discovering cosmic laws
By learning from perceived effect
And making good the cause
Eons passed and minds grew strong
With nature as the guide
Through tribulation trial and test
Man couldn’t be denied
The price it seems of such a gift
Was dimming of the means
Of seeing through to higher realms
To embrace celestial scenes
But minds have limits; thoughts are caged
The intellect is bound
To build on that already known
And that already found
The time has come to rise again
To meet man’s next conception
To open up, see through once more
The doorways of perception
Once more the grace of heaven’s embrace
And to see the Holy Light
No longer ruled by creed or rote
But served by clear true sight
Thus we go midst joys and woes
To landscapes yet unseen
Through heavenly paths of ebbs and flows
Towards the life serene
And so take heart and play your part
In the symphony divine
For soon you’ll know without a doubt
Your place in the Grand Design.
Thinking raised us from the mire
Of instinct, tooth and claw
Reason took us to the heights
Of science, logic and law
Extract from “ARISE THE DAWN, Poetry and prose for new awareness”
Spiritual Philosophy by Vince Dowse. 2018.
