God's Wheel

[scottobear]

God says to me with a kind of smile,
"Hey how would you like to be God awhile
And steer the world?"
"Okay," says I, "I'll give it a try.
Where do I set?
How much do I get?
What time is lunch?
When can I quit?
"Gimme back that wheel," says God.
"I don't think you're quite ready yet."

- Shel Silverstein

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The Wheel of Life

[yankeegreens.livejournal.com]

Time is--
Love is--
Death is--
And the Wheel turns,
And the Wheel turns,
And we are all bound to the Wheel.

And the Sage said:
Lo, that which binds you to the Wheel
Is of your own making,
And the very Wheel
Is of your own making.
And the Wheel turns,
And the Wheel turns,
And we are all bound to the Wheel.

And the Sage said:
Know that we are all the One.
Know that the Wheel is of your own making
Know that the Wheel is of your own making,
And we are all bound to the Wheel.

And the Sage said:
Free yourself from the Wheel.
Know you are the One,
Accept your own work,
Free yourself from the Wheel.
Know that the Wheel is of your own making,
And we are all bound to the Wheel.

And the Sage freed himself from the Wheel,
And became the One,
The immortal God,
Freed from the Wheel,
Freed from illusion,
And knew then why the One had created the Wheel.
And the One became many,
And the One became we,
And we are all bound to the Wheel.

Time is--
Love is--
Death is--
And the Wheel turns,
And the Wheel turns,
And we are all bound to the Wheel.

Paul Edwin Zimmer, 1981

Re: The Wheel of Life

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Lump. A lovely piece.

Re: The Thumb-Sucker's Thumb

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

A good and powerful mantra it is. I think ony rogues and reprobates would dislike the man or his work.

Re: The Thumb-Sucker's Thumb

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

::nods:: I think so.