The Hungry Ghost

the realm of the hungry ghost
the knowing of the internal voices
the wanting way
the hungry ghost
a swollen belly and a constrained esophagus
judgment finds them wanting
misjudged, the good ghost gets banished continually
forced back despite their progress
forced back
from the animal and human realms to dwell with others
the carriers of the ghosts move them
the ghosts themselves with and without the power to change
karma, opportunity and decisions
the ghosts speak to him
the ghosts see much and can control little
the ghosts beckon but they are not in a human way
there way is a dimension of want

convincing the humans of great want
the human world in and out of the wanting way
is it the time of the hungry ghost
is the time of the hungry ghost coming to an end
the human ghosts wanting more than the earth can take
how does the individual free themselves and carry the good ghosts to the other side
does one need to deprive the body
is it the renunciation of works and projects
is it asceticism

how to find our way out of the ghost realm

is all money and all industry of the ghosts
Is it the american way
do our friends and leaders get mixed up
leading people back in, time and time again
the powerful men who became the ghosts struggle with the progress

CEO’s, Superstars, and Politicians

the role models are the role models of the ghosts
guilty of misleading those back into the realm
the confusion of reality and the true needs of the human are distorted
born into the ghost realm, knowing only its want
the winners of the ghost realm brag and boast
flaunting all and wanting more

after glimpsing something else
what to do
a prisoner to what seemed normal

“No, no you want more,
well put it directly in your head,
directly in your nostrils
and fake a feeling in your gut”

Is the new world a return to the animal and human realm
do I have to leave my home and suffer to get there
can one get there
to the next realm

Is it a judgement

Does one go by foot, leaving possessions behind

or can they sit on the front step of there mothers house

minding the garden and smoking a pipe

is this the reality of being human on earth

Is there a way of letting go that allows for taking and giving without want

see my way and know my now

But my now is not yours to take or fallow

You can not become me

The struggle and earth problems are most real

the realms are stuck in the system

Can an indestructible wakefulness be found

Is it written into the minds and bodies of the world and lived

undaunted and free
living with the earth
as the earth
as the earth system

Infinite and human

would the want subside
could there be an end to the systems of want that keep the masses oppressed
get me there cause I have once again found the ghosts!
Are the ghosts the bringers of the feeling,
the feeling that distorts and haunts the mind
or are the ghosts victims as well,
the humans and the ghosts both terrorized by something else

could they be forgotten

how to arrive at this brave new world
or are we all to far gone
crossing the threshold
is it to be done by me
am I to carry myself and these ghosts across into the next realm of being…

have I not been doing this the whole time…

Is it not my time to know singleness,

they need not fallow, the must find an

indestructible wakefulness for themselves,

for life,

as do I.