No one knows how many I’s
Precede the I that I think I am²
I Strengthen my own Selfhood by
Surrender to Superhuman Destinies³
One wishes to feel the Dimensions of
Being outside the dimensions of the Self⁴
There is a Depth to who We are that is not
Touched by the fluctuations in this Dimension⁵
We tend to be narrow-minded about the Myriads
Of different things that go into making Somebody⁶
I’m not Turning against myself – I am Multitudes⁷
The Real You is the Totality of Everything you
Are aware of – and a great deal More besides⁸
One who Seeks the Self and Understands
It – obtains all Worlds & all Desires⁹
Power to be Finite Ceased –
Before Identity was Leased¹⁰
¹ Padmasambhava tr. Gyurme Dorje, The Tibetan Book of the Dead
² Italo Calvino tr. William Weaver, Meiosis
³ Hermann Hesse tr. Richard & Clara Winston, The Rainmaker
⁴ Susan Griffin, Hunger
⁵ Eckhart Tolle, How to Find Inner Peace
⁶ David Foster Wallace, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men #46
⁷ Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategy
⁸ Alan Watts, The Essence of Alan Watts
⁹ Chandogya-Upanishad 8.7.1 tr. Max Müller
¹⁰ Emily Dickinson, Estranged from Beauty