We live between birth and death Or so we convince ourselves conveniently When in truth we are being born and We are dying simultaneously Every eternal instant Of our lives We should try to be more Like a flower Which every day experiences its birth And death And who therefore is much more prepared to live The life of a flower So think of Death as a friend and advisor Who allows us to be born And bloom more radiantly Because of our limits On Earth Think of this until you realize Eternity And cease to need The illusion of Death But do not do this Before you lose the first great illusion The illusion of Life Because To do this You must die Many times And live to Know it
We live between birth and death
ReplyDeleteOr so we convince ourselves conveniently
When in truth we are being born and
We are dying simultaneously
Every eternal instant
Of our lives
We should try to be more
Like a flower
Which every day experiences its birth
And death
And who therefore is much more prepared
to live
The life of a flower
So think of Death as a friend and advisor
Who allows us to be born
And bloom more radiantly
Because of our limits
On Earth
Think of this until you realize
Eternity
And cease to need
The illusion of Death
But do not do this
Before you lose the first great illusion
The illusion of Life
Because
To do this
You must die
Many times
And live to
Know it
Keith Jarrett
ReplyDeleteDecember 5, 1974