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Goodbye

Found in the book 'The Temple of Silence'
Goodbye

'Goodbye' reflects on the illusion of separation and the realization that what is truly real never ends. The poem invites us to see beyond appearances and embrace the deeper truth that remains constant, even as we say goodbye to the forms that come and go. With clarity of vision, we discover that what is present in the "heart of the heart" is eternal, beyond the fleeting nature of physical goodbyes.

we are gathered here today
to say goodbye to goodbyes
for Truth realized
cleanses the eyes
to refocus on what is real

we enjoy appearances
that phase in and out
yet know without doubt
that these forms represent
what is always present

we may still say goodbye
to what's seen with the eye
but there is no apart
in the heart of the heart,
what is real never dies

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