You must have hope
You can’t live without hope
This is not true
When you reach a point in life
Where there is nothing left
Nothing in the future
Nothing you can have
Everything is out of reach
Nothing you want
No desires
As the self dies
There’s nothing to hope for
You are dead inside
In that darkness
In that stillness
In that silence
Lies immortality
Universal consciousness
The language of wisdom and insight
Normally hidden by wants
And not wants
Desires and addictions
When hope dies
So does the self
And enlightenment arises.
By Steve Rowe