If you prefer smoke over fire
then get up now and leave
For I do not intend to perfume
your mind's clothing
with more sooty knowledge
No, I have something else in mind
Today I hold a flame in my left hand
and a sword in my right
There will be no damage control today
For God is in a mood
to plunder your riches and
fling you nakedly
into such breathtaking poverty
that all that will be left of you
will be a tendency to shine
So don't just sit around this flame
choking on your mind
For this is no campfire song
to mindlessly mantra yourself to sleep with
Jump now into the space
between thoughts
and exit this dream
before I burn the damn place down
adyashanti
