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Heaven is perpetual.
Earth endures.
Never born, they never die,
yet ever do they serve life's ends.

Who counts himself last is summoned first.
Who sheds his own-ness finds oneness in all.
Who never becomes an end in himself
endlessly becomes himself.

© Douglas Allchin 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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