AWARENESS

Hurrying along in
the airport 
tumult
the hub hub of 
voices and 
people
blocking out your 
awareness.
You're preparing for 
departure
of insincerity
and boarding 
the flight of truth.

As you pass through 
the security of
denial,
you will need 
to expose your 
most innermost 
feelings 
and personal 
belongings.
Hazardous 
resentment and 
anger
will be 
confiscated before 
boarding,
and excessive tears
will be retrieved, 
as you 
encounter the
barefootedness 
of the irreparable 
mistakes,
shameful guilt,
and irreversible 
damage
you packed deep 
inside.
Very soon
hurt and abuse,
failure and hate
will be footed with 
shoes of forgiveness, 
and unending 
opportunities of
soaring to great
heights.

Luggage check in will 
require
old memories to be 
sorted,
mistaken attitudes
will be discarded
allowing the 
baggage to flow 
smoothly
along the conveyor belt 
of awareness.
This might include,
ripping open the luggage
to retrieve 
harmful substances
which may damage 
internal peace,
and repacking with understanding and 
forgiveness
for lighter traveling.
Argument and denial
will fly you in circles
getting you nowhere,
so nonjudgmental 
acceptance 
will be necessary
to keep you 
balanced and 
focused
on the purpose of 
your trip to
self awareness.

As you're settling 
comfortably 
into the process 
of awareness
you'll pay attention 
to the instructions 
and tips
of the flight attendants,
and use each comment 
and advice 
to enhance your
ability to 
gaze intently within. 
To observe without 
comment,
to note 
destructive patterns,
positive achievements,
failures, 
insecurities,
to benefit from the 
map of experience,
rather than get lost 
in obscurity 
of unaware bliss.

Be wary of your 
fellow traveler,
notice the exchanges.
Be careful when you 
bypass them,
for its a tight squeeze
between 
polite friendliness
to being trapped 
by approval.
Use your knowledge 
for future 
planning and growth.
Ride the bumps of 
turbulence - 
the insecurity of 
feeling exposed
and feel the high
of truth,
the stability of 
awareness,
the calm of 
acceptance.
Fasten your seatbelts
with determination,
and prepare 
for takeoff.
Expect some delays,
as the clouds of ego
tend to get in the way.
Disregard its promise of protection,
for its flimsiness
will cause 
an inevitable
drop in the 
altitude of awareness.
Close your eyes to 
the painful effort 
and frustration,
and relax 
on your trip to 
self exploration.

Landing into reality 
may take some 
ups and downs,
turns and
sometimes 
a hard bang of 
the truth,
as the plane 
hits ground.
Don't be thrown off,
for it's the means 
to your 
awareness.

As you enter 
the terminal
you forge ahead,
with a spring of 
confidence 
in your step.
Your baggage is easily retrieved, 
for you took the effort 
to Label. 
To mark the struggles 
the pain and 
fear.
You can now accept 
the effort it'll take 
to carry,
for it is not 
weighed down by
unnecessary stuffed down emotion.
You allow yourself
to breathe 
freely
and enjoy the 
opportunities
that will ensue
minute by minute
taking note of  
your travels and 
enjoying your 
surroundings.
For if  you miss, and 
stumble
the next opportunity 
is right ahead of you,
with the clarity 
of your 
AWARENESS!!!

Enjoy your flight for it is well worth the expense!