The Cycle Of Fear Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

In the world of sensory perception
The body, mind and soul is fed information
From all the five accepted modalities of knowing
Our senses have been given the difficult task
Of feeding us all kinds of information
The stem of our being - nothingness - has been decapitated
Our soul relegated to the periphery
And our brain/mind divide has been shattered
By the accumulation of chunks of unnecessary information
Causing unnecessary biopsychosocial pathology to manifest
Depression and other mental problems are on the rise
Anxiety and paranoia are taking over our lives
We have swallowed the bitter pill of recklessness
Putting ourselves at the junction of information highways
Denying ourselves the peace of Silence and nothingness
Our thoughts and emotions have become toxic rivers of instability
We have sacrificed our happiness for a piece of furniture (materialism)
We have accepted the limitations of logic as our only way of life
Encircling ourselves with the parameters of fear (selfishness and wickedness)
The cycle of fear is ever present and ready to swallow us
In its whirlpool of hopelessness
It's terrible to enclose yourself in logic
And not allow true knowledge to seep through the fabric of existence
Into the vessel of your life
Peace, happiness and Love come from within
Born from the illuminated path of Light
Faith, hope and Love
It's only through the cultivation of the spirit
That one is freed from the tentacles of knowledge (thoughts and emotions)
We need to disentangle ourselves from the ever expansive web of knowledge
And allow our body, mind and spirit to be submerged in nothingness
We need to let go of our curiosity and enormous appetite for knowledge
And allow the truth to shine the Light within our souls
We need to rid ourselves of all toxic information
And be templates of goodness, gentleness and happiness
We need to allow peace to settle in our being
And be empty of fear
The cycle of fear is man-made
True knowledge is the only sword that can cut through its fibres
And submerge you in eternal bliss
The truth will set you free

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