Stepping Out the Door

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Are you afraid of horror shows?
Step out of the theater.
A door opens into the clear light.

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Does your drama weep bitter tears?
Let the drama slide down around your ankles
like a slip. Lift your foot and walk on.

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The mind is yelling "spiritual by-pass!"
but the mind lives in time
and cannot see the door to the Timeless

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right inside the horror,
right inside the bitter tears,
right inside the confusion or the pain.

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Do you think your mind will figure out
this Mystery so it can control it?
What great laughter erupts in heaven!

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When you discover the secret door
that leads straight to peace,
it by-passes nothing and claims nothing.

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The theater exit may seem hidden
by your fascination with the show,
but when you are exhausted by the stories,

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you begin to see the cracks of light
that enter the theater of the mind
and invite you into the Heart's mystery.