April 10-A, 2023

All bad religion is about theology 
and all theology comes down to opinion about hearsay.

All good religion is grounded on experience,
and comes down to what Harlan Howard said about country music:
"Three cords and the truth."

We don't have to believe anything in good religion.
We don't have to take anything on faith.
"Three cords and the truth" are just there,
as "One thus come,"
and cannot be denied.

Of course, truth is denied
all the time by those
who have eyes and don't see,
who have ears and don't hear,
and who cannot be shown or told the truth,
but have to live their way there,
though it take a thousand life times,
or longer.

When it is never more difficult than
turning the light around,
and making a slight shift in perspective
that allows us to see what has always been so,
as with the magic of optical illusions,
and the wonder of experiencing something
that is "transparent to transcendence."

Keep living.
Keep looking.
Keep listening.
Keep waiting for the shift
that turns the light around
and everything falls into place
as a radiant marvel unsurpassed
and everlasting
at last.