YOU CAN DO IT!
Mostly unnoticed,
Transcendental experiences come and go.
You’ve had a few already.
The Airey-Fairey isn’t as Airey as you think.
Having an encounter with Mozart
That makes you soar and leaves you stunned,
Is a transcendental experience.
“But it’s just the music taking me away,” you protest.
Right! Transcending is exactly That—getting out of your mind.
Losing yourself in the beauty of distant mountains
takes you out of your mind.
Experiencing time-warps while creating,
is getting out of your mind.
All mundane encounters,
When time is lost or memory is absent,
Save for the point of focus,
Can be called transcendental experiences.
Escaping into the pages of a fiery novel,
When you read all night, don’t know it–and don’t care—
That’s a transcendental experience.
Nothing spooky about those puppies.
We were designed to have them.
Quite common indeed.
Transcending ordinary sensibilities is a gift
And points the way,
Gives us a taste of expanded consciousness.
When we recognize what’s happening to us,
Then we realize our innate ability to transcend.