Lessons Learned

i repudiate and come against that wicked energy
that proud boastful energy
that exalts itself above others
that wicked spirit
that demon of self righteousness
that puts on a pious act
and purports to be one thing in public
but quite another in private
and says so what's wrong with that
and says so what's wrong with i just be a hypocrite
for i say that truth comes clean
and clean is a state
that requires washing
unless it started clean
and remained pure
which is never the case
so in the water we must go
for the washing of regeneration
and the renewing of the Holy Spirit
and i think that means refreshment

and do you have to come clean to everybody

no
just someone
create a humble posture
you'll be admired for it
you'll be esteemed
you'll be praised
if no one is praising you
it is probably because you are doing things wrong
or you are spending too much time
praising yourself


and if no one
it is because
one is yet to be honest and clean with oneself
and never has come before God
aware of one's imperfections
is always the posture of being before God
for no one is perfect except God
unless you make yourself equal with God
unless you are Jesus who is the son of God
who takes away the sins of the world
the sins of our imperfections
and forgives us our sins
as we forgive those who have sinned against us
for choosing to forgive
is one of the faculties already given to us as a gift
and is intended to support us in our friendship with God
never with evil

the desire to feel good is good
the desire to feel evil is evil
the desire to know good is good
the desire to know evil is evil
the desire to find good is good
the desire to find evil is evil
the desire to the desire to embrace good is good
the desire to embrace evil is evil
the desire to live good is good
the desire to die evil is evil

the elder trains the younger by doing
and saying only when asked by those
who seek to understand
for speaking at all other times
is a waste of time
and serves only to idle away the time
and your life is your time
and who you are

i have learned this
to never shrink from evil
to possess the energy that is from the Lord

to recognize all forms of subtle abuse
and respond only in love
and gentleness
which is the highest dignity
and the highest calling
to operate from the standpoint of his dignity

finally
i've learned to hold a good long stretch
and relax the mind and the soul