Come the revolution our poems will all conform
to the deepest ideal within the heart of man
pure egalitarian esteem will become the norm
that nurtures each through a long fruitful lifespan
happenstance will join love's madcap caravan
time itself assuming a mode gentle & warm
violence will cease! & to the spiritual plan
come the revolution our poems will all conform
Each event of life will be seen as a petal unfolding
in the perfect place at the choicest time & we
will be daily astounded how we're now beholding
blussful wave on wave in a boisterous sea of glee
humankind will at last have hit its winning spree!
like an alchemist whose crucible is a'golding
every thought being wreathed in gossamer poetry
each event of life will be seen as a petal unfolding
That an age of intuition will emerge
to replace in time our era of rational thought
that of such a fresh chapter we're on the verge
that its rosy fragrance can e'en now be caught
that this is largesse from God not an ornament bought
at the TED Talk shop where oftentimes we'll splurge
is a pearl through hide & seek our souls have sought
that an age of intuition will emerge
Now we find ourselves a'sail on a novel voyage
over waters dark toward an unknown haven of landing
like a couple cloistered in their wedding carriage
like a newborn who must crawl in lieu of standing
like a slumberous dreamer suddenly at the ending
of a nightmare like a vessel amid the boyage
of an unknown port with darkling dusk descending
now we find ourselves a'sail on a novel voyage
We assume the ego's conflicts are required
to push forward in the narrative of our lives
& the same expanded keeps society fired
for the thrust that drives our buzzing social hives
yet the ones who into Unity's ocean dive
when they surface bring a vision so inspired
it retools the route whereby our thoughts arrive
to assume the ego's conflicts are required
Humankind is ready for a complete reboot!
like a noisy day that's ready for night's hush
like a wilted flower ready for fine fruit
like a gambler waiting for his royal flush
like a Californian in a new Gold Rush
like a milkmaid hearkening Lord Krishna's flute
like a field well sown awaiting verdure lush
humankind is ready for a complete reboot!
That the New Humanity can become our reality
Is a point worth adding to our computations!
yes we've weathered many a scrape in rough duality
having scuffled through a myriad reincarnations
yet of revelations meriting contemplations
let us use (to quote Cole Porter) our mentality
& review Meher Baba's bright prognostications
that the New Humanity can become our reality
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This rather ambitious poem contemplates the topic of "the New Humanity" (as described and predicted by Meher Baba in a discourse with that title, first published I believe in the late 1930s).
