East and West

Where worlds at dawn and dusk embrace,
Where Eastern wisdom, Western grace,
Collide in silent, storied space,
A tale of Ego, Self, and Face.

In Eastern thought, the Self is seen,
A drop in endless and serene,
Where Atman, Brahman's sheen, convene,
And Ego's veil stands in between.

In Buddha's path, the middle way,
Anatta speaks, in transient play,
No Self to bind, no Ego's sway,
Just skandhas dancing life's ballet.

In Tao’s flow, the natural path,
No Ego's pain exacts its wrath,
In harmony, a loving bath,
The Self and Cosmos share their path.

Jain souls narrate in karma tales,
Non-violence of love prevails,
The Ego burden’s needless dread,
In liberation can be shed.

The art reflects these ancient themes,
In strokes of brush, its silent dreams,
Where nothing’s quite is what it seems,
When Ego's whisper softly streams. 

The East meets West, in clash and blend,
In search of Truth, on paths that wend,
Through Ego's mazes, to transcend,
To Love, where all the souls ascend.

One breath, one flame, we meet as one,
Where East joins West beneath the sun.
The Ego falls, the Self undone—
In Love, the East and West are one.

Full story:

East Meets West: A Civilizational Clash of Egos?
Self and Ego in Eastern Culture, Philosophy, and Arts

Serenity

The Frontier Man

February 2024

Read this and other poems by The Frontier Man in his recently published poetry, art, and music book:

My Art Is A Love Song: The Best of The Frontier Man's Poetry, Music, and Art

The book also includes full poem artworks, two love songs by The Frontier Man, and is now available to order on Amazon: https://t.co/SeDUijBPm3

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