<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=484528" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Journey Towards The Self</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">you may have gone to Rome<br>and had the shower of the holy water<br>to the churches of France<br>to the hamlets of Galilee<br>to the holy places of Iran<br>and Israel<br>kiss the imprint of the foot of <br>Abraham<br>taste the dried blood of Jesus<br>along the streets<br>to the mountain of the skulls</div><div style="margin:10px 0">these are the last places<br>of your absolution<br>as you ask forgiveness for all your sins</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>but there is this journey<br>that you have to finally take<br>inward to yourself</div><div style="margin:10px 0">no popes, no cardinals, <br>no holy water, no incense, <br>no alms, no offerings<br>no prayers no incantations</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the longest journey<br>on that feetless world<br>you leap the chasm of darkness<br>and with closed eyes<br>you take the chronicles of faith<br>ask for undeserved mercy<br>and arrive at myriad doubts<br>and feel the perfect void<br>of your innate nothingness<br>your worthlessness</div><div style="margin:10px 0">hope you will find<br>yourself<br>nearer to God's embrace<br>in the silent waters<br>of your soul</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the sacred law says<br>you must die to yourself<br>for you to be alive</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=484528" data-title="A Journey Towards The Self de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="you may have gone to Rome and had the shower of the holy water to the churches of France to the hamlets of Galilee to the holy places of Iran and Israel kiss the imprint of the foot of Abraham taste the dried blood of Jesus along the streets to t..."></div> </div> </div>

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