Rest In Peace

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Rest In Peace
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To the death-bed
all must come;
and there reflect
upon what's done.
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Nothing now
will matter much,
except for two things
as are such:
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(take heed now
and consider well)
the love you gave;
the love withheld.
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So Rest In Peace
before you die.
See this world healed
from the other side.
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Then you'll know
what Christ implied
when he said,
"worry not about your life."
(Luke 12.22)
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For from death's side
it's all a dream;
a trick of twoness
on Oneness's screen.
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"Let the dead
bury their own dead."
Glorify the living
why not instead.
(Luke 9.60)
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But how to relax
amidst all this mess?
"Come to me,
I will give you Rest."
(Matt 11.28)
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Do give up your:
will to live,
struggle, effort,
and death-wish.
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For then God's Will
can "be done on earth."
And by his Wish
you'll be reBirthed.
(Matt 6.10)*

How to relax, and "Rest In Peace?" Why are the dead glorified and allowed to rest in peace?... while the living are never given a moment of rest. And if they take it, they are labelled lazy, bludger, vagrant, or malingerer.
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Only in the arms of Christ can we really relax without judgement, and be who we are. A few beers put us in the spirit, our social conditioning is temporarily medicated, and we can relax into the Nowness of just Being.
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