To The Breaking Point

Like a race car driver, 

like a runner, 

like a swimmer,

like a scholar,

we push

in all our pursuits

to exceed

the human made limits:

the limits of the body --

we strive to exceed the mortal, physical body,

and at the moment of

excess, 

we find freedom

                 and joy,

even a glimmer

                             of immortality.

~

Sex is one way,

one artifical way,

but the most sacred

artificial way

to use a technology

(the technology of our bodies)

to help us

exceed ourselves;

it teaches us how, but it is

only an intermediary.

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                          There is 

a route to excess

through the spirit

that is just as

                               excessive

as losing yourself to another person.

It is to loss

of self

to

sound

--not words--

but sound

(Are you willing to give up

your rational mind?

Are you willing to just

scream

or chant?)

Approach the sound

barrier

from the other side,

approach it

delicately

and you will find

the moment of breaking

and release

 into 

joy

.