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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Soul Memories

How long was I asleep?

Whether ant or elephant,
hamster or human,
there is a great price to be paid
for coming into awareness
of your being.

Lost in the layers of your consciousness
is that moment long ago
when you first became acquainted
with how you were feeling
and perhaps even those reasons why.

Later came another day,
when you noticed your reflection,
and it seemed the whole world
was staring back at you
with the very same eyes
through which you saw it.

Then seasons changed as they always do,
and in order to live this very ordinary life
your being became buried under
layers called coping and determination.

Now arise!
Let your soul memories wake you gently.
The truth turns some into fossils,
but others are reconnected to being
with all the wonderful aspects
of their true self restored.

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