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    To One and All...
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The poems in the following * POEMS02.HTM * file have been arranged
    in the order they have been written.   The depth and nature of the
    poems therefore indicate the changes the author experienced during
    the time they were produced. There are more than 540 poems and the
    quality between the first ones and the last ones is remarkable!

    Many of the poems practically wrote themselves and all I had to do
    was sit still long enough for them to come through.  At the time I
    was totally amazed where they all came from.  Often I thought that
    I had become that good all of a sudden.  This naturally is not so,
    for all I did was function as an instrument or channel of the Soul
    I really am. I hope that many of these poems speak to the Soul you
    are, and if so; they really come from you!

    The poems in all their "simplicity and profoundness" form a course
    in metaphysics just by themselves.  It is possible therefore to go
    through them one by one, and learn more than by reading a stack of
    books.  The poems in these files are aspects of my Higher Self and
    with great pleasure do I hereby dedicate them:
           - To the World of Man and his Infinite Endeavours -

     Only because of the steady performance of my Benefactors have my
     poems been realized.  Humbly I acknowledge the great changes and
     growth that took place within me in the years 1979 to 1984.

                            Sincerely yours,
                                         Gerardus Everardus Tros

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                             MY BROTHER MAN
                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                Is not feeling for you...
                                sending Loving Thoughts?

                And isn't Loving...
                         sending Thoughts with Feelings?

                     While Praying... must be both?

                And all of it...
                             the Expression of the Soul.

                     Raised to Infinite Perfection
                                 equal
                      to the Light of the Supreme.

                So let my Feelings...
                            and Thoughts...
                                  and Loving...
                                      be for You...
                                         my Brother Man.

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                              02022-1979/80







                             IN WHICH I CARE
                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

             Do I then leave the ones I know
                     and join my sphere... my welcome glow?
             Do I then leave the loving past
                     and join a sphere that might not last?

             Do I then sever the ties that bind
                      and search for love I might not find?
             Do I then cut my life in parts
                         and cry and cry for broken hearts?

             Do I then sever from them for me
                        and find my life ... yet cannot be?
             Do I then leave for sights unknown
                     that do not reflect in minds of stone?

             Oh... Force Divine... provide the Light
                         to make me choose beyond my might.

             Oh... Force Divine... with me... do share
                        this human life... in which I care.

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                              02023-1979/80







                          TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

             Your Body... this Machine...
                               incredible as ever.
                  Cells and Molecules...
                                  to be counted never.
             A circling Dance in Nature's Game...
                        speaking and listening to your Name.


                But who is the Who... that masters You?

                 Who is the Who... that really is You?


             The Master my Friend is the You without End
                       the Spirit Sublime of Space and Time.

             The You Eternal from Light-Divine
                         the You forever... without Decline.

             The You that must live...
                        the You that must learn...
                  to abide and to give...
                        to ascend and return...
                               against all Evil and Odd
                                      to the Kingdom of God.

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                              02024-1979/80







                         HEAVEN'S BEAUTY INKLING
                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

              Praying is not folding hands
                              and slipping beads for wear.
                 It is not mumbling words
                                 in endless droning stare.
                 It is not falling down on knees
                            and dreading pain of kneeling.
                 It is not killing thoughts
                             in minds to dull for feeling.


              But it is...
                 the reverence of your thoughts
                               of Earth in Space-Suspense
                 the joyfulness of summer
                              and nightly storms so tense
                 the mystery of the sky
                                      begun in eons hence
                 the beauty of the flowers
                             with strength in equal sense.


              Yes... praying is the awe of mind
                                to the One We Are in kind
                     it is the looking into our Soul
                               with feelings interlinking.
 
              It is the surrendering of ourselves
                              without a moment's thinking
                    to the pleasure of being Man
                              and Heaven's Beauty inkling.


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                              02025-1979/80







                         AND KNOWS WHAT IS RIGHT
                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Had we but listened to the Voice that spoke
                   Had we but listened to the Stranger in cloak.

         Had we but listened to the Sound that rose
                       Had we but listened to the Man who arose.

              But times have gone by
                           with cultures and revolutions
              While churches and religions
                               have brought no solutions.

         So... here we are today in complete confusion
                      while the World of Man pukes in profusion.

         But the Supreme Intelligence in its Wisdom Galore
                     has given us the choice as was done before.

              For IT created Man...
                             with an Inner Voice of Light
              So that each one of us can listen...
                                  and knows what is right.

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                              02026-1979/80







                            WHO ARE IN DISMAY
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         How can I share
                     the world that's me?
         How can I share
                     the thoughts that plea?

                              How can I share
                                         the mind that's mine?
                              How can I share
                                       my Sphere Divine?

            Should I then stand at corner stone
                   and speak... and speak... to me alone?

            Should I then shout from building's roof
                        the words to them so quite aloof?


                  How can I give this gift that's given
                          to them on Earth that are but driven
                          by wealth of dirt and plies of stuff
                              so puffing up... yet not enough?

         How can I give this Gift Divine
                     to Minds of Man equal to mine?
         How can I rest and feel at ease
                     when wars are flaring... and is no Peace?
         How can I rest... or pass on by
                            while Minds of Man offend the sky?

             I can but love and do my best
                       while Minds of Man must do the rest

             I can but love and silently pray
                     for Minds of Man... who are in dismay.

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                              02027-1979/80







                                IS LIVING
                                ~~~~~~~~~

                Life is to learn
                        to reduce wants to nothing.

                        And to be happy
                                 is to not desire.

                        For to be unhappy... is to want.

                To learn to reduce wants to nothing
                     makes the smallest gift a pleasure.

                    Givers and Wanters...
                                meet in the end.

                         For both...  Life is too short.

                But Givers live...
                        and Wanters suffer.


                To learn this with Pleasure... is Living.

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                              02028-1979/80







                               REPEATEDLY
                               ~~~~~~~~~~

                 It is the feeling
                        beyond and behind words
                                that expresses Thought.

                   For Thoughts do not come in Words.

                 Thoughts live.
                          Thoughts are Beings.
                                  Thoughts are Patient.

                 Thoughts wait forever
                          in order to become fulfilled.

                       Wrong Thoughts... return.

                 They cause disease... sickness
                               and Death... repeatedly.

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                              02029-1979/80







                         NONE OF IT IS PLEASURE
                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

                Patience... is endurance... without pain.

                It is the understanding of Time
                                      without killing it.

                Patience...
                     is Time... waiting...
                                   without forgetting it.

                     It is longing for Acceptance...
                                            effortlessly.

                Patience...
                     is the Temporance of the Soul.

                                    None of it...
                                             is Pleasure.

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                              02030-1979/80







                             DIVINE-MYSTIQUE
                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         I am but a tiny part of Soul
                    and part of others in control
         The part I am.... with my body as tool
                    is learning the lessons of Cosmic-School.

         This Cosmic-School... this Planet Earth
                    in which I enrolled right after birth
                    is a training place... yes pure unique
                         in this Universe... Divine-Mystique.

         I am to learn to get along
                    and still yet feel that I belong
                    as part of Souls from Planes-Divine
                          that guide and direct me into line.

         By thoughts that are my inspiration
                    to find my place in God's Creation
         And become an individual-self-unique
                      in this my Universe... Divine-Mystique.

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                              02031-1979/80







                            BY HAND AND TEAR
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

             When I sit and wait...
                        inspiration passes by
                             with words that are but slurr.
             No signs are written in the sky
                                    my mind is but a blurr.

                 But when I sleep and dream....
                              inspiration is the norm.
                 With words that tumble down
                            without a thought or form.

             Yes... then I write....
                       - Poems Crystal Clear -
                                 expressed in sound I hear.

             But when I get my pen and ink
                        I find that I can't think.
                  That's why the scratches written here
                               are carved by hand and tear.

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                              02032-1979/80







                              DEAD FOR SURE
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

             Trivial words
                       of pouring purr
                  Spoken in habit
                            of daily slurr
                         From man to man
                                   and wife to wife
                                Completely fills
                                         their daily life.

             And if you ever interject
                  with subjects of some more respect
             You'll find a silence so abrupt
                          as if you were the most corrupt.

                  And if you ever mention God
                         you'll find a silence really odd.

                  And mentioning 'death'
                                   is a killing cure.
                            For you'll be forever
                                            dead for sure.

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                              02033-1979/80







                         BY THE LIGHT FROM ABOVE
                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

           Atoms and Electrons
                       in a dazzling game
                form my body
                         and call my name.

                But where is the "I"...
                           that "I" call "I"
                                to govern this mess...
                                              so soon to die?

           The governing "I"
                  that really is "ME"
                            is the Spark-Divine
                                          that "I" can't see.
                  The Spark-Divine
                       that's part of the Whole.
                                      My Higher Self...
                                              I call my Soul.

           It's a Gift-Sublime
                    to be returned
               when the lessons of Life
                            are fully learned.
                    The lessons of Life
                                 the lessons of Love.
                            The Trial of ME...
                                     by the Light from Above.

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                              02034-1979/80







                        WHEN I LISTEN TO MY SOUL
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

           Inside myself.... there is this voice
                            that never leaves me any choice
           When I just listen and let it be
                          feelings are good and guilty free.

           Sometimes though.... because I'm Human
                   I slyly lower my acumen
                   And every time the deed is done
                       feelings are down and freedom's gone.

           I become enslaved to bad distraction
                  while my Total is but a fraction
                  of this so perfect balanced Whole
                                   when I listen to my Soul.

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                              02035-1979/80







                            THIS IS MY SONG
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Could I then just by utter chance
             Take some words and make them dance?
                 And form some truth in rhyme and reason
                     In good and evil... in trust and treason.

                      Or arrange a playful melody
                   With rhythm and soothing harmony
               Of syllables in perfect measure
          Neatly produced to be of pleasure.

          And bring about this sense sublime
            From words and words in rhythmic rhyme
               To give to you 'of finer threads'
            A sense of 'heaven's wine and breads'.

          And give to you for beauty's sake
           A ray of light from morning's break.
             For life that's lived for gold alone
                Is hard as rock and cold as stone.

                    So read this verse and yell it loud
                       Into the street... into the crowd
                     For words in rhyme and rhythmic song
                  Can never be too loud... or long.

              And while you do this... beat a gong.
                To make you feel... that you belong.
                   And tell the world... this is my song
                        And tell the world... this is my song.

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                              02036-1979/80







                            A PLEASURE TO ASK
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

       My attitude is the position of my inner mind
                               kept open to openness of any kind.
       It is the graceful adjusting of my mental-sail
                       that eases my Being through lull and gale.

       It's an organic state or readiness to respond
                   from within myself... from the deepest beyond.
       To be held firmly... yet loosely enough
                        to accept life's facts... easy and tough.

       It's composed by experience... knowledge and time
                    and formed by character and thoughts sublime.
       Directed by the heart and the inner voice
                            of Quality-Divine and perfect choice.

       It determines the person... it determines the 'I'
                        to guide my Being till the time I'll die.
       To find the direction for the path-untrod
                        to say it in short... my attitude is God.

       Because to withstand the Forces of Life
           I must conquer the sweet... I must conquer the strife.
       For me... to do this alone is an impossible task
           but when my attitude is God... it's a pleasure to ask.

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                              02037-1979/80







                              OUR DONATION
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~

          If I could shape the Dream in you
                     and lead you beyond the heaven's blue
             I would show you... the one and only part
                       the ever seeing Eye of the inner heart.

          That sees by feeling the thoughts of mind
                   that we are creatures of the Master's Kind
          That sees by desire from the beginning of time
                          the Cosmic Master as the only Prime.

          But the way to Truth has never been shown
               and is the most impossible... ever to be known
          For the path to God... is but seen in a gleam
                     in our heart's desire... the Human Dream.

          So by my shaping... the Dream in you
                   you will slowly see... why the sky is blue
          You'll find the Mover... of the ebb and tide
                          by looking for Truth... deep inside.

          The inner heart that forever sees
                     listens to thought... and inner pleas
             and lets us know... that in God's Creation
                         the search for Truth is our Donation.

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                              02038-1979/80







                              TO BE A CHILD
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

           Take all the Time
                   to be yourself
               For soon enough
                        you're on the shelf.

               Resembling a silent pile of dust...
                            resulting from I must... I must.

           Take all the time to see the Sky
                                 and open-up your Inner Eye.
           For the Knowledge that creates the 'YOU'
                      ceases the question... 'Who' is 'Who'.

               And remember.....
                   Existing... is done by thoughts run wild.

                   While living is.....
                             TO BE A CHILD...
                                       TO BE A CHILD.

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                              02039-1979/80







                            IN WORDS OF SONG
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      I have 'kinged' them.... I've 'kinged' them... and yet
            The feelings that are left... the naggings that fret
            The sense of satisfaction or completion of the goal
                        Do not complete... or do not make me whole.

          Yes...
                in my days of glory...
                                in my time of might and shine
          I was the King... the Superior...
                              when the world was totally mine.

            But now...
                 my mind is restless...
                                my satisfaction feeble shy
                 For I denied the Creator...
                                      the Ruler of the Sky.

      Because through God... and God alone... sublime
                  I had my Days of Glory... I had my superior time.

           And now... by twisting and by turning
                                      within my blown-up mind
                        I recognize the Master...
                                  the Ruler of my kind.

      To God... in all Its Glory... I bow in silent grief
              For in the power I assumed... I became a lowly thief.

      Forgive me...
              God Almighty...
                      forgive me for my wrong.
              And let my Spirit praise YOU.... in deeds...
                                                 in words and song.

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                              02040-1979/80







                             ONE TOTAL WHOLE
                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        The Innermost Sanctum of my unfolding mind
                             contains a Temple of a Sacred Kind.

            Hidden within...
                beyond the Shadow of Light...
                    is a Force of Power and Glorious Might.

            A Power of Love...
                  and desires to please...
                             to help my kind...
                                     to a Pedestal of Ease.

        To show them the Joy and Feelings Divine
                       of comfort and bliss.... I cannot define.
            For in this Temple... in my Expanding Domain
                     there is an abundance of a different Plane.

        An unlimited Storehouse of Exuberant Power
                        to make them see... to make them flower.

            Flower in Spirit...
                        flower in Soul...
                             to make them and God...
                                           One Total Whole.

        Yes this is my Secret...
                        yes... this is my Goal.
                             God... my Fellows... and I
                                                ONE TOTAL WHOLE.

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                              02041-1979/80







                              BECAUSE I AM
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~

           A thousand times I have tried
                                A thousand times I have died
           A thousand times I have returned
                     And a thousand times I have yet learned.

           And for every time... that I am...
                                   I am I.... as part of Man.

                 Bestowed with Gifts....
                      from Powers Above....
                              to learn to Think....
                                       to learn to Love.

           Conscious of the Law to heed...
                             I'll try again and will succeed.
           Fulfilling the Law in true dedication
                     by the multiple choice of reincarnation.

           A thousand times I shall yet live
                           A thousand times I shall yet give

                     Thought to Creation...
                                      and to Man
                             For God is...
                                      because I am.

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                              02042-1979/80







                          AND MAN CALLS IT LOVE
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      Steeped in materialism and raised on logic and facts
                I have a cold reasoning ego... that never reacts.

         I have no fear and no anger... no worry... no hate.

         I have no feelings... no emotions....
                                   no belief... and no fate.

      I like intolerable music and I am far over-sexed.
                   With a computer as brain I am never perplexed.

          I have a disdain for sickness...
                                and scorn the poor.
                  I am greedy about money...
                                      and crafty as a whore.

      I am cool as marble and never do cry
                             I am the Master of Me...
                                     and never caught with a lie.
           I have no father... no mother...
                              and not a friend I call mine.
               I am a perfect creature...
                                and oblivious to crime.

               I am so self-satisfied....
                                that no desire is left.

         Asking favours from others.... to me would be theft.

      One thing is but missing... of which I know little of
               It's the least I do need... and Man calls it Love.

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                              02043-1979/80

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