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    To One and All...
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The poems in the following * POEMS15.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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                                 ITSELF
                                 ~~~~~~

         In Knowing...
              the little I but Know
                        of ALL there is to Know...
                             I can but teach...
                                       my Brother Man...
                                                    by Loving.

         Yes.
            By loving Man... by loving the World...
                                      by loving 'All That Is'.

         For by the Loving I am...
              I teach Man... I teach the Universe...
                                    and I teach 'All That Is'.

         For the little I but Know...
                         - Expressed in Words -
                                   will never reach...
                                               my Brother Man.

                     For they are Mind...
                                  denying Heart.

         And Mind but analyzes and schemes...
                                while Heart unites in Oneness.

                        The Oneness that is God.

                  The Oneness I feel to be...
                          within the little I but Know...
                                                     and Feel.

         Yet...
             within the little I but Know and Feel...
                               I am the Universe in being...
                                                       Itself.

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                               15326-1981






                              AND WHAT ISN'T
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Why does an Infant...
                          play with a rubber Duck?
                  Why doesn't it grab a violin and play it?

             Because as you know...
                      the Infant still has to grow.
                                            To grow up.

         For the same Reason...
                     not all People do what you do
                                              or what I do.

               For many of them are still...
                            in the Growing-Up-Stage.

                   Not as Human Beings.
                                  But as a Soul.

         For each Life as a Human Being
                       is but a Stage for the Soul.

                   And for a Soul to grow-up
                                   takes many Lives.
                                               Many indeed.

         Growing-up... is mostly a Stage of Believing...
                  and to be grown-up is a Stage of Knowing.

                       Knowing what is...
                                   and what isn't.

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                               15327-1981






                           SOUNDS LIKE FANTASY
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

          Whether you believe or accept
                              what you read or hear
                    I couldn't care less.

                             For I do not require
                                       Belief or Acceptance.

          And to recognize TRUTH
                    depends on YOUR Understanding.

                                                Not on Mine.

                So do with MY TRUTH...
                             whatever you like.

          But please remember...
                       that anything you read or hear
                   might well be worth thinking about a lot.

          And who knows...
                    eventually you might laugh
                            at your own foolishness
                                  for believing in Nonsense.

                            Maybe even Mine.

          But at all times...
                        be open-minded.

            And oh yes...
                    TRUTH is something...
              very few People recognize the first time
                                      they read or hear it.

                 For most of it... sounds like fantasy.

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                               15328-1981






                           BY LOVE THAT'S FREE
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

           Love... my Love...
                   is like an Entrapment to Life.
                                          Life in Freedom.

           For to be Loving...
                   to be Loving the Love of your Life
               is to abandon almost...
                          the Freedom of Living...
                                          Life in Freedom.

           For sometimes...
                     very surreptitiously
                               the Freedom that was
                                          will become Slavery.

                     Slavery to Each Other...
                                    by Each Other.

           While yet...
                both Partners could be delighted.

                     But also burdened.
                          Burdened by the Attachment.

                                  The Attachment of Belonging.

           And Freedom my Love...
                     as you know... is Freedom.

           So Love...
               personal Love could be the Opposite to Freedom.

                   But the only Love that is possible...
                             and yet be Free...
                                          is sharing.

                Sharing Each Other Freely...
                                 without Attachment.

                                          By Love that's Free.

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                               15329-1981






                          WE KNOW SO LITTLE OF
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         To be with You... my Love...
                   is living beyond Time... beyond Space.

            Time and Space are but Realities of the Physical.

         But being with You...
                   is the Transcendence of this Reality
                                                 as we know it.

                    A Reality that is but Temporary.

                    A Reality...
                         that is but a small Part
                                           or Expression
                                         of our very Selves.

         For You and I...
                     and all Life...
            is in actuality a Mental Phenomena.

                         An Activity of Mind.
                                 An Aspect of Consciousness.

         And the very Selves we are...
                      are Multi-Dimensional Beings...
               and are but partly expressed in the Physical.

         The Greatness of our Totality...
                     is what we feel when we are together
               in the 'being' we experience...
                             when we share Time and Space.

         And transcending this Time and Space
                         is the Embrace of our Soul.

                Our Soul... expressed in the Physical
                                             the You and I...
                                          we know so little of.

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                               15330-1981






                        THAT IS THE YOU... THAT IS
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Cry... yes Cry my Love... yes Cry
                        until your Soul is Clean.

                Yes Cry and Cry
                        for all that's been.

                                 Cry and Cry...
                                      the Sadness wry
                                 Until you slowly...
                                            don't know why.

         And Laughter then
                     will fill the Source
               with Pleasure
                          and the Living Force.

               To find the Love... that You deserve
                                     to go but Forwards...
                                               without Reserve.

         To find that from the Source...
                                  - That Is -
                     your Life and Living is but Bliss.

             For the Wisdom in Living
                          that You did gain...
                                         by Pain
                                     will blossom you...
                                              without restrain.

             To bloom in Splendor
                     and Loving Bliss.

                             For Deep Inside
                                   that is the You...
                                                   That Is.

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                               15331-1981






                        A GREATER GOD IN GODNESS
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         The Feelings of caring...
                   caring for the One I love
                                and feel within me.

                          How Splendid these Feelings are...
                                       how satisfying to my Soul.

         It creates within...
                    within the Being I am...
                             a Sense of Worthiness.

                          A Sense of Goodness of being.
                                   Of being Alive through Loving.

         A Need... that is so Human.
                   Human to the Core of Humanness.

                   A Need to be fulfilled
                                   and to be transcended...
                             in order to become a God in Godness.

               For to become a God
                    and to become more and more in Godness
                            first I have to become totally Human.

         In Loving...
              and by being Loved...
                        to my Soul's Satisfaction.

                                     In being Human Love...
                                                   more and more.

                  And only then...
                             can I become...
                             a Greater God in Godness.

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                               15332-1981






                           BY YOU... THE LIVING
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Life is...
              the smelling of a Flower.
                        The Grinding of Teeth.
                                  The Agony of Death.
                              And the Pleasures of Living.

         It also is...
              the Elation of being in Love...
                   and the Sorrow of losing Lovers.

         And it is...
                 the Splendidness of Sunshine.
                                     The Terror of a Storm.
                 The Drowning of Life
                           and the Catching of a Fish.
                 The Dancing of a Butterfly
                           and the Thud of a Drunk
                                       collapsing on the Floor.

         Life is...
              the Enlightenment of the Mind.
                             The Wonderment of Living.
               The Hotness of the Desert
                         and the Coolness of Mist.
               The Surrendering in Loving
                                the Anger of a Hate
                           and the Tenderness of a Child.

         It is the Openness of Thinking.

                The Closeness of Worry...
                       and the Freedom to enjoy or deny
                             the Nature of Life...
                                               by You...
                                                    The Living.

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                                15333-1981






                              AND IN CRYING
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Sometimes I Cry....

               And sometimes I Cry more...
                                 than other times.

                                            Yet I am Happy.

                     For I have You
                               to love Me
                       And I have You
                                  to love.

         So Life...
              or whatever it is...
                             I'm doing...
                                    is good to Me.

                     For most of the time...
                                       I just AM.

                           I just AM...
                                 being Busy being.

                                                  Being Me.

                     In Loving...
                             in being Loved.

                                       And in Crying.

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                               15334-1981






                        WHAT YOU BELIEVE IT TO BE
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         TRUTH is... 'what is'...
                   so 'what is' to You...
                                     is Your TRUTH.

                   And 'what is' to Me...
                                       is My TRUTH.

               Since 'what is' to You...
                             could be different
                     than 'what is' to Me
                                    Your TRUTH and My TRUTH
                           could be different...
                                        in Nature and Degree.

         Remember though...
                   to believe 'what is'
                              might not exist at all.

                    And therefore might not be TRUTH.

         Believing that something exists or is...
                            is what Children do all the time.

                But Knowing 'what is'...
                              very few Adults do...
                                          and only sometimes.

         ALL in ALL...
                   TRUTH is an Individual Thing.

                          For Life is...
                                   what You believe it to be.

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                               15335-1981






                         THE BIRTH OF GREATNESS
                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Dear Friend.
              To be what your Friends are...
                            is being but one of them.

                    But to be 'YOU'
                            in being what you are...
                                              is being YOU.

         And to be YOU
                   is transcending the Mediocrity...
                                              of the Crowd.

         And anybody who accepts You
                           for what You are
                  is a Friend who knows
                                what being a Friend is.

                   For True Friendship...
                         is the Acceptance...
                               of what You are...
                                      in being YOU.

         While the Approval of the Crowd...
              is the Acceptance of your Mediocrity.

                  To Accept yourself...
                      and to 'see' Greatness...
                                      in being YOU...
                                              is Greatness.

          No Greatness in lndividuality...
                    is part of the Mediocrity of the Crowd.

                                So DARE.
                For DARING... is the Birth of Greatness.

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                               15336-1981






                           THEY ARE LOST GODS
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Man is a Learning God.
                  And Gods do not Sin.

                           But Man being Man...
                                   sometimes misses the Mark.

               Man is a God in Learning.
                          And learning means...
                                 making mistakes unknowingly.

         Planet Earth is the School for Man.

             And Man returns and returns until he knows...
                   that he is a God in Learning.

                      The process is called... Reincarnation.

         Most People learn very little each Lifetime.

               But sooner or later... they will learn it all.

                   It is called... Becoming Aware.
                                         Or Waking up.

         Man is his own Creator...
              by means of the Soul he is...
                           and the Processes of Thought...
                                               he entertains.

               Man is the Creator of his own Body.
                           All Gods in Learning are Creators.

         Man lives in his own Creation...
                        IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE IT.

                 IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE HIS OWN CREATION.

         The Attitude towards his experiences...
                        is what forms his Character...
                               and the Nature of his Godness.

         Most Gods in Learning...
                     are lost in their own Creation.

                                          They are lost Gods.

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                               15337-1981






                          TO FIND THE LIFE I AM
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         From the Refinement of Creation...
                   From the Integrity of Wisdom...
                             And from the Deepness of Space...

                             Are Sculptured...
                                        the Lines of her Face.

         Harbouring Eyes like Stars...
                   that wink and twinkle.

                                  Projecting Love to All
                             that can but see the Soul Within.

         Yes... her Face.
                   Like a Landscape of Love...
                             with softly shining Smiles.

                   Yet... Stern and Strong...
                                   with equal Sense in Wonder.

         Yes.. her Face.
                  The Face I kiss.

                        Hold in my Hands...
                                     and kiss again.

                        Yet... I will never know...
                                     Who it really is...
                                               I see and kiss.

         For she reflects...
                   the Refinement of Creation...
                             the Integrity of Wisdom...
                       And the Deepness of Space Unknown.

                 Smilingly sculptured by Time and Love.

                         And I softly dare in Loving...
                                        to find the Life I am.

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                               15338-1981






                               UNKNOWINGLY
                               ~~~~~~~~~~~

         Gracefully she moves
                   within the Neatness of her Form
                              Knowing not she is Beautiful.

               For hidden beyond her Awareness
                            is the Smoothness of her Style.

                 Projecting Softness in Beauty and Charm.

                 Enticing whoever she touches
                            with the Smile of her Living.

                    Showing Poise that radiates Peace.

         A Peace of Sadness that has past.
                Replaced by the Knowledge of Life.
                              Through Living and through Dying.

         She creates a hidden Deepness
                    beyond the Clarity of her Smiles
                                 of Goodness and Deeds of Love.

              Valuable to All...
                         that can but see...
                                 the Quality of her Soul.

         She is the Vitality of Life itself
                   through living Lives that past
                           and by her Life that is the Present.

         She is an Honour to Love.

                 A Pleasure to know...
                              and a Treasure to admire.

                 So obvious to them that see...
                                        the God she is.

             Yet some of it...
                    stays hidden... beyond herself...
                                                unknowingly.

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                               15339-1981






                       BY KNOWING OF... 'WHAT IS'
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         The Sharpest Needle
                   that's driven
                             in Wisdom Divine
                   by a Brother of You
                        by a Brother of Mine
                               is the Needle of a Man
                                            of Loving Care
                                    the Needle of a Man
                                                  just there.

         There...
               where he should be
                           to cure and heal
                                   the Pain of Man
                                          with Love and Seal.

         To help to lift
                     our Human Life
              to help to lighten
                         our Human Strife
                                 in this so beautiful
                                         yet suffering Earth.

               Yes... he is my Brother
                                   by Light...
                                         by Birth.

         For 'All of Us' of the Human Kind
                          are ONE of Soul and Mind.

               United within the Eternal Bliss
                                by Knowing of... 'what is'.

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                               15340-1981






                      BEINGS IN BEING 'ALL AND ONE'
                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         With Pleasure and Anticipation
                                  do I await
                           the Meeting
                                 of the Closeness
                                                I am.

            For when I meet
                        'that'
                         what I am
                              I am Me.

         No other Time
                   and no other Place
                                  can I be
                                       'that'
                                        what I am
                                as what I am
                           within the Closeness of Us.

              While right Now...
                           I suffer Time
                                     being Space Unfulfilled.

              But at the Meeting
                        of the Closeness I am
                                    there is no Time
                                           there is no Space.

              For we are 'All'...
                         within Ourselves...
                               Beings in being 'All and One'.

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                               15341-1981






                           IN FEELINGS DIVINE
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         When 'Closeness' becomes so close
                                  that it is not.

                                         It is 'Oneness'.

               And 'Oneness' is a Feeling
                              so intimately Good
                         that it stultifies the Mind
                                     for it is just Feeling.

               A Feeling of Bliss.
                    A Feeling of Gracefulness.

                              And of a Nature
                                         immeasurable
                                    in Quality and Quantity.

                                          It just IS.

         Some People call it 'Life'.

                    Some call it 'Love'.

                              And others call it 'Being'.

               Very few experience it.

                         And the Ones that do
                                        do not know
                                            what to call it.

               For it is 'Nameless'...
                    and the same as 'Godness'.

                    A Nature of being...
                                  in Feelings Divine.

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                               15342-1981






                            GOD AS YOU ALIVE
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         To know something...
              and not do anything about it
                   makes You and the Knowledge useless.

               While to do 'anything'
                         about something You know
                                   is Wisdom in Action.

                     And Wisdom in Action
                                    is Godness...
                                         is You living Life.

               And when You live Life
                         without living Your Life...
                                            is Divine Habit.

         Divine Habit creates the Feeling of Goodness...
                  by experiencing Godness within.

                                       It's called... BEING.

         And the ultimate of BEING
              is doing nothing for Yourself...
                               but doing ALL for Others.

                                     And feel good about it.

         And that is called...
               the Feeling of Life going through You
                                             without Effort.

         To know nothing about anything...
                                  but do it ALL...
                                            is Life itself.

               Which is the same as...
                         God experiencing You...
                                   without You knowing it.

                              It's called... God as You Alive.

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                               15343-1981






                            AND EQUAL TO ALL
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
         To reach the Level of Understanding
                   that Nobody is Crazier than You
                            is attaining the Ultimate in Sanity.

         To reach this Level of Sanity
                   does not mean that One could not be lost
                                  within the Limits of Insanity.

         Sanity and Insanity are definitions
                     that are overlapping each other completely.

         Sanity and Insanity together form Weirdness.
                             Which is the opposite of Normality.

         Normality is not to be identified
              for Nobody knows what it actually is.
                          So... Who is Normal... and Who is not?

         It is suspected that Normality is acting
                                    according to the Self
                              without asking a No-Self or Other.

         What a Self is... not even a No-Self knows.

            To be a Self is being able to identify a No-Self.
                                        Which Nobody ever could.

         A No-Self then... does not exist.

              And a Self does not know it is One...
                               for it cannot identify a No-Self.

         All Selves and No-Selves...
              therefore must be One and the Same.

                      So Nobody is Crazier or more Normal
                                              than Anybody else.

         Which means...
              that Everybody is just Right.

                          And Perfect the Way he is.

                                               And Equal to All.

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                               15344-1981






                              TO BE MYSELF
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~

         And the Time will come
                        that You will have grown
                  and look at Me...
                            and Master.

               And You will be looking
                              at a little Boy
                                    that once was a Man
                                        You knew to be Great.

         And when that time comes...
                             do not forget
                             that I have tried
                                       to be the Man You saw.

                      And just not quite succeeded.

               But don't You pity me.
                    Don't feel the least bit of Sorrow.

               For You are the One who's grown
                                and I was but the Fool.

         For being Me...
                  is Fooling.

                        For being Me...
                                  is being Me.

                  With a Speed that makes Me feel
                                            at ease
                                            to be Myself.

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                               15345-1981






                      IN BEING HATE THROUGH LOVING
                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         The Forbidden Fruit.

                   Yes... that's what You are.

               The Extreme in Temptation...
                              the Ultimate in Having.

                       And yet... when I would...
               I would spit You out...
                             like Garbage.

               Yes... I would spit You out like Poison...
                                  killing Body... Mind...
                                                     and Soul.

         But yet.
             Yet I keep on looking
                      Keep longing for this Fruit...
                                      I like to share and eat.

         And why the Hell
                   don't You show yourself more often?

             So that I could choose
                                 my Death
                         by Suffering in Pleasure
                                             of being Me
                                             experiencing You.

         Yes... You and I...
              in the Solitude of being Us... alone.

               Among the Tortures and Treasures I so need
                            and would despise
                  for finding Us too close in being Us.

                                       In being Hate...
                                               through Loving.

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                                15346-1981


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