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    To One and All...
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    The poems in the following * POEMS18.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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                          THE ONE WHO IS LIFE
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         I am standing here...
                   looking at my Friends...
                             but I am seeing Myself.

                   And my Friends...
                             listening to Me...
                                          hear but themselves.

                                 With Ears that are mine.

         For in all we see and understand
                   we see and understand nothing else...
                                                but Ourselves.

                      The ONE and ONLY... WHO IS.

                            For God alone IS.
                                            Being US...
                                     in the Process of Living.

                      Being lived by Life.
                                  Being lived by God.

         For we and the Life we live
                       are but the Dreamers
                                  and the Dream
                                       we are in God.

               It is God who lives Us.
                        While we but react and think
                                        that we do the Living.

               Our 'reaction' and 'thinking'...
                           is but a Contraction...
                                of what we really are.

         This Contraction arises...
                        out of Godness... the ONE who is LIFE.

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                              18393-1981






                        THE ULTIMATE SURRENDER
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Life is the Teacher of Truth.

                   But Truth is deeper than Life.
                                  And deeper than any Teacher.

                   For Truth is the Eternal Primal State...
                            out of which All Life...
                                       and All Teachers arise.

         For Truth is God.
                   The Eternal Divine Primal State...
                                      out of which...
                                             ALL THINGS ARISE.

         The Universe...
                   and All That Is...
                        and all we know about it
                   is but One Possibility that arose
                                     out of this Primal State.

         While ALL Beings that are Self-Aware
                   are but arisen Conditions or Egos
                                       contracted in Selfness.

         To dissolve this 'Contraction in Selfness'
                     into God or Truth
                           is equal to
                           penetrating the Illusion of Egoism.

               It's the Sacrifice...
                             of our Selfness in God.

                              It is... The Ultimate Surrender.

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                              18394-1981






                           WE THINK WE LIVE
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Whatever is perceived...
                   is perceived from without... within.

                   This creates the Illusion
                              that the Perceiver lives within.

                   What does the Perceiving however
                         neither lives within or without.
                                    For LIFE is the Perceiver.

         And Life... is...
                   the All Pervading Force called God.

         The Illusion that things from without
                                  are perceived within
                            creates the idea of an Inner Self.

         This assumed Inner Self
                  is but an assumed entity or ego
                            that illusions itself to be
                            an Independent and Separate Being.

         It is but an Illusion of 'Separateness in Egoism'
                         that deludes itself...
                  in finding itself alive and thinks...
                                             to do the Living.

           What deludes itself is the Conscious Mind of Man.

         For the Conscious Mind of Man...
                is the 'Contraction in Selfness' in God...
                        trying to find itself...
                                     either within or without.

                         Which is Impossible.

                           For God ALONE is.

                While we are but Dreamers...
                           of the Lives we think we live.

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                              18395-1981






                                OR GOD
                                ~~~~~~

         Positive cannot be without Negative...
                            and Left cannot be without Right.

             Light cannot be without Darkness
                           and God cannot be without Man.

             For Man creates God...
                        Yet... God is the Creator of Man.

                  God is because of Man...
                        and Man is because of God.

                  And neither can God
                              reflect upon itself
                                    anymore
                         than Man can reflect upon Man
                                                 without God.

               For the One is the Other.
                               In different Forms.
                         In different Natures of Duality.

               Like Infinity and Nothingness.
                            Like Forever and Never.
               Like Left and Right.
                            Like Man and God...
                                          or God and Man.

         God is similar to...
                      the colour 'white'...
                            dependent upon all other Colours.

         Man is like any colour...
                 and thus missing all others...
                                  in order to be 'white'
                                                      or God.

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                              18396-1981






                               ETERNAL
                               ~~~~~~~

         I am an Instrument...
                 that's lived by an Eternal Force.

             The Way this Force lives me however
                 is determined by the Way I prepare...
                                         the Instrument I am.

                 And by listening
                              to the Tune I play
                        I learn to harmonize the Sound.

             The Force...
                 is unlimited in Strength...
                          but the Music I produce...
                                                is but light.

         The repeat of the many Melodies of Life
                 has taught me the Secrets of the Instrument.

                 And by not playing at all myself
                          the single Instrument I am
                               plays Symphonies
                                      in synchronism
                               with the Music of the Spheres.

                 In Rhythm...
                      equal to the Breath of God.

                                               Eternal.

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                              18397-1981






                        TO THE AMAZEMENT OF ALL
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         The Earth...
               the Planets...
                     the Sun... the Stars...
                           and all the many Galaxies...
                                    make up a Divine Machine.

                                 For All of It...
                                        produces Gods.

         And the Earth...
                   being Part of the Total...
                                   produces its Share.

                        For it produced...
                                 a Krishna
                                     a Buddha
                                         a Christ...
                                 And many Others yet to come.

                                       Like YOU and I.

         For You and I
                are in the Process of Evolution.
                     And we are somewhere
                                between Man and God.
                                                And climbing.

         This Universe...
                   this Divine Machine...
                             never makes Mistakes.
                                    For it is as sure as God.

                And 'dead-on' every time
                               to the Amazement of All.

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                              18398-1981






                          GOD....ALWAYS WINS
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Most People and their Ego
                        are like a Football...
                                       full of Air.
               And the more they get to know
                          the more their Ego becomes inflated.

               However...
                    they are but a Football...
                         and kicked around a lot.

                                For all of them...
                                     are being played by Life.

         Whatever these People get to know however
                               and gloat in... is of no Value.

               For ALL Knowing
                    is done by God.
                         The Knower of 'All There Is to Know'.

         And unless People 'see' themselves...
                   as the Learning Medium for God...
                                they have learned very little.

                              At the most
                   they will have learned to dampen
                  the kicks of Life by keeping Score.

         But never will they find satisfaction...
                                      with the Game God plays.

                For Life...
                     is a Scoreless Game for them.

                               Yet... God... always wins.

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                              18399-1981






                            YOUR EXPERIMENT
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

          Since Man is Life...
                    and Life is God...
                             and since we as Life
                                    and as God exist
                    and do exist in a Universe
                             where Time is Unlimited
                    the only thing we as God
                                          can do
                                is to experiment and/or play.

                        And experiment we DID.
                               Daringly.

          For the Experiment...
              or the Experience we are subjected to
                   is the Daring Gigantic Play of Life.

                         Taken part in by YOU.
                                        And witnessed by ALL.

          For YOU as Life... are Action.
                                Action is Motion.

                         Motion is Vibration.
                                Vibration is Life.
                                           Life is God.
                                                  God is Man.

          Our Experiment or God's Experiment...
                                    is... to have become Man.

          To grow back to God...
                     is to recognize that YOU really are God.

              The Accomplishment of this...
                    is the Conclusion of the Experiment.

                           YOUR EXPERIMENT.

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                              18400-1981






                          BECAUSE OF FLEEING
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         LIFE... the way you see it...
              and LIFE... the way you live it...
                                     is an Experience.
                                             Your Experience.

         Your Experience however
              is but a very limited Experience.
                              For you only... live Your Life.

              And although you live many Lives
                          in all kinds of bodies
                      in all kinds of Circumstances
                     and in seemingly different times
                                  all your Lives
                             and all your Experiences
                          are but limited and restricted
                                        in and by themselves.

         For not one Person
             can live Life as the Total...
                    or as the All Pervading Force... Life is.

             You then in whatever Life...
                    - Condition or Experience -
             are but a 'Contraction of Selfness' or Ego
                                            and very limited.

         You are but a Spark of the Eternal Fire.
             You are but a Flicker of the Total Light.
                    You are but a 'Dream of Selfness' in God.

         All your Lives and Experiences then
                are but temporary 'fractions of being'
                                            within the Total.

         While all 'fractions' in and by themselves
             are but 'Selves in Flight' away from the Source.

         You are then...
               a 'Prisoner in God' fleeing.
                    The more you flee...
                          the more you become...
                                 a 'Contraction in Selfness'.

               The more you become 'entrapped'...
                        within the Self... you think you are.

                       Limited in Mind and Ego...
                                 that is but a 'Dying Spark'.

         For all your Lives...
             all your Experiences in Time and Space
                     are the Phenomena of Life in Play...
                                             the Play of God.

         While all your 'fractions of being'
             in search of the One you really are
                 can only be found... by ceasing to be
                      a 'Self in Pursuit of Self'
                             by surrendering
                 to The Eternal Fire... the Eye of God.

         To find...
               that what you surrendered to
                                 was nothing else
                                        but YOU the AWAKENED.

         For LIFE... the Life you're Living...
                                      is but a Dream.

              A 'Dream in Selfness'...
                       or a 'Prisoner in God'...
                                      because of Fleeing.

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                              18401-1981






                                 ALIVE
                                 ~~~~~

         I am God... and dream.
                   My Dream is so Powerful
                             that whatever I dream
                                         becomes Reality.

                                  In many Dimensions.

         One of my Dreams
                   creates Time and Space.
                             The Dimension of Man the Physical.

                     They live the Dream I dream...
                                               and am.

         I am God... and dream.

                         But I do not know it.

              For I only become aware of my Dream
                                   when I have become
                                              Man the Physical.

                         And most of Them
                                    do not know
                                    that they are ME...
                                                      dreaming.

         I am 'The Eternal Dreamer'
                              dreaming all Dreams.
                                       And I will never awaken.

               But Man the Physical
                        will awaken in ME
                                     and to ME.

                                         For I am Them.
                                                     ALIVE.

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                              18402-1981






                          FOR THEM THAT FEEL
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         I am God.
              And my Hobby is Life.
                       In the Life I am... and play...
                                           I but amuse myself.

                            For I am the Eternal Amuser.

         Yet...
              I am the Entertainer.
                       For the Universe is my Circus.
                                Full of Clowns and Performers.
                           Full of Glare and Light.

                                      ALL are my People.

         They play 'world'...
              In Time and Space...
                       with all that is ME.
                                   The Games they play
                                               are my Hobbies.

               My Rules are 'Conscious Evolution'.
                                       Goodness in my Referee.
                              And Happiness is my Goal.

         No Player really knows ME.
                    Yet they are the Same.

               Most use Eternities to play my Game.
                            Few use but Time to find my Rules.

         I am lost in Infinity
                    for Them that play.
                            But found in the Present
                                           for Them that Feel.

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                              18403-1981






                       I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         There is no other God... but Man.

                            Most People however...
                                             do not know this.

         Unfortunately they believe...
                                   look up to...
                                        and expect...
                                  Miracles and Salvation
                             from a God they idolize and fear.

         And fortunately...
                   this God is but the Concoction
                                          of their Mind.
                                     It is but a Thought-Form.

               The only Force that IS...
                          is the Force out of Which
                                              all Worlds
                                         and all Things arise.

               The Worlds of Man
                     and all Things that are Physical
                                  are
                     the Physical Dream of this Force.
                                     All Things Invisible
                                are other Forms of this Force.

         To Consciously Evolve in this Dream
                 and to discover the Truth about it...
                              is experiencing that God IS Man.

             One also understands then...
                            what was meant by...
                                     I and the Father are One.

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                              18404-1981






                             LIKE JESUS IS
                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Bodies... my Friend...
                are nothing but Machines...
                                    for Gods to live in.

                And the God you are
                     certainly lives in a beautiful Body.

         However... my God in Question...
                you are not just yet... a God as yet.

                   But if it wasn't for you... yourself...
                                                  you would be.

                   For it is You... yourself...
                                      who deludes You.

         To become...
                or rather realize
                           that you are a Living God
                    is something You... yourself... have to do.

         To realize what You are
                or to finally get to know yourself
                                is your Task on this Earth.

                For the Earth is a School.
                            A School for Souls to learn
                                                  and grow.
                                               Life after Life.

         Eventually then...
                You will be able to say...
                               I am the Son of God...
                                       and One with the Father.

            You will be then... A Christ.   LIKE JESUS IS.

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                              18405-1981






                        ALL IS 'FOR' THE OTHER
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

          Being against God...
                      is like being against the Weather.
                                                     Useless.

               Yet being for God...
                         is not just the Opposite.

                     For in order to be for something
                           you have to be sure...
                                          what it is...
                                                 you are for.

          And what God is all about
                     very... very few People know.
               Although many talk about...
                                 what they 'think' they know.

          Sometimes...
             something seems to be against God.
                  But whether it is or not however...
                       depends entirely upon the Person
                             trying to determine
                                      the 'for' or 'against'.

          In actuality...
                   not ONE THING...
                             is ever against God.

                   For 'All of Us'...
                              are within God.
                                       So God is 'All of Us'.

          And God is not against itself.
                        For one Eye is not against the other.

                   Or your Heart against your Body.

                        All is 'for' the Other.

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                              18406-1981






                           THE MIRACLE I AM
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Every time I write
                        I create a Miracle.

                  Perplexing in Beauty
                            and silencing the Mind.

                        For I am a Miracle.

         For what I am...
              is the Infinite and Eternal Force
                                       called God
                                           living through me.

                        For God is doing the Living...
                                             and the Writing.

         For all the Words I write
                    are the Thoughts I feel
                              translated into Symbols.

                                  Conveying the Miracle I am.

               The Living God
                     in the Form of Man.
                                    Spelling.

               Revealing...
                     God in Words.
                             For You to read.
                     For You to feel.
                                  The Miracle I am.

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                              18407-1981






                             TO SEE MYSELF
                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         I am the Force called God.
                   And I have no Rivals.
                             For I am all Rivals.

                   NOTHING...
                       is in Competition with ME.
                                           For I am ALL.
                                  Seemingly divided...
                                                among Myself.

                       But actually...
                                  united Within ME.
                                             But Few do know.

         And although Many of You
                   do not seem to be with ME...
                              Nobody is against ME.

                              For to be against ME...
                                               is IMPOSSIBLE.

                                       For I am ALL.

               And how can the Moon...
                              be against the Sun?
                     Or how can an Eye...
                                  be against its Sight?

         I am the All Pervading Force...
                        that flows through You.

                  Heals You... and Maintains You...
                               and makes You grow towards ME.

                     For I live in You...
                                    to see MYSELF.

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                              18408-1981






                            YET... GOD I AM
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

           I am God...
                the eternal Giver.
                          And bring to You
                                         THAT
                                     what You are.

                For You to use...
                      For You to develop...
                              and to return...
                                             THAT
                                           what I AM.

                                                 Perfected.

           And do not try to hide
                        behind the Mind
                                  that's You.

                                  In seeking...
                                       where I am not.

               Just love...
                    that what I bring You.
                                  In all the Worlds
                                            and Forms I am.

               Just love...
                    that what I bring You.
                                  In all the Time
                                            and Space I am.

               Just love...
                    that what I bring You.

                                  For I am YOU...
                                           Yet... God I AM.

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                              18409-1981






                          WITHIN GOD'S SPHERE
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         To attain Sublime Indifference
                           or Divine Detachment
                                from the World of Man
                                      is seeing
                                          The Sphere of God.

                      And until you have learned
                                          some of this
                                      you will be suffering.

         Thus the more you see... The Sphere of God
                             the more your Life is Pleasure.

         Sublime Indifference or Divine Detachment
                    from the World of Man
                    is not just Coolness or Retraction
                                     from Man and his World.

         It is precisely the very living with Man
                    yet being the very you unaffected
                         that projects you into
                                          The Sphere of God.

         Yet the World of Man is but the World of Man.
                                    A talking animal show.
                                    A noise that's nonsense.

         To know however...
              that once you were but noise yourself...
                  is knowing that Man is YOU... but younger.

         And also remember...
                  ALL of US... are the Music...
                                        Within God's Sphere.

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                              18410-1981






                           GOD THE INVISIBLE
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         The Physical Universe...
                   all the Galaxies and Stars...
                             the Sun and her Planets...
                       and all we see in Nature...
                                                 is
                                         The Garment of God.

               And the Spirit of God... is
                                what lives within it.
                                             It's Invisible.

         And like a Fragrance...
                        is the Creation of a Flower...
               so is... The Garment of God...
                                  the Creation of God.
                                              The Invisible.

         God... The Invisible...
               manifested in a Physical Reality
                          in which we think we live
                                          and are Ourselves.

               We are however... Sustained and Pervaded
                          by The Spirit of God.
                                      The Invisible Essence.

         And in time...
              All of Us will realize
                  that the Universal Dust
                       out of which we arose
                                 is but The Cloak
                                             of THAT
                                               what is REAL.

                                      God The Invisible.

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                              18411-1981






                        ABOUT THE ME... DIVIDED
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Within the One I am...
                   is a Part of Me...
                             that is already Home.
                   And the Rest of Me...
                         the Part that is still here...
                                               is struggling.

                   This is the Part of Me...
                                  that is Homesick.

                   Homesick...
                        for where I partly am
                                     and cannot be
                                         for being here
                                                      but Me.

         I am then seemingly divided.
                  Divided between thinking and feeling.

                  Divided between 'that' what I am here
                                and 'that' what I am at Home.

         Yet I know...
              that I should be where I am.
                            For that's where I am.

              Divided...
                  between the One I am here
                                 and the Part of Me
                                        that is already Home.

         While the Part of Me...
                  that is already Home... is Me the Total.

                  Me the Total...
                      without the Dream that writes
                                            about the Me
                                                     Divided.

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                                18412-1981

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