Purpose

I once believed Church

and Temple and Mosque

existed to preserve and teach

the heart of God

revealed in Word and Ritual.

And now I know

its reason for being has evolved

to preserve its institution

at all costs.

It saves its own …

It serves its own … to exist.

Not the fault of Buddha,

Jesus or Muhammad,

enlightened splendours.

The fault is with dimly lit

followers falling short of splendor,

mistaking the Messenger

and the message as the goal.

DO what they say,

PRACTICE the message.

SUCH is their purpose for being.

So what is the purpose of God,

of the Universe, of Being?

It exists not in the fabrication

of word or ritual --

God plays no favorites.

God's purpose is singular ---

It is ---- Life --- nothing less.

Existence is Being's purpose,

Creation is Universe's purpose,

Life is God's purpose.

WE are God's purpose --- nothing less.

Selah.