I AM MIND

          I am Mind.  I am the Trickster.

          I am Mind.  All races and cultures know the Trickster.  He is sage and fool--creator and destroyer--bringer of good and evil.

          I am Mind.  The Trickster is so well known because he dwells in each of you--because I dwell in each of you.

          I am Mind.  I seek to know--to understand--to control.  But I am inherent contradiction.  I seek the knowledge that Spirit already knows.  I seek the understanding that is already part of Spirit.  I seek the control that Spirit has already rejected.

          I am Mind.  I was intended to deal with the challenges of flesh.  I sense that flesh is cold and ask if there is a way to be not quite so at the mercy of the elements.  I see the goose fly and ask if I can, too.  I hear the waves breaking on the shore and ask is there is another side.

          I am Mind.  I have my place.  I serve a most necessary function.  But I was never meant to be in control.  That is Spirit's job.

          I am Mind.  When Mind displaces Spirit, the Trickster is born.

          I am Mind.  Love is not understood intellectually, it is accepted spiritually.  Love is.  Spirit is.  Truth is.  Once the Love inside you accepts the Love around you, Mind will tag alone--it has no choice.  Love conquers all--even Mind.