The Holiness of Authenticity

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My brain is filled with facts
Concepts, ideas, thoughts,
Experiences, awareness
 
My brain has been processing 
For many years
After 80, it is bloated, exhausted
 
Information came in 
From a family
And from a troubled world
 
What is true?
What is false?
What is real, or illusion?
 
The data keeps pouring in
From media, people and
Direct experience
 
When does the brain get to rest?
While sleeping?
New data comes from dreams
 
Lies, deceptions and
Manipulations from day one
How do we develop trust?
 
The world is angry
The world is hurting
The world is filled with self-hate
 
So we follow our heart
And let our brain rest
Because it is tired of it all
 
Authentic living is amazing
When we no longer care
What others think of us
 
And how can they begin
To understand
The complexity that we are?
 
Gathering the soul pieces
And knowing that trust
Comes only from the inside
 
It is a miracle that we survive
The constant chatter 
And assumptions, the lies
 
It is a miracle that we survive
And maintain our center
When some attempt to destroy us
 
Our very essence 
Is a precious gift
Given by God
 
We claim our heart and mind
Claim our understandings
And claim our freedom 
 
As we bask in the holiness 
Of our authentic self
Still intact, still radiating love