Heaven is vast,
Narrow the earth
Darkness and voidness of joy
And those who goodness seek destroy
Is below earths upper soil
In the gloom darkness
Above the devas reign in glory,
Below the demons play their pranks
It is in the middle were most of us find their ranks
However nobody’s rank is fixed
All nature is within us
Upwards we may seek to climb
Downwards may us drag the grime
Each’s gain akin to what he does
Waging the inner war
We came to earth truly for
Becoming nobler than a boor
Walking through a loftier door
This is the call we should listen to
This is the path that is only true
All else precisely what we seek eschew
Never the lower we be found to do
Even if this means companions having few
Even if each day we start from scrap anew
This is the price
For indeed all true good only comes from sacrifice
Higher Mind Art - Abhidhamma Explorations 