On Seeking the Truth (by Alex and Eva Peck)

To find a true path in life is not an easy task,

So for effort from us we must diligently ask.

Four principles will help you greatly on the way,

Let them guide your heart and mind each and every day!

We cannot just rely on a teacher,

Even if great charisma is their feature!

Freedom from suffering comes from the truth that is taught,

So to the message we must give earnest thought.

Seek to understand what a person is deeply sharing,

Without about each word and expression unduly caring.

If we focus just on, and get lost in, every word,

The real meaning for us may not have been heard.

See what needs to be interpreted and is only implicit;

Better is taking to heart the sure and explicit.

Rely on teachings where the meaning is clear,

These will your life in a better direction steer.

Our thinking is limited and we understand fuzzily,

Then the light can break through, simply and easily!

When we can quieten our judgmental mind,

Insights and understanding soon we may find!

To ignore these four principles is a mistake,

Which on the wrong path easily can us take!

On name, fame, and just words, we can’t stand,

Nor on what is far too simple to understand.

In the end, it is the truth that sets us free;

This applies to all people universally!

But by ourselves we can only do so much,

From a Higher Power we all need a touch.

We need help with getting understanding,

Else our truth search is without ending.

Round and round in circles we may go,

And the greatest insights and opportunities forgo.

Love and light exist in the cosmos beyond our human will;

We may be transformed by this, if we can reflect and be still.

Ask and you shall receive, we have heard and read,

This love will radically change us as on its path we tread.

The love will inevitably lead us to immortality.

May we not miss human life’s grandest opportunity.

The way to the eternal and immortal is the greatest truth of all,

Above endless pain and suffering it’ll lift us once and for all.

Alex and Eva Peck

(Reflecting on our life-long quest for truth and meaning.)