"I am"
is the pivot
between good and evil.
Take care
in placing
the pivot too close
to either end
lest one to touch
the earth while the other
lays high in the sky.
Remove the pivot,
and good and evil
may lay upon the earth
so that one no longer
needs to do
a balancing act
between good and evil.
2 comments:
Good and evil only work
when accepted as one.
To focus on good and ignore evil
may lead to suffering.
To focus on evil and ignore good
is suffering in deed.
The first stanza is about the ego, which leads has both the potential for great good and great evil.
In the second stanza, it is implied that the ego, when one chooses evil, puts good "high in the sky" and out of reach, and when it chooses good, evil is also out of reach. This is about attachment to good or to evil.
In the third stanza, "remove the pivot" refers to the transformation from self-centredness to selflessness. This is not about removing ego, but about removing attachment to the self.
"Good and evil may lay upon the earth" refers to being grounded in basic goodness which contains both good and evil as a balanced whole.
In removing attachment to the self, it is possible to ground oneself, "so that one no longer needs to do a balancing act between good evil."
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