A Washer of Life

As I listen to the hum and swish of the dishwasher
I find myself realizing life is like a dishwasher,

We go through the various cycles of life like the dishwasher –
The wash cycle, the rinse cycle, the dry cycle,
And then we end up at the beginning again.

Accumulating dirt from the world we live in
And back through the cycles we go
To be sprayed, soaped, and scrubbed
Just to rinse it all away.

Looking towards that day when we’ve cycled through it all
To be removed from the dishwasher all together

In a way, to be let out of the confines of the world
Into Eternity – That is Enlightenment.

You can listen to the Enlightenment Cycle by my teacher, Rama at: http://fredericklenzfoundation.org/The-Enlightenment-Cycle-C8.aspx