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THE CARAPACE OF EGO





The turtle loves his hard shell too much; the

Porcupine his needles.  As for us, it is the

Carapace of ego that we are enamoured of.



The poor scorpion; he is like a crab without

The protection of a shell.  The law of tooth

And fang demands these artifices of protection.



There is a mystery about the vulnerability of Jesus;

He only had swaddling clothes in the manger and

When Peter offered a sword, he said put it up.



Buddha’s protection was a giant cobra hovering

Over his head as he meditated and Mahatma

Gandhi only had the naked truth of sathya graha.



Looking through the eyes of terror there is a need

Too be buffeted by extreme Homeland Security

Measures; through the eyes of love there is no fear.



Luther Burbank made a solemn promise to his roses,

“Shed your thorns and I will protect you!”  Evidently

We need a lot more time than his roses to shed our ego.