This is the ceremony of death.
It's the ritual of death
The grave receives you with love.
The grave accepts you with love
Surrender yourself to death.
surrender yourself to death
Return what was loaned to you.
paid back everything I lent you
Give up your pleasure, your pains.
give up your joy, your pain
Give up your friends, your lovers.
give up your friend, your lover
Give up your family, your past.
give up your family, your past
Surrender what you hate, what you desire.
give up what you hate, what you desire
You will know nothingness - it is the only reality.
You will know that nothingness is the only truth
Don't be afraid.
Do not be afraid
It's so easy to give.
easy to give
You are not alone.
you are not alone
You have a grave.
you have a grave
It is your first mother.
it's your first mother
The grave is the door to your rebirth.
The grave is the door to your rebirth
Now you will surrender the faithful animal you once called your body.
Now you will hand over the pious animal you once called, your body
Don't try to keep it.
don't try to keep it
Remember, it was a loan.
Remember, it's a loan
Surrender your legs, surrender your sex, your hair, your blood, your organs, your bones.
Hand over your legs, your genitals, your head, your blood, your organs, your bones
You no longer want to possess.
you no longer want to possess
Possession is the ultimate pain.
Possession is the ultimate pain
The earth falls over your corpse.
The dirt covers your corpse
She comes to cover you with love, because she is your true flesh.
She covers you with love because she is your real flesh
Now you are an empty heart, open to receive your true essence.
Now you are an empty heart, open to receive your truest being
Your own perfection, your new body, which is the universe, the work of God.
Your own perfection, your new body, that is the fruit of the universe, God
You will be born again, you will be real, you will be your own father, your own mother, your own child, your own perfection.
You will be reborn, you will become real, you will become your own father, your own mother, your own child, your own perfection
Open your eyes.
open your eyes
You are the earth, you are the green, you are the blue, you are the Aleph, you are the essence.
You are the soil, you are the plant, you are the blue sky, you are more, you are the essence
Look at the flower.
look at that flower
Look at the flower.
look at that flower
For the first time, look at the flowers.
Seeing the flower for the first time
Now you are a group.
Now you are a collective
The Alchemist: Monologue from "The Holy Mountain"
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