OUR VISION OF NIRVANA

The Road To High Achievement

In Never Clearly Marked

And At The Beginning Of Our Journey

We Have No Sure Way Of Knowing

If The Course We Have Chosen

Will Lead Us To The Place

Where We Can Find And Enjoy

The Pearls Of Peace

Or The Treasures Of Prosperity

 

Those Who Have Achieved

The Objects Of Their Long Term Interests

Are Inclined To Say In Hindsight

That The Paths They Had Taken

While Striving For Success

Were Crooked, Dimly Lit, Bumpy,

Slippery, And Seldom Smooth

 

There Are No Perfects Path

Known To Philosophers And Sages

That An Ordinary Individual

Can Follow Into The Future

 

There Are No True Trails

On Which We Can Travel

That Can Give Us A Guarantee

That If We Keep Following A Certain Course

We Will Inevitably Reach

Our Vision Or Version Of Nirvana

 

No Matter How Rigidly

We Practice Our Principles

Or How Consistently

We Practice What We Preach

There Will Always Be

Unknown Forces And Unforeseeable Events

That Will Influence Our Plans And Prospects

When We Are Going For Our Goals

 

Personal Successes Are Achievable Objectives

If We Are Willing To Adjust Our Schedules,

Moderate Our Strategies, And Select Procedures

That Are Flexible And Compatible With Change

As We Move Toward Our Missions

 

To Discover The Secret Reality

Concealed Deep Inside Of Ourselves

We Must Mine Our Mental And Spiritual Depths

To Gain An Understanding Of Our Essence

- Phillip Rhodes