Just One Thing. Just One Time.
A child receives a toy set.
On the box is a photo of an airplane
Soaring through clouds
At hundreds of miles per hour.
Inside the box
Is a plastic airplane
That does not fly.
From the Buddha
To the toy set . . .
All is sensationalism.
Just once,
One single time in a life of 87 years . . .
What if the box contained
An airplane
That looked and functioned
As the photo on the cover.
Just once.
If a thing could be Real.
No sensationalism.
No hype.
No feel-goodness.
No beautification.
Just once.
Just.
One.
Single.
Time.
In a lifetime.
One may go to a Buddhist temple,
And ask the abbot . . .
One may go to a church,
And ask the priest . . .
Sir, for my entire life,
I have been shown fool’s gold.
I have been given red herrings.
I have been given wild goose chases.
I have been given beautified images
And lovely stickers
And sweet-tasting potions.
I am an old man now.
I am going to die.
Can you please,
Just once,
Show me Buddha?
I am an old man now.
I am going to die.
Can you please,
Just once,
Show me Jesus?
I am an old man now.
I am going to die.
If you cannot show me Buddha
Or Jesus . . .
Can you please not lie to me.
Can you please not give me a practice.
Can you please not give me a prescription.
Can you please
Just once,
Just
One
Time
Give me The Truth?
Whether I imbibe it or not.
Whether I listen to you or not.
Whether I throw it in the trash
Or if I am too stupid to understand it . . .
That is my problem.
You are free of all potential responsibility.
I simply want to have
Or be told just one thing
Just one time.
Just The Truth.
Do not dumb it down.
If I am too dumb
That is my problem.
Do not dilute it.
If I am too dull
That is my problem.
Before I die,
I just want One Thing
That is Real.
Just one thing.
Just one time.
(Because the answer to this question
Has always been NO . . .
I spent my life
Discovering it
For myself.)
Namaste.
Kapil Gupta is a personal advisor to Kings, Queens, CEO’s, Professional Athletes, Celebrities, and Performing Artists around the world.
His books include:
Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God
A Master’s Secret Whispers: For those who abhor the noise and seek The Truth about life and living
Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive truths to the enduring questions of life