"Demon or Bird (said the boy's soul)

Rejoice in letting go of being lost in appearances.

*"...do not doubt that your mind is basically pure... at the appearance of spirits, demons, or divine beings...neither respect nor fear them. All appearances are illusions. Don't hold on to appearances. Don't hold on to any appearance whatsoever, and you'll succeed. . . . Devils and demons possess the power of manifestation. They can create the appearance of that which is holy, but they're false. None of them are buddhas. The buddha is your own mind. Don't misdirect your worship."

------Bodhidharma (c. 440 AD - 528 AD)*

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma, p. 25-29

Rejoice in embracing your truth, and finding your way.

"Demon or Bird (said the boy's soul)

Is it indeed towards your mate that you sing, Or is it really to me?

For I, that was a child, my tongue's use sleeping, now I have heard you, now in a moment I know what I am for and I awake...

Never more the cries of unsatisfied love be absent from me,

Never again leave me to be the peaceful child I was before.

What there, in the night, under the yellow and sagging moon,

The messenger there arous’d—the fire, the sweet hell within,

The unknown want, the destiny of me."

Walt whitman, (paraphrased)