“The Promised Land is not coordinates on a map,
But a place in your heart.” ... Joseph Campbell
A man seeking spiritual
Direction
Asked Ramana
Where the center of his mind,
his heart,
Wsa located.
In his chest?
To the left or right
Side?
Or somewhere else?
And where do you suppose
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Is?
Wyoming?
Texas?
By the wash
Under a railroad bridge
On the north side of the
Tracks along Rt. 66
Gallup, New Mexico
Sometime in 1971?
Things keep changing.
Somewhere between Ocean City and
Strathmere
Two strips of land
Seemingly flanked by
Meadows of Asphodel
Run towards each other
And almost touch...
Forming a channel
Between the Ocean’s endless shore
And the shelter of a harbor.
A gap between lands
As well as thoughts...
Between dreamers and that which they
Dream of.
A refuge I had always
Sought
But never found
Till now.
John N. Phillips