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Dveykus, A New Definition

jyungar March 31, 2024

When totally broken

When there is nothing to support self

The breaking the disintegration the utter failure.

Of all mechanisms to relieve the deep anguish

Of facing the self in collapse

In free fall with no “rock bottom” to even break it

The only option is surrender.

Of even the modicum of achievements

Accepting the failure of this life

The list of defects, unsurmountable

The harms done to others, incalculable.

The belief that restoration is possible, shattered.

Dragged down to one’s knees.

Giving in, giving up, surrender to its limit.

Drowning in the tears of self-loathing

Even this needs to be sacrificed.

Maybe this is a new definition of Dveykus.

Forget the pious definitions !

Maybe just maybe …

The only way to connect with this perfect higher power.

Is one of emptying the self.

The very removal of the bloated importance of the grieving self

The tragic the inevitable the total suffering package

Free falling into what was feared as oblivion.

The loss of identity

The loss of all that was struggled for.

The loss of all that mattered and loved.

In this very fall

Is the total surrender into?

Dveykus

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