Working Out, Breaking Out

We go to a gym to work out
but do we strengthen
the muscle of our consciousness?
Our birthright is full access
to the whole spectrum,
to every visionary state
on any ordinary day.

To claim it demands
systematic practice.
Each time we generate
an altered state without a drug,
we forge a path we can follow again,
and we contribute our part
to human evolution.

Nothing cookie-cutter
about engaging in consciousness.
Each of us chooses our avenues,
our teachers, our pace.
But it makes us radical,
our taproot no longer chopped
by cultural control.

Breaking out of small thinking,
of either-or, of power-over,
our spiritual imaginations
soar to possibilites
unimaginable before.
Breaking out of stale thoughts,
we perceive past what we’re told.

Breaking out of repetition,
working out to build awareness:
dangerous work in these times,
and glorious work in these times.
As we expand our consciousness
let’s cheer each other on,
along the trails of human transformation.

©Susa Silvermarie 2026

thanks to Rob Breszny Oct. 6 Newsletter