Rebecca holds degrees from Cornell (M.F.A., creative writing) and Princeton (Ph.D., philosophy) and works as a writer and researcher, with several books published, including two books on spiritual philosophy and practice: The Insights of Higher Awareness and Ego and the Spiritual Self. In addition, she has published several collections of Haiku.

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Rebecca Lilly

<hr><h5 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#808080;">Exploring untruth&nbsp;</span><br><span style="color:#808080;">Isn’t enough; in truth, it&nbsp;</span><br><span style="color:#808080;">Must be discovered</span></h5><h5 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#808080;">~</span></h5><h5 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#808080;">Questioning: a means&nbsp;</span><br><span style="color:#808080;">To deliver you back to&nbsp;</span><br><span style="color:#808080;">Yourself, to meaning</span></h5><p style="text-align:center;">~</p><h5 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#808080;">Each thing once seen is&nbsp;</span><br><span style="color:#808080;">Itself, without split image:&nbsp;</span><br><span style="color:#808080;">That stillness perceived</span></h5><h5 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#808080;">~</span></h5><h5 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#808080;">Knowing, rather than&nbsp;</span><br><span style="color:#808080;">Knowing about; listening&nbsp;</span><br><span style="color:#808080;">To silence, not sound</span></h5><h5 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#808080;">~</span></h5><h5 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#808080;">The awakened moves&nbsp;</span><br><span style="color:#808080;">Towards the unawakened; light&nbsp;</span><br><span style="color:#808080;">Illumines the shade</span></h5><p style="text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p><hr><p>&nbsp;</p><hr><h5>Haiku poetry by REBECCA LILLY</h5><hr>