Bardo - Sea Of Desperation

when the Uncertain Experiencing of Reality

is dawning upon me here,

With every thought of fear or terror or awe for all

set aside,

May I recognize whatever appear,

as the reflections of mine own consciousness;

May I know them to be of the nature of apparitions in the Bardo:

When at this all-important moment of achieving a great end,

May I not fear the bands of Peaceful and Wrathful, mine own thought-forms.

While wandering alone,

separated from loving friends,

When the vacuous, reflected boy

of mine own mental ideas

dawneth upon me,

May the Buddhas, vouchsafing their power of compassion,

Grant that there shall be no fear,

awe, or terror in the Bardo.