The Best Poem Ever Written

So much truth has been lost in antiquity,

obscured by the degenerate time we are in.

To give some context, one could think of the

best poem ever written like that joke that

Monty Python portrayed as been lethal, and

was broadcast to the enemy to defeat them.

There are references to the poem throughout 

ancient literature and commentary. There was

said to be a copy of the poem in the library of 

Alexandria. Rumor has it that that was the real

reason the library was burned to the ground.

People appreciate poetry because they find

images, ideas, perspectives about life in them

that ring true to them…it might be just one line,

one image that resonates in their being, but

even such a small connection is sometimes 

enough to change one’s view of life in a profound 

way.

The best poem ever written, as far as what we know 

about it, was much more powerful. It’s said that it

had been held as a tight secret in Tibetan monasteries,

and in certain Jain and Hindu temples. Only those

that had advanced on their paths even had a chance

to be allowed to read it. 

We know some things about it through testimony.

It’s said that few people could read it all the way 

through. The first part of the poem, from what we 

know, is like running a verbal gauntlet, by which

one’s ego, all of one’s ideas and opinions about 

the nature of reality, were stripped away shockingly 

and uncompromisingly. That part of the poem was

hard enough to read. The second part of the poem

described reality as it truly is. The effect of reading

that part of the poem is illustrated by a story:

Padmasambhava, who brought Buddhism to Tibet,

had a consort named Yeshe Sogyal. They were both

recognized as enlightened beings. Yeshe Sogyal

asked Padmasambhava to show her the nature of

the universe, the vast array of world systems and

dimensions. He said: “I’ll only show you a part of

it.” He did so, and the experience for her was such

that she fainted. The effect of reading the second 

part of the poem in question was said to be equally 

intense.

You can see why the poem was hidden from most

people, even most practitioners of the various schools.

The possibility that the poem even ever existed in

these places is in doubt. There’s more proof that Jesus

traveled to India and became a yogic adept than there

is for the poem’s existence. 

There have been a few intrepid scholar adventurers 

that spent years searching for the poem. Some of them

claim to have found a line or two hidden in obscure,

ancient texts. Those that have and talked about it agree 

on one point: those that think they know reality or believe 

in this or that explanation of it are lost.