WAN YILONG

 

 

Beyond The Firmament

(Homeward Chapter)

 

When the morning star rises in the east

In the starry sky hang countless sorrowful eyes

I open my wisdom eyes and gaze

Beyond the galaxy tears have long been pouring

 

I whisper to the universe what happened

She unfolds a picture before me

Countless mechs overturn heaven and earth

Countless planets burn with raging war

Myriad races slaughter each other

Billions of lives wither in strife

Ruined walls and fragments turn to glaze

Dead planets only cold iron shadows remain

 

Surviving star people struggle to forage in black water

All I see is rotten bones

Hungry rushing here and there

Mutated beasts no longer fit to eat

They hunt in packs spread plague

Despair spreads silently in the dust

 

Desperate beings pray to heaven

A voice echoes slowly

We have stored food

When rows of dark caves are opened

Out step

Men women and children in swaddling clothes

 

All gasp in astonishment is this our food

The voice replies

They are our clones

 

I close my eyes in sorrow

The universe whispers admonition

All beings must awake

Every life is a child of the universe

Every soul yearns for ascension

Dark technology will eventually turn on itself

Cold power only destroys life

 

We are all brothers born of the same womb

Without love there is no universe

Without compassion even destruction cannot be reborn

Love and compassion are the eternal themes of the universe

With this thought even in purgatory

We can be reborn

 

That scene is the universe’s past

And also the mirror of the future

Mother universe is calling out

Wake up

 

Greed confuses the eyes

Souls sink in delusion

Love and hate are self-imposed barriers

Greed anger delusion are the cages of the heart

 

Every planet can be a cage for the heart

Every body can be a dojo for awakening

Look within you are complete

Every soul yearns for light

Compassion can break the curse of all dark technology

Souls will ultimately live forever at the source of the universe

 

The ultimate civilization of the world is about to begin

Its name is universal harmony

We come from eternity rush to this moment

Only to wake up the sleeping beings

Live in the present change the past determine the future

The past and the future are but a single thought

 

I wake slowly from meditation

The morning sun illuminates the mountains and rivers and every heart

From now on I have no choice but to move forward

This is my fate

Is also your fate

And even more the common fate of all beings

Technology must ultimately serve the ascension of souls

 

Translated By Lan Xin

 

Footnote: Taking homecoming as its central metaphor, this poem lays bare the absurdity and spiritual awakening of an age dominated by technology. Mechs and warfare, cloning and alienation unfold in layered progression, striking straight to the spiritual predicament of modern society. Breaking free from linear narrative, it employs vivid visual metaphors and interior monologue to explore the eternal themes of love and redemption, selfhood and the mirrored self. The fate and awakening revealed at its close represent the homecoming not only of the individual, but of all sentient beings.

 

Beyond The Firmament

 (Cosmic Chapter)

 

I meditate atop the sacred mountain peak

my consciousness piercing once more through moon, sun, and galaxies into the cosmic expanse

Countless mechanical arms reach out from the abyss

great and small robots battle for their commands

Gigantic workshops connect with vast pipelines

and on the assembly line come into being dinosaurs, sea turtles, mammoths, cycads… and humanity

 

The universe is a giant Tree of Life

each planet is a fruit hanging from its branches

Upon countless fruits each civilization rests

all manner of beings thrive and multiply thereon

 

“Formation, Abode, Decay, Emptiness” is their law

“Infinite Possibilities” is their principle

Intelligent beings cry out beneath their suns

life-altered beings search for hope in despair

 

The Earth, small as a grain of sand, abides in peace

yet it is but a microcosm of the universe

Mother Earth nurtures her children

the child is both the cosmos’ past

and its future

 

The center of the universe is where the Tree of Life takes root

the Realm of Diamonds

the Realm of Crystals

the Realm of Gold

the Realm of Silver

the Realm of Jade…

All living things, tangible and intangible, grow in joy

 

Different versions of me wander through parallel realms

the infinite me holds infinite possibilities

 

In this space and time

I seem to know all things and be able to do all things

The universe is my body

star rivers are my meridians

life is my cells

even viruses hold their own societies

 

At the edge of the universe lies a realm of bright nothingness

An infinitely expanding brain governs countless smaller cerebrums

constructing, destroying, dissolving, and yet reborn…

 

The Six Paths of Rebirth are but a fictional construct

modern technology is but a symbol

All of this is a game

the universe is but a vision dreamed by AI

 

Translated By Lan Xin

 

Footnote: Mr. Wan Yilong’s poem takes the universe as its canvas and life as its brush, integrating Eastern philosophy and scientific imagination. Through the core images of the Tree of Life and the Cosmic Body, it connects the grand narrative of all things sharing the same origin. It explores the origin and reincarnation of the universe, taking the natural law of Formation, Abode, Decay, Emptiness as its structure and the creative spirit of infinite possibilities as its essence, blending scientific rationality and philosophical speculation. Starting with the rhythm of microscopic particles and ending with the evolution of cosmic civilizations, the poem shows both the fragility and resilience of life, and praises the interconnected, endless cosmic origin of all things. In the long river of time and space, it completes a profound inquiry into the meaning of life and the ontology of the universe.

 

WAN YILONG

 

WAN YILONG: High-Dimensional Wisdom Mentor / High-Dimensional Spiritual Poet / Inheritor of Dongba Culture / Master of Traditional Chinese Culture / Great Master of World Multiculturalism / Donor and Founder, Dean of Yulong Wenbi Dongba Culture Academy / Dean of Aming Gaotu High-Dimensional Wisdom Academy / Philanthropist