⸺ poems and prose ⸺

Just because you've always done something a certain way,

set a precedent,

doesn't mean it needs to continue that way.

Break the habit NOW, change it NOW!

The Universe supports you.

Nature so clearly reveals

What at first appears to be a blemish,

Imperfection,

Is in fact perfection and Absolute beauty.

We as Nature,

We too are That.

My mind is black, thick, dirty oil.

Meditation begins to refine it and clarify it.

Without that refinement,

the system cannot run properly.

But with that refinement,

the mind flows smoothly

and forward movement becomes effortless.

Heaviness becomes lightness.

Darkness becomes luminosity.

Anxiety becomes equanimity.

Purity of mind leads to this.

At some point, we all realize we have just been going through the motions of living, but not really living. So we fully invest ourselves for a time. Then again, back into automatic functioning, wondering how we ended up there yet again. This back and forth - losing oneself and finding it again - could feel depressing and fruitless. But see the joy in presence again, finding oneself again, and it is truly beautiful! It's the joy in finding something truly loved that had been lost, again and again.