Awakening sense

driven to distraction

Ego-mind has quite a demanding job,
Piecing together our disparate experiences.

What a self-imposed, unrealistic burden,
What an endless stream of stress.

One inner I after another tries doing the impossible,
Pretending to be in the driver's seat.

For ego-mind isn't licensed to drive, is only driven,
As only our awakening-self can handle this line of work.

best of plans

How can anyone hold on to any glimpse of awakening,
When holding on guarantees it will slip away?

Then all determined efforts go down the drain,
And even a longing heart can seem to lose its luster.

But though ego-mind's spell keeps us Self-forgetful,
A deeper knowing remains undaunted.

And even as our best of plans lie in ruins,
The urge to awaken flows on unhindered.

 

 

 

 

moment of truth

As the curtain of daily life goes up, time seems at a premium,
So many plans and projects yet to accomplish.

But is the drama of awakening going on behind the scene,
Bringing us closer or further from self waking up to Self?

For how precious are those moments,
Spent crisscrossing our awakening's path.

May we soon feel the immediacy of this drama,
And have a glimpse of its timeless wonder.

 

up to who?

Some say it's all up to them to awaken,
That without a determined will, nothing real will come of it.

Others say it's all a matter of grace,
That when the time is right the gift will be given.

There's often no meeting point between these two camps,
Though both may be right and think the other misinformed.

Yet it's only our ego-mind that's perplexed on this point,
As we move inexorably from drop-self to becoming Self as Ocean.