Awakening sense

ever more dear

Whether gliding or tripping through life,
Ego-mind keeps repeating its well-worn ways.

Though new sights may spark its interest,
These all too quickly fade away.

Yet no matter how often we visit our inner garden,
Its freshness only increases over time.

For glimpses of the Beloved's presence strike ever deeper,
A poignant closeness growing ever more dear.

whimsical remarks

To our dreaming-self, Self's dreamless state seems an infinity away,
Appearing ever more impossible to reach.

Yet those fully awakened casually state there's no distance whatsoever,
Confounding ego-mind by such seemingly whimsical remarks.

Surely there's some way out of our endless dreaming,
Perhaps, but from no point within our feverish imagination.

Best we stand aside and let heart's true longing flourish,
And let awakening's approach dispell all nagging doubts.

 

 

a first step

We like to think we're in charge of what we're doing,
But more likely we're just puppets things get done through.

For life enjoys living itself through us,
As we amass more and more of its cosmic dream.

What a mess to disentangle from,
When all our trying produces more unfinished business.

It could be there's only one real step to be taken,
Namely, beginning to awaken from ego-mind's daily dreams of doing.

51%

Why not reduce our undivided attention on this dream's distractions,
And leave at least 51% for remembrance of Self 's glory?

At that rate remembrance has the upper hand,
An investment that will surely grow in time.

But consider two 100% solutions,
Fully immersed in the Beloved while completely involved in this dream.

How can we even entertain such a possibility,
Unless opening the heart to awakening's ever presence?