Awakening sense

playing defense

A defensive ego-mind is truly fragile,
Always jittery, rough around the edges.

If it's confused about what to defend, it's only natural,
For when ego-mind unravels, it turns out there's nothing left.

Our awakening-self plays a protective role as well,
Dismissing whatever blocks our path to awakening's constant pull.

Then truly spontaneous action comes into play,
Laying to rest our lengthy ponderings and afterthoughts.

a silent song

What choice does mind dominated by our small self have,
What else but perpetuate its constant scheming?

Fortunately our awakening-self can shatter this spell,
Allowing mind to be inspired by a heart on fire.

Such a mind can clear away any barrier,
Allowing an awakened heart's knowing to flourish.

Then more of ourselves can come into tune,
Sensing the silent song of the Beloved's presence.

escape hatch

Where are the escape hatches to elude ego-mind's grasp?
That may depend on how well our distractions hide them.

Ego-mind's web surrounds us like a force field,
Its power fueled by heart's forgetfulness of Self.

But awakening's presence pulls out the plug,
Suspending our constant attention to a separate self.

If there's a first step in sensing this presence,
Perhaps it's feeling one's constant distance from it.

a dreadful situation

What dreaded fact does ego-mind strive to ignore,
But the stark truth of its own non-existence?

But that's no barrier to an awakening spirit,
Instead it offers a fresh invitation.

For what once seemed a disturbing separation from Self,
Then sparks an intense yearning, free of fear.  

In the end, ego-mind's world becomes less than a speck,
Like the smallest bubble in an ocean of an awakened heart's love.