Happiness
Your happiness
is intrinsic
Your unhappiness
an overcoat
::
Endless Sky
Endless sky—
no end in space
no end in time
so neither
space nor time
::
Neither
Cause nor Effect
Walking a path
is cause
Reaching a state
is effect
Just sit neither
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Word Play
Consider:
Lemons the size
of grapefruits
Grapefruit the size
of melons
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Becoming Song
What do I do
to become song
to, like song
vanish into ether
::
Little Bitch
At times
say when it comes
to certain foods
I find myself
my body’s
little bitch
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Back Home
To find your way
back home
you must first
realize two things:
One—that there is
a home to find your way back to
Two—that you are
indeed lost
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I am
“I am” does not
specify what you are
it clarifies
that you are
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Neither
Cause nor Effect
Neither pleasant effect
nor pleasant cause
yields at ease
at peace aware
Only at ease
at peace aware
will blossom
at ease at peace
aware
::
Unlike In Water
Matter does not
replace the space
it occupies
Space permeates it
::
Breathing
At times I wish
I did not
have to breathe
when air tears
my peace apart
::
English
At times
I am wordless—
the entire
English language
forgotten
::
Too Few Words
There are more
things than words
So some words
have to shoulder
multiple duties
Some as many
as dozens
Still, the most
important meanings
are yours and mine
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War
Does mankind war
from lack of purpose?
Must life be threatened
to gain meaning?
::
Plans
My future plans
are more like
sketches
than blueprints
Fate laughs
at detail
::
Thoughtberg
What I say to you
is, in the end
only the tip
of the thoughtberg
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Relation/Ownership
The body is not me
The body is not mine
I am but the renter
leaseholder
caretaker
whatever the word
I live it in trust
It belongs to Ishvara
::
Slave Auctions
aka Transfer Windows
It’s true—
in professional sports
they buy and they sell
Human Beings
::
On Sex (Revised)
It is not Heaven
Sex is its own
brilliantly
conceived
designed
implemented
Sweet Hell
::
On Sex
It is not Heaven
Sex is its own
brilliantly
conceived
designed
and executed Hell
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Being
I am — not body
I am — not mind
I am — not viewpoint
I am — all
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Happiness
Happiness
is intrinsic
Unhappiness
a self-donned
overcoat
::
Inclusive
Awakening is
not exclusive
it is utterly
inclusive
::
Paradox
The greatest paradox:
You are not your body
You are all bodies
::
Perfect Teeth
Really scary:
An octogenarian
with Hollywood teeth
::
Samsara
At some point
I bought into this
Now I’m busy
buying my way out
::
Inventions
I still maintain:
Mankind’s greatest
invention ever:
Toilet paper
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Mayflies
Thoughts are
like mayflies
but also like
the mayfly lure
best to not bite
::
Mayflies
Why do thoughts
even bother?
They are like mayflies
gone so soon
so soon
They appear
out of nowhere
hum a wee while
return into nowhere
::
Here and Now
Here and now there is no darkness
Here and now there is but will
Here and now there is no earth
no star, no sky, and all is still
::
These Many Words
I read and learn
and reconcile
these many words
I meld and blend
and shape
their meanings
into edifice
into landscape
into maps and
stairways
that never hold
my weight
or reach
my dream
while silence does
::
In Samadhi
In Samadhi
there is nothing
to reconcile
It’s a mind time-out
::
Enough
I have read enough
I have reconciled enough
It is time to just sit
It is time to just breathe
It is time to just be
::
Sentient Space
I stir neither water
nor leaf
I am sentient space
untroubled sky
::
Falling Through to Am
“I am” is the final
illusion we
fall through
into Brahman:
“Am”
::
Stillnesses
The stillness
inside me
and the stillness
inside you—
The same stillness
::
Feeling Ill Done By?
Remember:
Seven thousand
African children
starve to death
—daily
::
Memories
Memories are not
stored as senses
The mind interprets
them as such
::
Brahman’s Voice
Sri Nisargadatta
so beautifully
gave Brahman
a clear voice
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Falling Through
Ultimately, we all
fall through
“I am” into “Am”
into Brahman
::
Mindless
The only way
to sever this mind
is to yield this view
good and true
::
Mea Very Culpa
A Nisargadatta
wake-up call:
“Ony the ignorant
love words.”
::
A Useful Word
A problem with
the mind
is not mental
It is a mindal
problem
::
A Quandary
As for this
physical body—
What deal have
I struck here
and with whom?
::
Primary Illusion
The primary illusion
is also the final
gate to dissolve:
“I am”
::
Brahman’s Voice
In Sri Nisargadatta
Brahman
so beautifully
found a voice
::
True Words
Those who chase
pleasures
are insufficiently
disillusioned
with them
—Tsongkhapa
::
An Absurdity
You know
a country
is not hurting
when it has to
advertise food
::
Struggle
It is our struggle
to get out
that energizes
the prison bars
But when in truth
there is neither
in nor out
What’s the point
of struggle?
::
Note to Self
Utmost crucial note
to Ultimate Self:
Atman is unstainable
::
A Good Question
At times I ask myself:
why on Earth
this planet?
Then I say: Why not?
::
Krishna Said
Thus Krishna
once told us:
The three gates
to hell are
lust, anger
and greed
::
What is True
Ancient may not be true
Sacred may not be true
Only Truth is true
Age does not verify
Faith does not guarantee
Only Truth is true
::
Porn vs. Erotica
Pornographic
and erotic
are two very, very
different things
Porno is sex
mechanics up close
while Eros sings
of deep, dark love
::
Dimension
Stillness has
no dimension
Neither does
Awareness
One and the same
Absolute stillness
is particle free
and absolutely
aware
::
Reading Shankara
Oh, that I had read him
with my life before
rather than behind me
::
My Beautiful Pacific
Morning Greeting
My ocean always
waves at me
and I just as always
wave right back
::
Polyglot
The other day
I realized
that Vishnu is
fluent in Buddhist
::
Human Condition
Language is the
Human Condition:
The Detailed
History of Man
::
Awakening
It is not Atman
being Brahman
It is Brahman
shedding Atman
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Our Senses
Without our senses
we have no idea
how anything
if there is anything
truly appears
Our senses are
the black box
of utter mystery
if not misery
The sleight of hand
to end all
sleights of hand
Gotama
called them Mara
Shankara
called them Maya
This Wolf
calls them Prison
::
My Body
It’s a very realistic
chess piece
It even hurts to
lose one
::
Doorways and Lies
The doorway into
this universe
for us is called
the five senses
Know that
every word
these senses utter
is nothing
but a lie
::
American Americans
Their True Colors
Them whites—
Europe fleeing
Americans
Then blacks—
Against their will
Americans
Them browns—
Saving our skin
Americans
Them golds—
Enterprising
Americans
Them bronze—
American
Americans
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Our Senses
Our senses are
the magical boat
that keeps our
universe afloat
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