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Thoughts On Bircher Common
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Focus on the thistles
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to see there is a thorny path;
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gaze
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upon the space between,
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and find the field is full of grass.
follow
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your
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gut
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and
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the
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rest
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will
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follow
Let Go
as I let go of the need to be
right
clever
pretty
talented
perfect
( )
I am becoming
free
Reality
as if from a dream
I have awoken
and in this moment of clarity
reality
in stillness perceived
here holds more wonder
than all make believe
strive to admit you do not know
for in that moment wisdom begins
More Than A Mouthpiece
I am more than a mouthpiece
for the mind,
though at times in thought
I may find myself
lost.
And with the passing of
unconscious words,
for a moment
or even a time,
forget that agency, which
in stillness lies,
and wish in the doing
that I could rewind.
But!
Sure as the sun
through a cloud shines,
suddenly I too
awaken to find,
I Am
more than a mouthpiece
for the mind.
Ending The Ations
Anticipation
of future privation
invariably leads
to current stagnation.
While lamentation
on past aggravation
can but achieve
present irritation.
Why not then
be here, now,
and bid fond farewell
to futile frustration.
accepting what is
opens the door
to new reality
Love Is All Around
Love is all around you,
in every aspect found.
It lies within the silence
and blossoms into sound.
In furnaces of distant stars
whose light in darkness gleams,
it dances in the atmosphere
in oceans and in streams.
It lingers in a gentle touch,
the stillness of the trees -
there, in a stranger’s smile
pervades our daily scenes.
Fear not the madness of the mind,
though signs of it abound.
The fabric of the universe,
Love, is all around.
View
even as you climb the mountain
remember to stop and take in the view
for though you may reach the top
you may not have to
to live without ego is to live without fear
The End
Live this moment
as a means to an end,
and the end you are sure to achieve
is death.
Live this moment
as an end in itself,
and the end you receive, without means,
is life.