Thursday, December 6, 2018

Buddhism in a nutshell

Buddhism in a nutshell 

Buddhism in a nutshell (so far as I can tell)
is an arduous inward trek to reach

and remain behind a one way mirror.
Leave completely the phenomenal world.  

Go deeper – behind the senses,
past thoughts, emotions and moods.

Deeper still, beyond the makeshift self
(that shameless impostor). 

Unattached then, settle  
behind the mirror, observe

without urgency the sundry layers
you have plunged through –

the whole of this highly synchronized illusion
inside and out, until destiny shatters

the glass of separation, annihilating
and returning you to the ancient underlying Void.

O child of God, balance on the brink
until you lose your mistaken identity.



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