These are some of the first thought streams to manifest.
TARGET PRACTICE Thoughts are taut, as if a bow Release the doubt into the flow The arrow of distraction flies Through obscurities, beliefs and lies The truth unbridled sails aloft Changing all that’s hard to soft Unknowing, therefore blindly wise Shattering the illusion of my past disguise
Before-knowing Before we know we understand That there is nothing in this land That can hurt or wound or scar And so, we venture very far Until we learn to some degree Just how things work and how it will be So we begin to close the door That used to show us so much more Then fear is born and soon grows strong Dictating to us what’s right and wrong We don’t resist, just continue on Forgetting the truth for which we long So hopefully before we die We’ll once again look through clear eyes At what we’ve missed, what’s been disguised And kept from us through fears and lies We’ll once again look at the scene As a treasure chest with fields of green Or red or blue or views obscene It doesn’t matter if we learn to lean Into what’s known and what’s not seen And look through eyes which have been cleaned And embrace the world Before-knowing
Destiny Our destinies are not hard set they are not carved in stone For we reside in Indra’s net and are never here alone Shimmering from one to one across the great expanse it would be foolish to conclude that it’s all just happenstance We make our choices at each crossing usually without a thought Then looking back to find a cause, to ourselves, the blame is naught A path before us is laid out with many a winding turn and countless branches leave this trail each one was ours to earn So at these moments where we may stray Toward yet another fate Realize, there will be more and that it’s not too late
Possession
What is ours?
to have and hold
among each waking dream
Tiptoeing along,
unaware
of the fragility of the seam
Boisterous
and confident
we claim our place in time.
Not looking back
we fool ourselves
that we should never have to climb
But life just doesn’t
work like that
a nice, smooth stepping path
It’s full of peaks
and valleys too,
we all must feel some wrath
Please don’t lose heart,
it’s not to say
this is a futile stay
There’s meaning in
each breath we take.
Much wonder in each day
Open up
to All around,
whatever comes your way.
Then in this world
You’ll find the space
To relax, and smile
and play :)