The Ten-Thousand Things
Each Day
As I face
The Ten Thousand Things,
that would either
impede or obviate
my pursuit
of The One,
it occurs to me
that
as I move in any single
aspect or angle
in the pursuit
of The One,
if I should
merely persevere long enough,
that eventually
I will become
one with
The One.
Wu!
Wu-Wei
Wu-Wei-Wu.
Matte Kudesai
Patience Please.
If I should
pursue
The One,
for the rest of
what is left of
my life,
I will never
Arrive.
The dog does not chase the deer
because he deer runs;
The deer runs
because the dog chases it;
Wu!
Wu-Wei
Wu-wei-Wu.
Matte Kudesai
Patience Please.
The more passionate
the methods used
in the course of
any pursuit,
the more surely
that
desire
will succumb
to
confusion.
Wu!
Wu-Wei
Wu-wei-Wu.
Matte Kudesai
Patience Please.
Each Day
As I face
The Ten Thousand Things,
I realize
that
No matter
which way I go,
all things return to The One.
Some directions
will be longer
or shorter
or faster
or more secure,
but the path we choose
will determine
both our Methods
as well as our intentions
and whether we know it or not,
instead of
seeking
the attainment of anything
somewhere in the future,
if I embrace
my present circumstances
with joyous resolve,
compassion
and Grace,
fully engaged
in the ever-present
never-present
present moment,
there will be no time for
dreadful speculation,
the result of wallowing
in fearful rumination
instead of being completely
in the Here and Now.
Acceptance, rather than Denial
allows us to focus on
what our life really is,
rather than
what we wish it was.
If you are unhappy now,
what makes you think
you will be happy
sometime later
in a future
that will never come?
Wu!
Wu-Wei
Wu-wei-Wu.
Matte Kudesai
Patience Please.
Thanks.
Namasté
नमस्ते
Chazz Vincent
08/29/2019
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