in the interests of time I shall be brief and speak
to the point in question for time itself is brief
though it appears as if without end eternal
in fact time itself is as brief as a candle
no one is safe as soon as the candle is lit
given life a wick burns slowly from tip to base
meditation allows us to sit in the fire
enter the flame to melt the wax around the wick
diminished by a breeze the flame won't extinguish
indeed within this life we extinguish the flame
to melt the wax we need to sit calmly and breathe
as we sit thoughts pass through the mind without reason
to try to stop these thoughts is a futile attempt
in understanding mind as waves in the ocean
only cease at the shore to return whence they came
no longer useful thoughts dissipate to the sea
how thoughts become like salt to permeate the sea
as with sea so the mind but the waves continue
such an assault obscures the need to see the sea
beyond the waves beyond the surface of vision
unless we see beyond perception beyond sense
talks to understand thoughts become idle chatter
only sparrows can hear such words as meaningful
no one else in the world can make sense of chatter
even language gets in the way to see beyond
sensations the surface of the ocean the sea
indeed the mind as time occurs in one moment
no one can understand the mind as eternal
given our own finite existence but the mind
left still beyond body beyond all sensations
even as we approach the mind as infinite
placed along the tangent we never reach the ends
only the finite length of the wick of a life
in deep meditation stills the waves of the mind
no longer to seek thoughts to answer these questions
troubled minds become calm as placid as the sea
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