I sought visions;
I sought unific feelings;
I sought insights.
I got visions that churn imagination,
history, and Gods.
I got unific feelings that made
my whole body pulse together
with the world and universe.
I got insights into origins, essentials,
and outer limits.
All this through silence, and
I ached.
Then I stared at the light,
and remembered the darkness.
None of these seemed important
any more.
The only thing that mattered
was deed, good deeds.
Call it detachment from senses
as the Buddha would say.
Call it an impulse to help others.
But all I can really say,
is that I stared at the light,
and it was so commonplace now,
it was even as dust.
And all this inner travel
and work meant nothing anymore.
How can I serve?
Oct 28, 2020
Oct 28, 2020 at 1:00 AM UTC
I sought visions;
I sought unific feelings;
I sought insights.
I got visions that churn imagination,
history, and Gods.
I got unific feelings that made
my whole body pulse together
with the world and universe.
I got insights into origins, essentials,
and outer limits.
All this through silence, and
I ached.
Then I stared at the light,
and remembered the darkness.
None of these seemed important
any more.
The only thing that mattered
was deed, good deeds.
Call it detachment from senses
as the Buddha would say.
Call it an impulse to help others.
But all I can really say,
is that I stared at the light,
and it was so commonplace now,
it was even as dust.
And all this inner travel
and work meant nothing anymore.
How can I serve?