They come and go, each the same and different. The night of tempestuous dreams opens to a morning of vague dread.
Ghosts have tracked you into the waking world: old lovers, dead friends, battles fought and lost a grinning death's head.
You must recover your center, find the unwobbling pivot of existence, the still point to calm the monkey mind and allow you to reenter the world of phenomena.
Go to your pillow and sit. Just breathe, just breathe. Just be here now.
Let the hyenas of night slink back to their lairs.
Somewhere, she is warm and lovely. You feel her soothing warmth from a far away land. Distance is only illusion, Maya barking in your trembling mind, but you never really are alone.
Don't think; thought will not suffice. Only sit and breathe, only sit and be.
The night terrors retreat into the darkness. It is light now and you are still alive. That is something to be grateful for, breath is a living gift.
Sitting there quietly, the earth stops spinning; the new day awakens in the remains of your heart.
You get up, still broken but better, and walk off into what some mistakenly call reality to meet whatever must be and, perhaps, even to smile. ~mce
Getting up and Waking up are not the same. Every morning I am challenged to find my way back into the world. Not always as easy as it sounds, but as it must be. My meditation pillow is where I go to begin. Thank you little pillow for being my launch pad.