Veil the Unveiled

Alas!
Where have I not been?
of greatest bliss
to unbearable woes
of which all is but one
merely experiences
arising from the mind
ceasing again to the next
constantly within here, the NOW?
yet nothing really occurred.

Have I not had enough
that keeps the wheel yearning?
of unquestioned need
that bears witness
to untold stories
of ancient pain and
distant attachments
coming back one more time
and yet many more to come
simply to grasp
the transient thirst
of hoping
of expecting
of imagining
of desiring
of one last drop
that will fulfills
all desire
coming to its end.

Will that day come?
surely by common sense
it will not
considering that if it would
the end would have occurred before
ceasing all NOW
back to where Beginning
never was
hence never the meaning
of End.

Indeed strange how
the whole mechanics arise
a device that never
can ever be explained
left alone be understood.

Return to Stillness

the distant sounding of the cicadas
the intermittent chirping of the birds
the caressing of the morning wind
the whispering of stillness in the air
simply is.

the murmur of the laptop hard drive
the softness of the sofa
the touch of the fingers on the keyboard
the incessant thoughts
the flux of feelings
the unknown ongoing perception
the vigorous mind activity

ah! indeed stillness!

nothing to stop
nor intention to have
simply in the state of muse
of nature unfolding itself
arising
dissolving, unobserved
the illusion of existence
ongoing
as if never dies.

yet each moment
coming, going
and yet coming once again.
unknown countless times
unending
unimaginable.

no end seems to be
yet end is not meant to be
except in the now
where stillness already is
transcending time
transcending space
transcending all conditioned
that is not It.

Has Stop Arrived?

the Law has
no you
or me
or anyone else for that matter
except a dance of will
of which the opposite
merely moves
in tandem
with the other

if moving backward is what i am
forward moving will be the other
until i stop all movement
my moving forward
only makes
the other
move backward.

For attack
can only be returned with defence
and defence, in return
seemingly promotes another attack
hence the dance of to and fro
comes to be

can I stop
yet the other
not stopping?
can that
ever be possible?

For the other
merely a puppet
reflecting my will
which i would have missed

my stop is not a stop
except an underground movement
subtle it can be
yet shown by the other

a full stop i have to be
so the other will stop
and how would i know?
except shown by the other
the Law just
showing me my reflection.

when Stop comes to be
with the other stopping in tandem
ending the dance of to and fro
a new dance comes to be
a dance of non-dance
balanced in non-motion
of neither wanting nor not wanting
freed from both
a new relationship is born
a relationship
that is not a “relationship”.
but a meeting
a merging of sort

until that comes
work is in progress
observing the other
who never lies.