DISAMBIGUATION

DISAMBIGUATION

Content or else left discontented.
Full of content or else empty; open to
A blossoming in contentedness.

Void and avoid after all cousins;
It’s all about words and worlds
give or take a letter or two.

“You should stop words and letters,”
Says Dogen, “and learn to withdraw
and reflect on yourself.

“When you do so
your body and mind will naturally fall away,
and your original Buddha nature will appear.”

HONEY TRAP

HONEY TRAP

Beneath the surface
Shimmering halls of mirrors
Promise amazement!

Curiosity assuaged!
Infinite regress is all
A maze meant to snare

ANOTHER SLICE THEN

ANOTHER SLICE THEN

Obviate
All disappointment
Banish fear
Hope, desire
And expectation and look
Life’s a piece of cake

BEING COOL

BEING COOL

Ah, things we’d rather be
No, don’t let us go there
We’ve been here long enough
To know where longing leads

BUM RAP

BUM RAP

Love gets such bad press
But mainly because the word
Has been raped again

METTA

METTA*

Abandoning this
Constant creating something
Other than it is

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* https://www.wildmind.org/metta/introduction/what-is-metta

DISTRACTION

Goals can be such a hindrance.

HARD TO PLEASE

We wish for simplicity then get bored and stir things up again.

DISCOVERY

DISCOVERY

We yearn for something
But when we discover it
It’s not what we expect

POISE

POISE

I’ve no desire
To live through another day
Nor to avoid it