Measure of Stillness

Qualitative
And quantitative
Self appraisal
Humorously casual
Of our stillness quotient
Moment to moment ...

First the qualitative
The depth meditative
Thoughts & body still
By non-self will
Imbibing the love energy 
Of current divine in synergy 
Is uplifting
Consciousness enhancing
And yet but the beginning
Of our journey enlightening 
Then going in deeper
The ascension steeper
Requires dissolution
Total annihilation 
Of the self, voluntarily 
Choice made choicelessly
Being, becoming, in oneness
The That Awareness

Next, the quantitative
A matter contemplative
Being the response time taken
By our consciousness when shaken
To return to equilibrium 
From egoism fearsome
When the external
Stirs the internal
The ripples disturbing our calm
Are cause for observational alarm 
In that our reflex response
Imagined to be divine ensconced 
Is fragile 
From anxiety to smile
The time we take
To forsake
Narrowness & contraction
Back to Oneness & expansion
Is the quantitative scale
Of the way on earth we sail

03-November-2020

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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