Zen Mode

nothing should exist
but still does appear
as separate objects
in as perceived by us
in our body apparatus
which we then delight in
and wholly identify with
to the extent that we forget
our true Self so cognising
through limited senses five
analysed by lower mind
vibrations slowed down
so appearing crystallised 
to differentiated awareness
in the realm of duality

if wonder and astonishment 
be our ever present orientation 
there then remains no possibility
for presence to remain deluded
whilst beholding myriad illusions
for which each breath we bilocate
in the pause of polarity interchange 
aware of the source of awareness
ever pulsating as light self-renewing
in the transcendent void of nothingness
and yet immanent here in form
ever aglow as our spiritual heart
wherefrom the life pulse enlivens us
until the purpose of this dream ends

16-May-2023
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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