the gem of greatest worth

many take the insight as a gem of great value

but it is not, it is the gem of less value 

it is not that which shines as eternal

for if you look at the waters that are running fast 

you see much debris that comes upward 

that has sat on the bottom

some beautiful and most not so 

this is like the mind that is being purified 

it is being churned and washed clean of 

the holdings that have been there a long time 

but the holdings no matter how shiny

and seemingly of depth are still simply 

passing through the waters that are rushing 

to cleanse 

and are not anything that will last

best to remain within equanimity 

at whatever comes forward in consciousness 

to be simply *seen* and not taken in 

as something of value 

for then the cleansing process can be 

continued without interruption

this is like viewing the content 

as a disinterested passerby...

here it is, now gone 

not personalizing it into a story that 

is to make one going in circles