Monday, June 3, 2013

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 



2 comments:

  1. Namaste, Nice! Thank you for the steady center. No up and no down, in the middle. OM

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  2. namaste - middle way .. shanti om

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