when buddha walked the earth
he put his baggage by the roadside
and did not return there to pick it up
he walked thru the dark forest
of sensual experience
and sat by the wild animals
and drank from the rivers
and ate of the earth and shrubs
and bruised his body on the rocks
and forgot his past
and forgot the world that spoke of attachments
and dreams of this and that
had he not walked into this jungle
to find his pure soul,
where would he be?
a king for awhile that had all the things
that money could by
and all the luxuries and all at hand that
was beautiful to touch and taste and experience
but instead he chose the hard road of the mystic
because in him blazed the fire of a seeker that
was burning to know the truth
when he was a boy he would sit by the trees
and sit in meditation
he would wonder about what the world was
composed of... what it was made of...
was it a solid thing?
was it something that could be held tightly to?
or was it as a dream that faded in the mist?
how he wondered so many things like this
and felt his heart's desire becoming stronger
to seek out the source of all..
then when all were asleep in their dreams
and he was old enough
he stole out into the night with his horse and companion
he did not look back or bemoan what he left
he was as a mystic that would not be turned
on the wrong roads
what is this like my friends?
it is like a man that has in him what it takes to persevere
and to not be persuaded to follow shadows and dark alleys
that lead to perishable understanding
for the heart is like the fire that consumes all other
and it is where the mind is to be focused
when he sat under the bodhi tree
his mind was not looking back or forward
but inward
and he became the self of all
he was like the truth
he was non-dual in nature
and preserved eternally as this
what has this to do with you dear souls?
but to know he found the light unto himself
that is the same within all
and this is where one is to sit and breathe and be
like buddha all are awake inside eternally
and to discover it
one must let go of the false shades of mind
like this one that sat under the tree of knowledge
how it is like this
when one allows the tree of knowledge
to give cooling peace
to a mind that has been in the heat of the search so very long
and my friends
did buddha worry about his comforts or what was to give him
pleasure or pain or make his life just right?
he did not
he lived in the open with no walls to hide behind or doors to lock
as the consciousness is vast like this without end
without borders
he lived in the open like being transparent and not seeking private space
inside yourself to hide away in
and when he walked, he was barefoot on the earth with nothing separating
his soul from the universe
and when he ate, he ate what came to him no matter what it was
he did not think about what he wanted or turn away what he didn't want
this is a mind that is within equanimity always
not saying all the time within; this is good and that is bad
and this is right and that is wrong
and when he spoke, his words flowed out spontaneously without thought
like the river of grace that flows without obstructions
and when he bathed, he bathed in the rivers or the rain washed his form
of dirt and mud
as this is what came as grace from the universal mother to wash away the dross
with this blessing of being fully without covers and concealments
he sat under the bodhi tree or the tree of great knowledge
and sat and sat and sat
and what he found there, was his mind that was cast in shadows
of this and that
separated out like rays of concepts and thoughts and all the rest
but he did not look to the thoughts that chanted and tempted
he looked to his own soul that was pure
and with this seeing directly experienced the source
and when he got up to move into the world
he was not in it like before
but purified as God is within light, love and quietude
as this was what was always present, and not found like something new
purity of consciousness forever lives here
never will it go away
how glorious is this
and this time now, stillness is
be within it
heart of all
be here
