Noticing
The river moving
Water trickling
Ever changing
in its Path, yet steady
in its stream
Held in place
of apparent sameness
by the banks,
the rocks and logs
Seeming to be
but one river
But
Never the same
Each moment
New water
PrayerPoem
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What is the fundamental root of happiness?
To be calm inside of self.
On what is that dependent?
Nothing.
How, then, does it arise?
Focus on breath. Keep it simple.
Notice and don’t believe the agitation.
It passes away.
Calm remains.
Calm requires no predecessor.
Agitation requires being stirred up.
Make less effort, then.
Simply focus on the calm breath.
That simple.
If you believe your mind, it races away with you.
Why would you do this?
Each thing that arises in you
Is that needing attention right now.
It is not you.
Though it is your attention it requires
To release it back into
The Infinite from which it came.
Greet it with kindness.
Equanimity.
Offer the solace of your very own heart
To that which has come
To you, today.