Thinking of not thinking
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 3:14 pm
I'M NOT GOING TO THINK
Hundreds of years of being told and retold
Never does this stuff get any more cold
I'll hit it again with my hand so old
You might see sand, or a glitter of gold
I'm just a burnt seed
I've lost germination power
With the strength of a burnt string
How could I bind you over?
Don't just meditate,
And empty your poor self
Thinking "I'm not going to think,"
For that is thought itself
Be like a sleeping child
So peaceful, so calm
Be like a calm ocean
With no waves to come
Be like a lamp
So steady without breeze
That will help you settle
Your wild mind at peace
Look at the vapor
Rising from the water
And yet from the water
It does not differ
Look at the ice
So hard and strong
Yet it's just water
In another form
Be a magician
To make yourself headless
Tune down your senses
And you'll be bodyless
Listen to your heart
It sings the mantra
Reduce its speed
To gain a step extra
Your mind is on your breath
So smooth the flow
Surrender your breath
Let nature have a go
Like a dying man
To nothing you hold
Then will come a moment,
You'll vanish without being told
Hundreds of years of being told and retold
Never does this stuff get any more cold
I'll hit it again with my hand so old
You might see sand, or a glitter of gold
I'm just a burnt seed
I've lost germination power
With the strength of a burnt string
How could I bind you over?
Don't just meditate,
And empty your poor self
Thinking "I'm not going to think,"
For that is thought itself
Be like a sleeping child
So peaceful, so calm
Be like a calm ocean
With no waves to come
Be like a lamp
So steady without breeze
That will help you settle
Your wild mind at peace
Look at the vapor
Rising from the water
And yet from the water
It does not differ
Look at the ice
So hard and strong
Yet it's just water
In another form
Be a magician
To make yourself headless
Tune down your senses
And you'll be bodyless
Listen to your heart
It sings the mantra
Reduce its speed
To gain a step extra
Your mind is on your breath
So smooth the flow
Surrender your breath
Let nature have a go
Like a dying man
To nothing you hold
Then will come a moment,
You'll vanish without being told