It is with pleasure that we, with the author's blessings, regularly feature here the work of a young and very talented Canadian writer whose wisdom is beyond his years and whose originality and creativity stand out like spring cherry blossoms. 

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Without A Purpose - Without A Meaning

Two natures or one nature?

Two minds or one mind?

Being neither split nor whole,

accompany one's mindless nature

into one's mindful nature;

and one's mindful nature into a

nature with no extremes.

Give up following the middle way

and be the middle way.

Give up being the middle way

and follow no way.

Having one identity

and no identity

at the same time,

one is and is not empty.

Purpose and meaning

being a sign of an identity

which identifies with a nature

of one kind or another,

disidentify with one's current projections

and end one's relationship

to a mind which appears to be

full of purpose and meaning. 

Empty of emptiness itself,

joyfully watch the play

of selves unfold.

This self unfolds if that self does not.

This self remains as it is if that self changes.

Liquid or ice?

Pebble or diamond?

Projecting - Projecting

Where is the self that is projecting?

Finding neither extreme satisfying,

be the middle way 

that is no way.

Having no way to emulate,

I am the Buddha now.

Having no self to discover,

I am the Buddha now.

Without a purpose

and without a meaning,

everything sparkles 

with purpose and meaning.

Emptiness being nowness-everything is as it is.

Neither past nor future - be who you are.

As one nature arises - so too do I arise.

As one mind disappears - so too do I disappear.

Dependently arisen - no longer arisen.

Grounded in no way - be who you are.

  Julian Colgan

The Blue Cross and Shining Sunset Academy (Copyright)