It takes only one moment of cutting through mara's influence
to see for oneself how there is so much more to life
than we can imagine or expect to happen,
for one drop of wisdom changes everything.
At once confident and apprehensive of what one has gained
through silent meditation and other contemplative practices,
concentrating on who one is will lead to concentrating on the element
of space, for space is the only element of creation that can accommodate
the vastness of who one is.
Merry without reason and without profit of any kind,
happiness is as ongoing as space is unending.
Being universal and open enough for anything to happen,
whatever comes one's way does not disturb one in the slightest,
for what is true within the mind is unshakeable.
Taking to the space within one's own space as a refuge
from the turmoil of the age, no age, no death, and no sickness
is the condition of the unconditioned nature of the mind.
Having little to say due to seeing everything in its primordial brilliance at once,
Buddhas are everywhere, but are often unseen.
By Julian Colgan (Copyright)
Awake to Buddhahood