May you ascend to the higher realms, find refuge on path to liberation, be without hate, greed, and illusion. May I be of any means to such end.
On a count
If one must make an accounting,
It is of,
Their own blessings they should
Take to counting.
“The soul’s made of stories, not atoms, everything that ever happened to us—people we loved, people we lost… people we found again against all the odds—“
The Eleventh Doctor
Reflection on Refraction
Faith in Practice
Gap 8 feet
Might as well be
20 if all one can
Jump is 7.
Last foot,
Eventually,
Overcome by
Training, with
Faith in practice.
Sole Bound
Religion what binds
To creed one believes,
Expression of philosophy.
To Love of wisdom
Bind mind.
Cultured
Teach never
with thought
To convert,
But ever
learn.
Concentrate, Contemplate, Meditate…
Concentration of Mindfulness of Breathing (Ānāpānasati)
Mindfulness of breathing developed and repeatedly practiced, is of great fruit, of great benefit; mindfulness of breathing developed and repeatedly practiced, perfects the four foundations of mindfulness; the four foundations of mindfulness, developed and repeatedly practiced, perfect the seven enlightenment factors (mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration, and equanimity); the seven enlightenment factors, developed and repeatedly practiced, perfect clear vision and deliverance.
Concentrate, contemplate, meditate…
This is a certain body among bodies, namely, the breath.
- Know, “I breathe in long”; or “I breathe out long.”;
- Or “I breathe in short”; or “I breathe out short.”
- Experience the whole body breathe in, thus breathe out
- Calm the body formations breathe in, thus breathe out
Abide contemplating body in body, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having put away covetousness and grief regarding the world.
This is a certain feeling among feelings, namely, the complete attention to in-breathing and out-breathing.
- Experiencing rapture breathe in, thus breathe out
- Experiencing bliss breathe in, thus breathe out
- Experiencing the mental formations breathe in, thus breathe out
- Calming the mental formations breathe in, thus breathe out
Abide contemplating feelings in feeling, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having put away covetousness and grief regarding the world.
There is no development of mindfulness of breathing in one who is forgetful and does not clearly comprehend.
- Experiencing the mind breathe in, thus breathe out
- Gladdening the mind breathe in, thus breathe out
- Concentrating the mind breathe in, thus breathe out
- Liberating the mind breathe in, thus breathe out
Abide contemplating mind in mind, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having put away covetousness and grief regarding the world.
Having seen with understanding what is the abandoning of covetousness and grief, become one who looks on with complete equanimity.
- Contemplating impermanence breathe in, thus breathe out
- Contemplating fading away breathe in, thus breathe out
- Contemplating cessation breathe in, thus breathe out
- Contemplating relinquishment breathe in, thus breathe out
Abide contemplating phenomena in phenomena, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having put away covetousness and grief regarding worldly attachments.
Concentrate, contemplate, meditate, liberate .
Composition on Dissolution of Illusion
Pale reflective of a brilliant jewel, the Satipatthana
The Four Arousings of Mindfulness,
the right path, for attainment…
Contemplating internally and externally
origination and dissolution,
ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful…
Without illusion for illusion conditioned composite, dispelled:
Abiding, contemplating…
1) Without covetousness and grief in body
for body conditioned composite…
Awareness of the body as transient, compound form.
2) Without covetousness and grief in feelings
for feelings conditioned composite…
Awareness of feelings as conditioned, reactive responses.
3) Without covetousness and grief in consciousness
for consciousness conditioned composite…
Awareness of mind as habituated, temporary moods.
4) Without covetousness and grief in phenomena
for phenomena conditioned composite…
Awareness of phenomena as constructed mental states.
Contemplating internally and externally
origination and dissolution,
ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful.
This is the only way for the purification of beings,
for overcoming sorrow and lamentation,
for the destruction of suffering and grief.
With Whole Heart Desire
Praise be to the ‘ī-her,
Inner ‘īghts heaven soar,
Lion of Judah roared,
“Praises to the most ‘īgh,
Ras tafarī!”
In Jah house for ī-ver more,
my refuge on path to lī-beration,
without hate, greed, nor ī-llusion.
Of any means to them end,
“Wherein all find refuge on path to lī-beration,
Absent hate, greed, and ī-llusion,
In Jah house for ī-ver more.”
Lion of Judah roared,
“Praise be to the most ‘īgh,
Ras tafarī!”
Möbius Dub
… In meditation
Actualizing refuge practice,
Infinite time behind,
Infinite time before,
Infinite space in radiance
Sat I,
Voice silent,
Mind, and Form
Reposed…