Category: Reflections

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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.

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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!”

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Cornerstone

In the house of my father…
I find,
Blessings of my mother,
A memory from eve
of Christ’s Mass antecedent,
And comfort in namesake,
Child from Lebanon’s waters,
“Words are too poor and too
Scant to express the innermost
Feeling in the heart of man.”

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Base of a Mediation Practice

ti-sarana saranagamana saranagamana saranagamana
om vajrasattva hum
ohm ah hum 
with full heart
empty hands
thus motivated I and I meditate on emptiness
and liberation of
all sentient beings
may all find refuge on the path of liberation
may all be without hate, greed, illusion
may I be of any means to such end
for as long as space remains
for as long as beings endure
so too may I abide to dispel suffering in samsara
om ah hum vajra guru padma siddhi hung

soham p-hat

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Sovereignty

Long I sought 
Self I thought. 
But no self found, 
To no self bound.
In thought profound,
Realize,
Desire most innate,
Freedom’s 
Prosperity,
Pursuit self liberty.