Reflections & Emptiness.


May all beings be happy. May they live in safety and joy.... As a mother watches over her child, willing to risk her own life to protect her only child, so with a boundless heart... cherish all living beings, suffusing the whole world with unobstructed loving kindness... During all your waking hours, may you remain mindful of this heart and this way of living that is the best in the world. - Shakyamuni Buddha


Gazing into the still body of water
a reflection of myself I did see.
Realizing the reflection was absent of substance,
I contemplated emptiness and began to understand.
The ego created self is but an illusion,
the constricted vessel containing the conditioned self.
The many years of grasping to hold on to attachments,
the pushing away of that which I've been averse to,
and all the delusions of my ego can now be seen for what they are.
Creations constructed in my mind to support a non-existent self.

 LC




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