Run After Yourself
Run After Yourself
Run after yourself; chase your own tail.
Catch that which cannot be caught;
turn towards your own self,
and find that which does not turn.
When will you see the walls you erect
around your heart
keep you imprisoned
by belief?
In setting the mind free
the heart soars.
When the heart soars
there is no use for walls.
What mast can I now cast
a rope towards
to secure a ship
that is in the middle
of the sea?
What ground can I lay
foot on when everything
is shimmering beneath me?
This mind is like a bird
without a branch to rest.
Where then, does one
take refuge?
Leave Yourself Behind
Everything that you can perceive
is perceived within you.
So, why do you keep praying
outside of yourself?
The entire universe rises
and falls inside your heart.
The real pilgrims know it
to be like this.
Without ever leaving the heart,
they travel vaster than eternity.
To join this caravan,
you must leave yourself behind.
The Light Was My Home
In every room, I searched,
not realising that you are
the whole house.
I turned on all the lights,
not realising that
the light was my home.
I stood at the door and
demanded peace from peace,
not knowing that before the desire,
was true peace.
I wrote my name down as ‘I’
and forgot the rest.
I no longer know whose hand
moves the world.
Thanks for being here.
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