Friday, November 13, 2009
Only in Emptiness
Only in Emptiness
I am the wise man.
I have transcended all
the stages--
lover, seeker, even saint.
All these I have gone
beyond.
What nourishes me
is not the wine
of the frenzied ones
who unite with the Mother
as they twirl,
nor is it the nectar
that flows
down the throats
of the illumined beings
caught in bliss.
I hold the vision
of the world
in all its complexities,
its oppositions
and struggles,
and I know
that these too
are the mirages of
the mind,
the illusions
of unclear seeing.
Only in emptiness
does reality
dwell,
only by surrender
to silence
will truth speak.
Dorothy Walters
November 13, 2009
(photo by Findsiddiqui)
