The mountain of selflessness

Climbing to the summit
and leaving pieces
of ego behind.

And then coming down,
trying not to
pick them up again.

Up and down
the mountain of mind
time after time.

Self-liberated state: Spontaneous presence

Past, present and future
are just an illusion
binding the mind.


Let the mind
rest in the
Self-liberated
state.


NOW

Just looking

Look directly at the thoughts
appearing and vanishing.

Then look directly at the
one who is apparently
looking at the thoughts.

Is anybody there?

Living Zen: Listening

Before doing, you must listen;
listen to the many voices within.

You will hear the warrior,
stuck in pride and envy.

You will hear the monk,
clinging to solitude and silence.

You will hear the trader,
fettered by ambition and success.

You will hear the libertine,
sinking in unrestrictedness and lust.

You will hear many more voices,
all of them wishing to rise from the dead.

They are just phantoms,
echoes from your past.

Let them pass by, and your mind will
become self liberated.

Then, after listening carefully,
doing will take place.