Wednesday, May 29, 2013

The Light of Pure Consciousness


The Light of Pure Consciousness 
                                                                 
Dive deep into the ocean of being
Enter the temple of Stillness
Through the silent gateway
Between thoughts

Examine the ‘I’ and its entourage:
Sensory perceptions, feelings, 
thoughts, concepts, beliefs
Hold them, one by one
In the mirror of the inner eye
And ask
“Where do you come from?
Where do you go?
Are you who ‘I’ am?
And if you choose to vanish
Do ‘I’ remain?”

Dissolve all things
Completely and utterly
Into nothingness
Then ask
“Who am I?”

All will fall away
Only the One shall stay
It is
Awareness
Primordial
Before thought
Before form
Before time itself
Luminous, self-sufficient and untouched

The phenomenal world arises from nothingness
And returns to nothingness
Each moment
In the light of Pure Consciousness


by Joseph Rundle


2 comments:

  1. Beautiful poem and a great aid to help one realize their true self.

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  2. I can only agree with you on this, Melissa. And like Kahlil Gibran, who talked about the inner Silence, the presence of being, so does Joseph when he invites us to:
    "Dive deep into the ocean of being
    Enter the temple of Stillness
    Through the silent gateway
    Between thoughts"

    He is a great teacher.

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