Listening to the Silence

 (a tribute to the thought of Eckhart Tolle)

 

Unsought and arrow-like,
an instant happiness
speeds in upon the virgin mind
when all desire is valueless;
the choice of misery an incandescent now,
burning out without a warning, gasping
as an infant left to wonder
where the love is...

 

There is a way,
for there is silence everywhere to hear�"
beneath the rocks, 
beneath technology,
beneath the roaring vanity of lust,
and when the ear
will leave a space for consciousness,
there is an unexpected joy, impossibly defined,
a single-mindedness 
that understands the now.

 

You are already on the path;
there is no need for time.
You will not find it anywhere,
but there within you is a strange one
that you thought you knew.
Sit down, and look him over
You have no need for clever thoughts,
for he is God...
and he is You.
            ~

 

Reviews

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I loved this poem and I am aware of Eckhart Tolle, 'The Power of Now', and 'A new Earth', are the two books I read. I have also watched him on utube. A door seems to open to another reality, always present, yet rarely witnessed...awareness of awareness...
Thank you for sharing so beautifully :)

[Dean]

Thank you, Lynn.

[Marie]

I love the last two lines...
Though I don't know who Eckhart Tolle is.

[Dean]

you should read some of him