Contemplating a mystic poet
I find there is a gulf in existence between this and that. Ignorance and judgment form the separation, because the me of the body perceives itself outside of the whole of the all. It does not know oneness. It knows fear and seeks love to overcome it. Love is a binding that holds separation together in our hearts, but even with love the me of the body can feel alone. To overcome separation, love without judgment, release fear of loss, and do not cling. Then be aware of the room within. Approach the door. It will open to you. It is never locked. To close the gulf, remember twia. To remember twia, enter the room within. Herein lies your true nature—that which I AM. Sit in the still silence of its embrace. Twia knows the way. This is your journey—to find your true nature within, which is joy everlasting. In joy, you know the whole of the all, which is consciousness in all of existence. You are the whole of the all. You are consciousness existing. There is no this and that in reality.
In the room within, be still. In stillness all is done. To be still is to accept the river, which is twia at work in you. Lie low like a valley. Let the river wend its way through you. Follow its course. Let it carry you to the sea. Sitting in stillness reveals your inner nature. You remember twia. To remember twia is to be grounded in wisdom. Be the light that you are in the world and shine among all. Do not look to lead. Follow. Those who are clever step forward and are lost. Step back and let twia lead. You are wise, not foolish. To know wisdom from foolishness is to remember twia. It is in twia that you step back to follow. Twia knows the way. Do not get ahead of the river.
Be the valley. Do nothing. Let the river flow through you. You are the flowing of the water. Do not struggle to alter the river’s course. The water knows the way to the sea. To find your way, follow the river. To follow is to live simply, close to the ground of your being. Those who keep to the valley are the path. You are the way.
You are the energy of existence. Existence is motion, the movement of this and that from here to there—the comings and goings of objects in spacetime, each to its own needs tied to the whole of the all. You are the motion, the movement that is consciousness-expressing. You are the dancing that is the dance.
Existence is the expressing of separation in consciousness. Consciousness is the reality in existence. Know consciousness in existence as the whole of the all. To know the whole of the all is to remember twia. To remember twia, enter the room within. From within, you have eyes to see. To see is knowing that you are that which I AM in all.
All that I AM is the joy that I AM. There is nothing other than joy. Joy is the way of the path. Wisdom is its light. Follow the light. Be the joy that you are. When the candle goes out, the light still shines in you.