October 28, 2025
Today in contemplation
Hanging with Hafiz
Lean into awareness. Burst the boundaries of the self. Let your imagination fly. The room-within has no corners. No place for dust to collect. Cobs do not weave their strands. Walls topple. Have you found the door? It is an opening, a portal, a threshold across which you struggle to cross on your own. Let awareness lead the way. It pierces the boundaries of self to reveal your true nature. Awareness lies in consciousness. To be aware is to be silent. Stride softly. Tread lightly on the path. Do not blunder through the doorway. You cannot force your way. The path opens before you. It guides you. There is no struggling. There is something new with each step. You think the self is too beautiful to annihilate. If there were a fire, the self is the first thing you would save. You ask, “Who am I without my self?” You are the one. You are I AM. Surrender the self at the door. Do not cross its threshold still thinking that you are the me of the body. The self faces its oblivion in fear and trepidation, yet you are the oblivion. You are the emptiness that is nowhere. It is your true nature. You cannot be destroyed. You are whole, complete, perfect, eternal. What went missing was your memory. You forgot who you are. Now you remember. Now you know.
