And that seems to be a moment to moment decision, for even when I know what I have to do, and begin, it can be hard work to continue to stride ‘deeper and deeper into the world’. And the interesting thing: no one else can do this for me! I have to find my own determination to take responsibility for where I place my attention, and the deep motivation to ‘save the only life you could save’. And as the voices take less of the centre stage, there’s a possibility for the natural brightness of the mind to reveal itself, and for insights to arise like the stars beginning to ‘burn through the sheets of clouds’.Īnd in that space, the voice with which I speak to myself is kinder and my path becomes clearer. The poem speaks of the possibility of leaving those voices behind, which to me in this context is not the same as ignoring them but instead recognising them for what they are and choosing to return again and again to resting in the wide open space of embodied awareness. Sometimes they just float in and out, sometimes they return again and again and their magnetic pull is almost irresistible… Thoughts and feelings that arise in the mind like echoes from the past, asking for attention and easy to get entangled in. To me, this poem beautifully describes the observer – undercurrent dynamic, the model of mind that Rob Nairn has brought into the world (which is touched on in the MBLC and further explored in the Level 1 course). The only thing you could do – – – determined to save Mindfulness Association Training Venues.The Buddhist Roots of Mindfulness Retreat. THE JOURNEY POEM FREE
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