Tuesday, January 15, 2019
NO THOUGHT WENT INTO THE MAKING OF THIS POEM
I have been able to successfully
live in the moment for up to
30 seconds at a time
you just push every thought
out of your mind
it becomes blank like
the page I'm writing this on
before I fill it up
you become keenly aware of
sounds at that point
the sounds you normally block out
with your monkey mind
going a mile a second
push it past the half-minute
mark and congrats...
you are a zen master!
thoughts are insidious
even when you don't think
you are thinking
you are thinking about
not thinking
and all manner of things
like a poem you are thinking of writing
about not thinking
and I tried so not to think while writing this
and I do think it shows
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Yep you could be right. With this intense philosophical depth you could become a world leader:)
ReplyDeleteI think you really have to be a non-thinker, if current leaders are any example, to be in that position. So yes, I may have that potential!
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DeleteOh yes, we are always thinking, even when we are thinking about not thinking. Well said!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I think.
DeleteA Zen master poem! I loved every line. Wish i had written this. Smiles.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Sherry! It's a thinking man's poem, don't you think?
DeleteThis is such an extraordinary poem, Timoteo!!❤️ I love, love, love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you, Sanaa!
Delete7 minutes sounds good to me … Love, cat.
ReplyDeleteYeah but...I think you're talking about something else (smiles)
DeleteSo Zen. Thinking about not thinking is thinking! This is the kind of poem I like to write, a meditation that translates the present moment.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Colleen! That present moment is so elusive, ain't it? Oh, there it is...whoops, it' gone...oh here's another...whoops...
Deletelol...now that's a train of thought (or thinking) that takes some focus to focus on. You are always clever, loved this!!
ReplyDeleteMuchas gracias. My train of thought has often been described as a one track mind! I guess you would call that good focus--lol
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