I met his gaze of light,
The sparkle coming out of his eyes,
Was reflected in mine
Naked truth
Unvarnished happiness
Recognition has taken place
A second or two
Ascending spiral
Collapse of joy
The windows may have well have broken
The eardrums may have well have been pierced
Life could have ended there.
Socks, shoes, back on,
Grab the cap…
And back outside.
©FJ April 2022
Recueils — Participations
Groupe de Pratique
Many thanks to all
Notes & Silence 
You met your own soul along the way?
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Hi Whatever !
Anything may happen at this point.
Nothing at all being included in the potential of anything
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Well, Anything, as your potential includes nothing, but therefore does not exclude something, you are indeed capable of, and as, Anything…
Whatever.
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But… if Anything ever matters,
Then Whatever will do.
How dare you replace me?
I should have known better…
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Dear Anything,
Be assured you are irreplaceable. I doubt either of us wishes to replace the other. Whatever, if Anything, becomes meaningless – not even nothing.
Whatever.
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Dear Whatever,
This sounds like bad news, on the eaer of Path travelers :
If none of us wishes to replace the other,
This lets us know how lost we have got to be…
…Which is good, when you think of it…
Who knows what people would do if they ever find us,
For Whatever you find, you don’t really ‘find’ Anything.
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The only thing to be found is the perception of now. And that cannot be found, as we were never lost to it.
Anything, nothing and whatever are just descriptors of the perceived.
Perhaps…
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Reaching that the only thing to be found is the perception of now (Buddhists, I guess, would find much to say on this ‘perception’)
is already a path.
Instant awakening,
Is the result of progressive awakening.
Perhaps
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I will leave you to muse on what Buddhists might say.
I doubt « instant » awakening. I perceive a constant, endless process of becoming.
Maybe.
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I’d say both are the same,
Instant awakening is how people unaware of the underlying process at work for years,, ages, lives, eons…refer to it.
I do not know what Buddhist might say.
Would Buddhists even call themselves so ?
Momentarily, on a common convenient agreement ?
WOuld it be worth considering what such people have to say ?
Maybe not.
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Then I will leave you to puzzle over what they may or may not say, or even call themselves (or not), at your discretion, as it was by your discretion the matter was raised.
J’aimeJ’aime
Raising issues, this I can do.
As for solving any of them ,
I was actually counting on you.
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Thanks for the vote of confidence. But I do not solve. I’m with Socrates in my ignorance, and can only suggest and question.
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