A Meditation on Silence

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Underneath the perpetual busyness of modern life lies a stillness

Vast islands of emptiness stretch for beyond the known horizons

It appears like clouds parting to make room for the crisp blue sky, or

Rocks peacefully settling to the bottom of the riverbed

Time will clear the path for silence

As we patiently wait for it to emerge

Therein lies an invitation eternally present in all of us

Can we make room for this silence?

Can we allow it to cleanse our frantic minds?

Through non-action, what needs to be revealed will make itself present

Sit with what comes to be, and embrace it

Only in silence can one know thyself

Can one be free

For silence contains everything, yet nothing

Everything yet nothing

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Lessons from Nature

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A poem I wrote inspired by the key themes of the Tao Te Ching.

Nature, teach me how to live

To embrace change and

Flow effortlessly like the steady stream

To embody the wisdom of the trees

Who shed their leaves in the fall

Scattering their vibrant colours and

Peculiar shapes across the forest floor

So to can I

Learn to let go

Liberate and regenerate

For refresh and renewal

Nature, you do not judge

Night from day

Calm from storm

Chaos from order

What seems split in two, is all but one

And you do not rush

With time and ease

All that needs to be done is done

Nature, let me learn from you

Let me immerse myself in the vast natural world

For I am you, and you are I

I am you, you-I

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To Be Human

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Below is a poem I wrote on embracing the human condition, and all the beauty and terror that comes with it.

Humans such fragile beings
A desire to be heard
A desire to be seen

A vast longing to be loved and understood

Driven by ambitions and lofty goals
Riddled by confusion and anxiety

Grasping, clinging for any sort of certainty
Building great towers to protect our vulnerable egos

Prepare we may, prepare we can
But Nature will not cede to our demands

Where will you take shelter from the storm?
Where will you go when the flood rolls in?

Flow with the current of life
Dance with danger, tango with terror

What else can we do but love our difficulties
Keep them near, let them change you for they are dear

Beware of those who seek refuge in digital utopias
Seduced by the grand illusions of fame and fortune

Ignore the screens, those cold machines
With perfect bodies, perfect smiles, perfect lives and perfect teeth

What is a human but a flawed being in search of transcendence?

We can still embrace and overcome
We can rise above rough waters and high tides

We can still be human – after all

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