September 4th
To reach within
Where do we go inside of ourselves when we feel as though our backs are up against a wall? Is there refuge for the shaken, for the one who perceives herself to be broken? There is but one fix of the soul, the core of the one: Truth. When we step into the direction of truth and walk always the path of it we awaken even from our blindness. The paralyzed man walks again, and you see the self imposed bondage fall by the wayside. The journey is to the encounter of truth, yet so many see the journey as a pain-filled experience of events unfolding in a way that seems to cripple. This is the limited thinking of the mind. The ego can only feel what is good to the senses while the wise one can feel beyond feeling itself and see beyond even that which can be seen. There is vastness inside of the wise one. The knowing encountered by the Buddha can be felt like a river of subtle emotion and powerful in the way that it flows. Who of the broken knows of this path, of this Way? The Tao opens the door to the only, yet many lead to the one. What road touches the soles of your feet that you might walk the distance of your own life? How vast can you be when you see only that which is within reach, within your cognitive grasp? Who attempts to possess life from such a small place, and who understands that the only difference between that which is vast and that which has limits is the calculations of mind. We are both the Witness and the one being watched. We seek the seeker that is within in order to know what is known. Is this life a paradox of simplicity or is it complex with layers to be understood by the one walking the path, the one choosing the Way? We stand and the world sits in order to hear. Clarity. We listen that we might know. Truth. There are no backs against walls. We have been shaken, yet nothing within is broken. We are whole inside of ourselves, complete, and touching freedom in every moment that we reach within.
© 2010 by Kissiah Young, MSW