Listen to the stones of the wall.
Be silent, they try
To speak your
Name.
Listen
To the living walls.
Who are you?
Who
Are you? Whose
Silence are you?
Who (be quiet)
Are you (as these stones
Are quiet). Do not
Think of what you are
Still less of
What you may one day be.
Rather
Be what you are (but who?) be
The unthinkable one
You do not know.
-Thomas Merton
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Be still and know... "The quieter you become, the more you can hear." ~ Baba Ramdas. As we grow in contemplativeness, our inner senses quicken. We realize that we can fully appreciate our reality through intuition, empathy, quiet reflection and the attention of our soul. Benedict of Nursia said, "Listen with the ear of your heart." The inner senses perceive all the essences of those stimuli that prompt the outer senses. Inflections in sound, shades of light and dark, subtle energies of people and of creation speak the language of the inner Self. We see beauty here and truth is a beacon of light, a solid stone wall of assurance. Be still and know....who are you? You do know. Be still.
Peace to you and all the world within you! Peggy
I love this. I am currently reading The Seven Steps to Awakening which is a collection of quotes from some of the non-duality masters. Merton was a master of non-duality.
ReplyDeleteI really love this:
Do not
Think of what you are
Still less of
What you may one day be.
Rather
Be what you are (but who?) be
The unthinkable one
You do not know.
It fits perfectly with this concept from Jack Elias, "When you are fully involved in being who you are, you don’t waste time keeping track of who you are." The thinking mind is a tool to help us function in this physical plane, but it can never behold the Truth of our Being.
Love you,
Elliott
Beholding what is in a nondual mind is the key! Absolutely! Once you are used to a nondual reality (paradox) you spot dual thinking and judgment so quickly and it saddens sometimes because it is a limited perspective...Yes anything defined, as in idea, concept, matter, flesh - once any kind of form is taken, a dual perspective is possible, and for most, it is the default. Thank you Elliott!!
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