Saturday, April 27, 2013

there is none





Many have gone mad looking for a solid center,
but there is none.
We think of centering as only a continual narrowing
of focus until we touch the pearl
but in practice it is often a continual expansion
of focus until we become the ocean.

Our center is vast space, boundless awareness
indistinguishable from unconditional love.

Of course I play the fool when I dare allow
consciousness to describe itself!  Isn't that the birth
of the ego, the "I am this" that closed behind us
when we entered the body?



~ Stephen Levine



4 comments:

What Is Love said...

Beautiful words. Might we all be fortunate enough to love ourselves unconditionally and freely.

Manali said...

This is beautiful..

Manali said...

Beautiful..

The Uncarved Blog said...

Mind-blowingly beautiful! Glad I found you here. Even though you're now nowhere to be found because you're everywhere.