The Presence

Listen.

It's better than advise or philosophy

for truth is not in the words,

but in the heart.

What I say

is little understood.

And usually wrong.

Speak only

from the practiced presence

of the Mahanta.

.       © 2013 Ardi Keim (concept and draft of 5/8/13)

Fish Answers

Life has its ups and downs.  We strive for the best.

But there is always turmoil in the world. Strife. Upheaval. Threats to survival. 

Could be economic. Weather. Geological. Political. Relationships.

Always disruptive. But sometimes -- after the storm...

Reprieve. Or new beginning.

A place of peace.

~~

Alone

in darkness

quiet . peace . a dream

then

almost imperceptible

a whisper . or . distant wind

approaching . quickening

rushes in upon me

a flood envelops my room

my life

inundates my being

wrecking the reality 

of this moment

this world.

.

I am 

completely overtaken

by the undoing

the flood . the rush 

o sound

.

Retreat or succumb

run in panic

or swim in death

Peace.

Lifted outside myself.

Who am I?

Where?

.

I am this Sound!

This flood.

Tsunami.

The ocean moved in

and I moved within it

Is this death?

Or life?

.

Fish says,

What you call your death 

is my breath.

I say, 

I'll have to grow gills 

to make this mine.

But my new buoyancy 

prevents such utterance.

Just the Sound.

The Word.

The roar.

.

I am one with the fish.

The Ocean.

The Current of New Light.

Of Sound.

I see. I hear.

I ask you,

Is this real?

.

Fish answers.

.

I listen.

.

The Law of Silence

This one is better when read aloud.  Well -- most of it.

The Law of Silence has three articles.

One . . .

The way to keep a secret

is to keep silent.

Two . . .

The way to know a secret

is to listen to the silence.    &

Three . . .

(c) 2011 Ardi Keim 

Secret

a short essay
vowels, consonants and hints on exploring your secret word

that's it

:)