by Danna Faulds
Behind its restless activity,
just one layer deeper
is stillness, and beneath
even that, is an ocean of mystery and truth.
Swim in this eternal sea
until you know yourself
to be infinity, and bring
that knowing back into
your day. Why struggle
to be what you already are?
Let the mind be the mind
but don’t bind yourself
to its limited reality.
Trust your experience of
vastness. Trust the truth
that never loses potency
or disappears in fear.
Let the mind be the mind
and identify not with
thought, but silence.
from Limitless. Danna Faulds credits the practice of meditation with giving her reliable access to a vivid inner life and creative voice. A long-term practitioner of Kripalu Yoga, Danna is the author of seven books of poetry: Go In and In, One Soul, Prayers to the Infinite, From Root to Bloom, Breath of Joy, and What’s True Here, as well as the memoir Into the Heart of Yoga.
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