COMBATING DEPRESSION BY REPEATED AWAKENING

[Pravin Kumar]

Combating Depression by Repeated Awakening.

I was asked about combating depression,
By accurate self-identification,
As Pure Awareness no need for repression,
Or worrying about this manifestation.

When awake there's no-one separate to care,
So cultivating this is the key,
Which lightens all of the burdens we bear,
As their illusory nature we see.

The trick is to resume investigation,
As soon as one notes the depression recur,
So with Awareness there's re-identification,
Thus joy and peace, to which it must defer.

However, initially this can be quite hard,
So I recommend doing the full investigation,
Thrice a day, which will the problem retard,
As awake becomes the natural inclination.

This will break its stranglehold,
As the mind becomes reconditioned,
And on it one is no longer sold,
Causing it to become decommissioned.

My correspondent had an awakening,
Which banished his negative mental fug,
Astonished he said it was like taking,
An amazing new wonder drug!

For self-realization leads to overcoming,
All mental suffering and angst,
Life as Pure Awareness is stunning,
So for that we can but give thanks.

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This is a poem from 'Poetry From The Happiness That Needs Nothing' based on chapter eighteen of 'The Happiness That Needs Nothing'.

COLIN DRAKE