THE TRICKY MIND

[Pravin Kumar]

The Tricky Mind

I’m often amazed at how the tricky mind,
Sends it’s owner off on wild goose chases,
When they Awaken and Freedom they find,
Instantly these it denigrates and debases.

A friend who had become ‘of Awareness aware’,
Found her mind would give her no peace,
Misidentifying with itself, filling her full of care,
It sent her off on many meditation retreats!

This is a duplicitous controlling trick,
Of the mind which appears to search for peace,
For whilst in the place of master it does stick,
Anxiety and mental suffering will not cease.

For if you attempt to still the mind,
By meditation, concentration and force,
Only temporary peace you will find,
Till suffering resumes as a matter of course.

Meditation is best when it can reveal,
That the ‘separate self’ is just an illusion,
No matter how blissful it makes you feel,
This knowing is needed to prevent confusion.

For if with Awareness you can identify,
Then all seeking and acquiring need to cease,
Thus the mind can’t confuse and mystify,
For That which you are is always at peace.

As ‘That’ the mind is finally relegated,
From master to servant, its rightful place,
To which problem solving is delegated,
Thus living freely in ‘a state of grace’.

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New poem based on chapter sixteen of 'Ripples In The Lake Of Eternity'.

Colin Drake