NO SEEKER

[Pravin Kumar]

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No Seeker

Although staying awake needs practice,
As a seeker one should not identify,
For if any label is applied the fact is,
Separation this tends to solidify.

Although many are commonly applied,
Concerning who or what we are,
If these objectify they must be denied,
Or our existence they will mar.

For at the deepest subjective level,
They are neither fundamental nor innate.
Pure Awareness they cannot bedevil,
Their meaningless one cannot overstate.

Reading meaning into things that have none,
Is unfortunately a common human trait.
Due to this conflicts and wars have begun,
For ideology and tribalism lead to hate.

Even in people’s day to day lives,
Giving meaning to the inane is the norm.
Following the ‘tales of old-wives’
And superstitions limit the lives we form.

In fact no ‘things’ have essential meaning,
Tribalism, nationalism, colour and class,
Are ideas from which we all need weaning,
Ideology and illusion must finally pass.

How freeing to see with a clear mind,
No concepts or labels to obscure the view,
Once our true identity we find,
Pure Awareness, when we see the world anew!

A poem from 'Poetry From Awakening and Beyond' based on a chapter of 'Awakening and Beyond'. For more see comments on photos.

Colin Drake