WHY DO ANYTHING

[Pravin Kumar]

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Why Do Anything?

“Why do anything?”, a reader asks,
“If with Awareness I identify,
Wouldn’t one just sit back and bask,
In this new definition of I ?”

For Awareness is always at peace,
Absolutely silent and utterly still,
As This surely desires would cease,
Needing nothing more for life to fill.

However, this overlooks the measure,
Of body/mind and the creation,
Manifest for Its self-knowing and pleasure,
Achieved by apparent separation.

In which we are all instruments,
Through which Awareness can enjoy and sense,
Many varied environments,
Sights, sounds, feelings, tastes and the scents,

Body/mind is like a ‘virtual reality host’
In which Awareness is the ‘player’,
Aiming to live and enjoy to the utmost
The world through this ‘outer layer’.

Deeper than this we can find,
The constant subjective presence,
Consciousness, perceiving body/mind,
Of all things the ultimate essence.

So by living life to the full,
And discovering the true inner Self,
We can the function of manifestation fulfill,
Awareness enjoying and ‘knowing Itself’.
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A poem from 'Poetry From Awakening and Beyond' based on a chapter of 'Awakening and Beyond'. For more see comments on photos.

Colin Drake