purifying spirit
True speech
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I refuse to remain silent
In a world that is burning with the fires of separation
And tingling with the black threads of beginningless greed, hatred, and oppression.
I have a whole universe of things to say,
So I’ll start here:
Dropping into center is the only true speech.
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With no gap between me and you,
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. Say something!
Why do you hold your breath?
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The sages of the past proclaimed that we should practice
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silently . .
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like a fool, like an idiot, .
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working within. . .
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But when inside and outside merge, only the true idiot remains silent.
Do not pass our life in vain: .
Inside-outside work is all the same .
When you work, just work .
To uproot this deep-rooted pain .
Go to the source, where there’s .
No shame . .
No hatred, greed, . .
No loss or gain, . .
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And speak from here
This field of plain
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Unhindered
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. Truth .
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This is me This is you
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This is how we heal us both.