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12 Tanka: Effective Intention

 
 
BeiYin
 
Reply Tue 12 Apr, 2005 07:44 am
Effective Intention

Arrived where I am
intentions fading away
void filled with presence.
Birds flying over mountains -
dark rain clouds do not bother.

No inspiration -
waiting to write something real
there is just silence...
Today the sky is light blue
filled with falcon's lonesome scream.

Vision fades away
expressing truth makes no sense
triggers no echo.
What was offered for others
meant finding reality?

Confused all over...
Pushing one's clearness ahead
doesn't create understanding.
Surprising how birds can pick
those fat worms out of the mess!

I am expression
it doesn't need any words
existence is all.
Today there is bright sun shine
I will cut some fire wood now.

Power satisfies
forcing one's truth on others.
Who doesn't like this game?
Creating dependency
instead being responsible?

Take care of yourself
avoid risk of existence:
Growth prepared for work.
It needs more than one life time
waiting for the right question.

Life's long struggling
letting go sorrow of self:
transformation flash.
A creek needs long filling up
to break gathered obstacles.

Hold back for some time
accumulate energy -
questions will show up...
Owls hunt most successfully
when the night is really dark.

No force is needed
to change existing structure
growth leaves old behind.
Gardeners wait to water
until ready roots receive.

Using the right tool
at the right moment and place
will hit the bull's eye.
Everything has soft parts
where cutting is most easy...

Out of right questions
answers coming from within
followed by actions.
Turning wheels touching the ground
towards realization.


BeiYin
5.4.05
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Reply Tue 12 Apr, 2005 07:48 am
10 Tanka: Wake up... Reflections
Wake up... Reflections

'Awareness' what's this?
Annoying time between naps
dealing with what's there.
I smile! because I don't know
what the hell is going on.

Are you not happy?
Silly notes on the blackboard.
You are asking me?
500 million starving humans
ignored by all the others.

Money power games
Ego's blowing up themselves
never ending goals.
Blindly destroying all life
satisfied self centered death.

"War always has been
people disagree and fight
death is part of life." -
Who is big eats the smaller
the biggest will eat them all.

Manipulations -
getting what one desires
blown up ego trips.
Striving to reach outer space
forgetting the core within.

Seeing what's around
startles me - frozen in fear
can't find any sense.
Being turned back to feel myself
I pull myself out of mud.

No words anymore
no talks about enlightenment
confirmation games.
You want to be encountered?
So meet yourself in silence.

So much noise all over
no space left between words
bridging the unknown.
Concepts covering all minds
ego's anchor to hold sense.

Wake up and stand up
relating responding right now
to whatever appears
take responsibility! -
That's a call from far within.

Light's radiation
invisible - sensible
piercing through dark clouds.
Eyes are bound to illusion -
one's center embraces all.


BeiYin
March 2005
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