In Honor of Selflessnes
Inspired by Thich Naht Hanh Peace Is Every Step Walk on October 8th at MacArthur Park
In Honor of Selflessness
by Moses Shalom October 8 2005
When he finally
Found truth
He found
Existence
Is empty
He found
Freedom
From pain
He found
For all beings
Form is emptiness
Emptiness is form
Reality is void
Neither created
Nor destroyed
Neither perfect
Nor imperfect
Neither increasing
Nor decreasing.
In emptiness
There are
No forms
No feelings
No conceptions
No differences
No sensations
No awareness
No consciousness.
Neither ignorance
Nor end of ignorance
Neither death
Nor end of death
Neither suffering
Nor end of suffering
Nor cause of suffering
No pathway
No revelation
No attainment
And therefore
No obstacles
No fears
No lies.
Through
Discovery
All beings
Find the truth
That ends
All suffering:
All gone, gone
Completely gone
To the faraway shore
Of Being
And Celebration