The Edge of Empty and Full
El Borde entre lo Vacío y lo Pleno
A meditation on resting at the edge where emptiness meets fullness, noticing thought's pull, and trusting the aliveness already here.
The Edge of Empty and Full
The longing that calls us
The trouble of what to do with thought.
And so in meditation, we dedicate a bit of time.
There's a possibility of having a deeper understanding of what thought is.
As we do that, as we take this time to contemplate, to observe, to allow,
it can become more obvious to us what we are as well, or what we are not.
Something is pulling us, calling us.
There's a longing for freedom.
You might not call it that.
You're searching for something, for well-being, and that's here.
It's right now.
The calling is here and the answer is here.
The seeking and that which we're looking for, it's all here.
Thought as addictive substance
Thoughts come.
Thoughts are like an addictive substance, not thought itself, but the promise of something else.
We are always here in this miracle,
the liveness of presence,
of sounds, of sensations,
the mystery of this perpetual movement of experience.
Thought is part of that as well.
Images, imaginary sounds, imaginary sensations,
all of it also happening here,
made of the same substance: infinite presence.
The seduction of thinking
Notice how thought becomes seductive,
the allure of futures, imaginary experiences.
For that to be tempting,
for that to be seductive,
we first use thinking
to make this mystery normal,
to make this moment boring, conventional,
to veil the miracle of existence.
Breathing, the miracle of sounds, sensations.
The emptiness from which it all emerges.
The emptiness which calls us.
Touching aliveness directly
This presence, alive, and at first it can scare.
We use the mind as a shield to not touch this aliveness directly.
The liveliness is here.
It's empty and it's sound.
It's empty and it's thoughts.
It's empty and it's sensations, sight.
Empty and full, empty and full.
Staying on the edge
Notice the temptation to go into things, thoughts, imagination,
the allure of things, objects, experiences.
Stay on the edge of empty and full.
Something observing, something seeing: empty.
Something seen: fullness.
Seeing and the seen being the same.
Trust.
So intimate.
Nothing can separate you
Nothing can separate you.
Thoughts cannot separate you.
Emotions cannot separate.
Fear cannot separate.
They are all made of this.
No need to fight.
Just recognize.
There appears to be sounds and you,
sensations and you,
thoughts and you.
You are in the sound,
you are in the thoughts,
you are in the sensation,
the emptiness appearing as form.
The heart needs no protection
The heart is always open,
always vulnerable,
always loving.
We cannot stop it.
You can only try and fail.
It sings the song of beauty, the miracle of being.
The mind can pretend to close.
See through it,
the illusion of smallness,
the illusion of something to protect.
We can take care of our bodies, our minds.
The heart needs no protection.
Thoughts are just thoughts,
only real as thoughts.
Let them flow.