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I give up trying to be perfect.

To be anyone actually. It's rather tiring and burdensome.

I release the mind from its self-imposed burdens.

Then joy arises like the beautiful scent of a flower.

Or like a clear fountain of water, a wellspring I forgot was there.

Could this be the way to samadhi?

A way to cross the flood without straining and without halting?

Without grasping.

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The middle way

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Edited by Richie Cuthbertson, Saturday 23 October 2021 at 14:38

Neither going toward nor backing away from.
Not grasping nor pushing away.

I breathe in and train my mind to focus on dispassion.
I breathe out focusing on dispassion.

A creeping feeling,
A voice says:
"Brace yourself for the darkness".

But I don't care for it much, I will fight.
By keeping my mind lucid and bright.

I am no use to the Earth or anybody else
When I'm depressed.









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