The Observer

The Observer :

Reality passes through the filter of conscious for all, but the lens of distortion is not quite so thick for the true observer. He perceives; then preserves –imbibing actuality without digestion. The observer absorbs his environment without disturbing it. The situation constantly transforms, but its account is eternal.

Reality seeps into his pores and is exuded with the steady rise and fall of respiration. The passivity is deceptive. Deep concentration is summoned and channeled into a most worthy endeavor. The moment is soon over and it no longer exists anywhere but the mind of the observer. Its validity is solely dependant on the reliability of his senses.

Reality has not changed, but the observer has. Though his objectivity is unwavering, it has forced him to lose control –as any truly equitable party should when faced with the unassailably verifiable. Being a true observer means this: focusing on reality to the point that you do not merely perceive it, but become it.

Pain

Pain

Pain is caused by unwillingness to change.
Release the prisoner within and experience Freedom!
Inflexibility is the chain barring us from full existence.
Loosen it and be liberated!

Accepting Reality is this:
Being able to acknowledge new circumstances,
And the responsibilities that they bring.

Beyond the debate of free will and fate,
The point has been missed.
We sometimes influence our outcome;
But we always determine our perception of it.
Which of the two is more important?

Perspective

Perspective

What is left when the mist vanishes?
Does “What could have been”
Not meet the same fate as “what was?”
Both are irrevocably lost to the past,

Beyond our worries, doubts, and fears
Is the Truth that we are completely fulfilled,
But only as much as we let ourselves be.

If we let the illusion of potentiality cast a greater shadow
Than the Reality of occurrence,
Transcendent perspective becomes impossible.

Not in spite of circumstances, but because of them;
Be at peace.

Perception

Perception

Perceiving something does not make it true
Any more than not perceiving it makes it false.
We are what changes –not Reality.

Some Reality we cannot or will not recognize,
And deny it as a blind man denies light
Or a deaf man denies sound
-Only perceiving part of it
And excusing away the rest.

The epiphany comes when we accept Reality
And realize that it has always been there:
Waiting for us to change.

Faith

Faith

Faith is not the suppression of doubt, but the overcoming of it.

It is the acceptance of reality
The reality of things unseen,
But not unfelt, unheard or unsensed.

Reality demands the loss of control