six paramitas
give, Mark, like you are peeling and cutting off the
scaley skin that cloys around you obscuring your
pure light; be cool, Mark, shelter from the spikes and
eyes of provocation, the winning curl of enticement;
endure, Mark, and face the walls with due measure
and renewed adjustment across a noble brow; nurture,
Mark, a modest smirk: you have the time to do this
all even when busy; return, Mark, to a settled release,
hung from the point between your shoulders like a
perfect coat-hanger; be, Mark, the eye wide shut,
that sees the further shore is in the very sand you
squelch between your feet, sinking lower into pudding
these emerged from the section of Gems of Dharma, Jewels of Freedom by Je Gampopa introducing the Six Perfections: delving into etymology reveals facets and perspectives like walking around a display case at a museum and really having a good look at something fascinating; and then I thought, c’mon, Mark, `about time you started standing on your own two feet; so, I sat down to do so
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being wormhole: singsong chant
doing & seeing wormhole: may the supreme and precious jewel bodhichitta … // … take birth where it has not yet done so … // … where it has taken birth may it not decrease … // … but may it increase infinitely
feet wormhole: sleep now
giving wormhole: my seat // now
identity & talking to myself wormhole: holiday
settling wormhole: moment
sitting wormhole: the bench
smile wormhole: Open – All – Ours
mlewisredford 