Mind Field

Your mind is a store

within which all seeds are kept,

All thoughts, words and deeds

become seeds and grow in the mind field.

These seeds

become our life,

Act well

and seeds of wellness will flourish,

Act badly

and these seeds will flourish.

Know what seeds

you need and water these,

Starve unwanted seeds.

Turn your attention

inwards become mindful,

Here is where

all must begin.

The highest gift.

Like a weed whose roots

have not been dug up,

Suffering returns again and again

to those who do not work on their thoughts.

The river of mindfulness

is what will cleanse you of  conditioned thought,

Through insight

cut away the creepers of stale thought.

Living whilst led by an untrained mind

one can rush about aimlessly like a trapped animal,

Caught up in delusion and weak thinking

they suffer over and over and over.

A lazy mind

will drag you down,

To the bottom

of despair.

Master your mind

become skilled in thinking

Control your desires

tame your craving

lose your attachments

and be free of your self-spun web of the senses.

Remain tied to these

you are both prisoner and executioner,

This the highest gift you must use

The Truth!

Weeds ruin growth

greed, ignorance, possessions, lust ill will, poor mind

Ruin man.

Walk the true path

You, yourself must walk the path

even though many may show the way.

All things are subject to change

realise this and grasp no more.

All things suffer

know this and hide no more,

The lazy man weak in mental discipline

though he may be young and strong

Never finds the path.

Speak less but well

train your mind,

Do always what is good

achieve the way.

Wisdom is hidden in silence

noise is loss,

If poverty of mind is present

destroy it like weeds,

For it shall strangle you.

Clinging to falsehoods

and you remain in bondage,

No freedom exists here.

Rid yourself of ego

for it leads you on another path

Full of fear, anxiety, struggle and pain.

Your path

Shun anger

for it is a strong shackle,

Be not tied to possessions

either in mind or body

and you will never be captive.

None escape criticism

The Silent ones

The Loud ones

The Moderate ones,

so free yourself from

the want of others opinions,

they are worthless.

What you think of you

what you do

This is important.

The wholly approved

do not exist,

So end your search

for approval.

Be always true to yourself

avoid rash speech

Avoid wrong doing,

Practice restraint

exercise right thought and action.

Behave with wisdom, insight and virtue

know you.

Be vigilant

to the temptations

Practice control.

Follow your path

be alone when necessary,

For it is better

than bathing with the lowly.

My wish for you!

May you find happiness

And keep its causes in your heart.

May you be free from pain

And the causes of pain.

May you never be apart from joy

Forever its companion,

Freedom from attachments and cravings

May you lay in the glory of eternal peace.

This is my wish for you!

Everyday transformation

The mind field

is always flowing,

The mind field

is forever changing.

It does not stop

it is never the same,

And as such

it is neutral.

There is at the start

of every day,

An opportunity

for transformation.

The nature of the mind field

is always direct,

What you plant

will grow.

Your perception

The way you perceive reality

has everything to do with your happiness or suffering,

Here you must be most aware

for our perception can be distorted.

You can perceive the world

directly without distortion,

Here you see reality

as it is.

This is the way of the truly wise.

You can perceive the world

as a representation,

Here what you perceive

is not reality but an image of your creation.

This is the way that leads to much suffering and the way of a fool.

False perceptions

full of errors and discrimination,

Keeps us from the truth

and we suffer.

The perception directly

without intervention of mind,

This is the way

to the great truth of reality.

Know this

and be free,

Ask always

what is the reality here?

Our habits

Our habits can blind us

to the way things truly are,

Habitual thinking keeps us from

being able to perceive reality.

Our habits are based

on the past,

There is no life

in the past.

The Present is the only place where anything happens!

Habits can be strong

they can override fact,

Habits by their very nature

are lazy and yet they can control us.

Mindfulness is the way

to break habits,

Shine the light of awareness

on your habits as hey are.

Interrupt the pattern

break bit by bit the habit,

Habit is like being in auto pilot

mindfulness is being in control.

Habits are a cage

free yourself,

Before you believe

yourself to be caged.

Habits are formed by you alone

and you alone can destroy them,

Know this power

and live.