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"Though one were to scan the [entire] external universe, [Searching for the nature of mind], one would not find it.

Buddhahood cannot be attained other than through the mind.

Not recognising this, one does indeed search for the mind externally,

Yet, how can one find [one's own mind] when one looks for it elsewhere?

This is like a fool, for example, who, when finding himself amidst a crowd of people,

Becomes mesmerised by the spectacle [of the crowd] and forgets himself,

Then, no longer recognising who he is, starts searching elsewhere for himself,

Continuously mistaking others for himself."

— The Tibetan Book of the Dead, pg 51

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View from the couch at the studio.

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• • BLACK LION —————— Hope in the fear That we won’t disappear After clicking off The i we walk with; Hopeful as it helps us feel, We’re afraid without it. ~ ~ Helicopter hovers overhead; Lights relentlessly analyzing All the sufferings of our kids, As if no capability in-and-of themselves to handle it; Danger approaches, Or do they approach it? Thumping blades Chastise mistakes, Hoping to carry away their fear, We simply scare them. ~ ~ Sirens scream the alarm We feel in our hearts If we pay attention; That tingling numbness Of desperation, That Primal urge Of self-preservation: i Cling to it Ad if it were me. ~ ~ ~ Fact of life: We all need to die. But our hope is our fear, That we won’t disappear, That we’ll live forever, Hopefully. • • • • #nowthehere #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrytoronto #understandtrees #portcreditpoet #toronto #fear #terror #helicopterparenting #senseless #bebrave #love #trust (at Port Credit GO Station) https://www.instagram.com/mitchellantonmaceachern/p/BxcghUaFBJK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15spzybnp9eou