the lord is one

quantum realities

without going out of your door
you can know all things on earth
without looking out of your window
you can know the ways of heaven

the farther one travels
the less one knows
the less one really knows

arrive without travelling
see all without looking
do all without doing

- the inner light, george harrison

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eleven months ago
the holy son entered our realm
and though our lord cannot speak
this temporal being is very expressive

whenever the master looks up
and sees and recognizes
me, mom or grandma
seeing anyone of us
as a new person for that day
our savior immediately stands up
and demands to be picked up
the boy genius stiffens his head and upper body
pushes down on the royal arms
stand and stomps the holy feet
makes a face
by closing and opening his eyes rapidly
pouts
and makes a particular cry
it works everytime

our lordship makes the cutest sounds
little buddha’s baby talk is
musically bubbly
indescribably beautiful
like pebbles in a tin can
the prince says, “dat”, “dag” and “hot”
sush tells his honor
you speak kannada so beautifully

our bouncing baby boy
dances
rocks the sacred upper body
back and forth
waves a magical right hand
up and down
from head to waist
points
and hums
what coordination
the frontal lobe creature
loves it when i dance
and jump up and down
with the great one in my arms
siddhartha will then
refuse to be put down

the world teacher
is learning to kick a ball
such a joy to watch our master doing this
kicking and chasing a ball
all wobbly-like
cute ducky
so strong
his holiness is
falls
runs into me
bangs the precious head
gets hurt
often
but keeps on going
energizer bunny

the dalai lama is very patient
tantrums
are few
and never too long
screaming
arching the royal back
throwing himself down
always over being alone
or something taken away
or if our master is hungry
or tired

the buddha loves eating
ah food
a piece of food
bread, tufu, cereal, fruit
any food
makes the world teacher happy
holds all food in the holy left hand
as part of a upright fist
taking nibbles at it
from time to time
sadly
sometimes big chunks
make the zen master choke
poor chap
so innocent
our savior does not know better
adults do not understand our lord
choking all the time
it must be so scary
and painful
for his holiness
so irrepressible
bounces back in no time
ready for another round

my lord is my guide
but is hard to follow
to worship
work unpaid
for a child
alongside
not instead of
its mother
but i have faith
the mother provides
i will try to be there
for her charge
as much as i can
irregardless
of finances
shame or insult
my preception of reality
is exceptionally clear
morally correct
fluid
flexible
invisible
multi-centered
mutually contradictory
and yet
unshakeable
in this and perhaps
several parallel universes

i saw three movies recently
born into brothels
turtles can fly
paradise now
all deeply moving
i became overwhelmed
each time

so much pain
so little hope
in the world
dalits in india
selling their bodies for a living
kurds in iraq
sacrificing limbs to mine fields
arabs in palestine
sacrificing bodies in resistance
why is there such cruelty
am i not the cause?

i am selfish
pursuing self interest
i exploit others
i am lustful
greedy
violent
i am the problem
to be free from all this
i need to be silently aware
watching
every movement
of thought
of self
until thought comes to an end
on its own accord
and leaves me
aware
watching
in silence