Paul Bowles

HERE I AM

When I am here I shall not mind
I shall merely murmur:
If no one comes and sees me here it will be all right

Here it is hard to believe that anything is free
Come let us lapse into freedom
Let all these things become less than dust
Let me not think at all ever
Let these things come close together
Let everything be slow and soft
Let the wind blow over the roof at noon
Let everything be soft here because there is no dust
Let anything except what is coming come
That is the way I always have felt

Paul Bowles

Suffering and Self-grasping

Whenever I look at someone's suffering, I realize that the types of suffering are numerous as the specks of dust floating in the sunlight. However, if we can eliminate self-grasping there is but the nakedness of the mind-as-such.

Heart Consciousness

"The more loving you are, the more intelligent you become"

Keisha Crowther, 'Little Grandmother"