I remember you now
in a moment present
though gone far away
you’re here in my heart
maybe you reincarnated
somewhere else already
found our renewed family
within this eternal current
that begins and ends all
still carrying forward
when we are gone
leaving the heart
one for another
always next steps
to let go what was
and embrace what is
open to whatever comes
learning how we all shape
what we are contributing
ever more consciously
where we go and don’t
challenging humanity
what appears as self
like late snow in spring
I treasure you in my heart
in this very present moment.
“Hearts dance and remember” — all in one in all
Remember what Gotama told Vacchagotta and the bhikkhus (monks)
“To the extent that you may wish: ‘May I, with the divine ear.., which is purified and surpasses the human, hear both kinds of sounds, the divine and the human, those that are far as well as near’ — you will attain the ability to witness any aspect therein, there being a suitable basis.
“To the extent that you may wish: ‘May I, with the divine eye, which is purified and surpasses the human, see beings passing away and reappearing, inferior and superior, fair and ugly, fortunate and unfortunate… and may I understand how beings pass on according to their actions’ — you will attain the ability to witness any aspect therein, there being a suitable basis.
You will be “realizing for [your]self with direct knowledge, here and now” that: “Birth is destroyed, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming to any state of being.”
“Here [you] develop the mindfulness enlightenment factor, which is supported by seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, and ripens in relinquishment. [You] develop the investigation-of-states enlightenment factor. . . the energy enlightenment factor. . . the rapture enlightenment factor. . . the tranquility enlightenment factor. . . the concentration enlightenment factor. . . the equanimity enlightenment factor, which is supported by seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, and ripens in relinquishment.
“[These] seven enlightenment factors, developed and cultivated, fulfill true knowledge and deliverance.”
— Majjhima Nikāya — the middle length discourses of the Buddha, translated from Pali by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi — Mahāvacchagotta Sutta, 73.20, .23, and .26, pp. 600-601 and Ānāpānasati Sutta, 118.42 and .43, p. 948
Remember before you were small you were big?
