We come and we go
Go away to come back
Come back to go away
One requires the other
Alone we go much faster
But together go farther
As each moment forms
Past as frozen in amber
Futures in a crystal ball
Another thing to let go
Go away to come back
Come back to go away
Be here now matters
As it’s all that really is
And what was imagined
Became cause and effect
To help balance the scales
Of many human excesses
Suffocating themselves
Into the healing silence
Memories and visions
The present moment
To do what we can
And be who we are
Go beyond just being
An exploding population
Of competitive omnivores
And an invasive neophyte
In the history of the Earth.
“नट सरस Nat Saras” — moon dance by a pond
Come and go with heart
Spiritual traditions hold divergent perspectives on transforming and liberating our consciousness. Some aim “to discover a ‘transcendent’ vision of life, to open beyond our body and mind and realize the divine taste of liberation… to go to the mountaintop, to have a cosmic vision, to transcend the small self, to experience an enlightenment…
“[Others] set out instead to bring the spirit of the mountaintop alive here and now in each moment of life… Instead of seeking to transcend, the perspective of the ‘immanent’ [observes how] reality, enlightenment, or the divine … shine through every moment…
“Immanent and transcendent paths are both … expressions of practice that can lead to a profound letting go and true liberation. [Many] who pursue spiritual practice in a devoted way will at some time experience both perspectives. Each way has its value, and each has its dangers.
“The value of transcendent states is the great inspiration and compelling vision that they can bring to our lives… [and] be profoundly healing and transforming. But their dangers and misuses are equally great. We can feel ourselves special for having had [such experiences]; we can can easily get attached to having them… and attachment to these experiences can easily lead to complacency, hubris, and self-deception.
“The value of the practice of immanence is its powerfully integrated approach. It brings the spirit alive here and now and infuses our whole life with a sense of the sacred. The dangers include delusion and complacency. We can easily believe we are ‘living in the present’ and still be half asleep, following our old comfortable habits.”
— A Path with Heart, Jack Kornfield, pp. 120-121
From the source to the sea — going with the flow
