the cardinal sutra

“your past lives are simply

the deluded mind of your previous thoughts,

and your present life is simply

the enlightened mind of your subsequent thoughts”


forget it jake, it’s ch’antown.

the audacity of delusion.

six billion images of me!

well all belief is make-believe.


in a tree that's not a tree,

a bird that's not a bird

is singing a silent red song

of one cardinal thought and me.


shadows come and go like passing

whether systems but we all shine on.

you see the light because you're light.

this loving seeing I god.


sometimes i'm the space,

othertimes i'm the planet,

all the time i'm the enigmatic

sun of absolutely no time.