the listening sutra sonnet

as usual, silence says it best.

the fact is nothing anyone can think or say is true;

truth is what you are and only what you are is telling the truth—

listen.

all precepts and instructions are there to help quiet the ambient sound so one can listen,

but too often these means become a righteous end.

do whatever you need to do to listen;

choose whatever noise-proofing works for you, if any;

most importantly, listen to what you are—period.

the great paradox in listening to what one is:

one needs to be what one is to listen to what one is;

hence, neti neti, not a person, rest—be.

the greatest non-paradox is one always is what one is;

so always listen...