QUIETNESS
Meditations all involve one thing
The quieting of our familiar minds
The minds that ponder earth’s realities
With little thought to all that lies behind
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What lies behind of course is Consciousness
The province of all of the universe
To access this our minds need quieting
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The universe is made of energy
The very thing that creates you and me
In quietness we find the wider place
That can infuse our lives with love and grace
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We need not value what the crowd commends
Meditation tells us what is true
We’re meant to transcend all that’s mean and small
The crowd may lead but we need not pursue
We meditate and find a better way
And finally we learn to treat life as a play
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So quietness is part of growing up
And meditation is enlargement of our scope
When we remove our minds from needless noise
We find a way to sanity and poise
We learn to control things that hobble us
We find the simplest answers lie in love
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Consciousness knows right and transcends wrong
We learn to do the same thing before long
We learn the peace of life, breathing along
We follow prompts that turn our days to song
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Sometimes all we do is meditate
We’re always open to this quiet state
We overcome our once familiar enemies
And learn to live lives of general ease
Empowered by these silent reveries
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Nothing about us is without reason
Our nervous youthful fears can help us grow
Our heartbreaking events are turning points
Our futures are best seen as transitions
Reason that’s heartful is our life’s reward
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Let’s give three cheers for that old childish mind
And find good ways to leave what’s past behind