See&Hear

We are going to be quiet now, put our phones down

and take some time to listen to the world.

We are going to listen to the train whistle,

to the sound of traffic

to the conversation of crows.

We are going to listen to the body,

to the feeling of the body,

the breathing, heartbeat, and energy field of the body.

We are going to observe the mind

as thoughts appear from empty space

and vanish in empty space.

We are going to wonder

what is it that sees and hears it all?

What is it that sees the thoughts?

We are going to be quiet now and find

the no one who sees and hears.

We are going to find out, once again,

That it is life that sees and hears

and that we are life, all life,

and there is nothing to get and nothing to lose,

that there is nothing outside of us,

and nothing that can hurt us

and nothing to hold onto,

and that we are free.