Self-Awareness

My late wife, Patricia, devoted her life to deepening her spiritual understanding and sharing this with thousands of students over many years. She embodied Love. She loved to write poetry. The following is from her cookbook.

SELF-AWARENESS

You can’t force the container open

Lift the lid slowly with

great interest and curiosity.

Be patient….

Cultivating a

willingness to

Simply Stay

in the formerly 

overlooked 

corner.

Yes, there in that corner,

with a castaway lodged

deep,

fueling suffering.

Turn there now, softly,

so softly now.

Open to the

tension, numbness, trembling.

Open to this way of 

being.

Notice urges to move away.

Habitual ways of distraction.

Be adamant and infinitely gentle.

Cultivate

again this willingness to really be here

Simply stay

Simply stay

as Openness.

Everything is the Silence

of

Love.