The stable factor; here and now I am
They seem to last,
but they are flashes in a row;
momentary events
presented to me in quick succession.
Snapshots that continuously
follow one another,
like the sketches that used to
make animation “happen”.
That’s the movie I watch,
being the viewer and the actor.
“Here and now I am”
is the only stable factor.
That’s the thing all my
experiences have in common.
Everything else may be a dream
that rolls on.
To handle the continuous
change, flow, instability,
I need to stand on a firm
spot, right Archimedes?
Here and now I am
is the only thing that never changes;
I lean on it and I manage
my earthly challenges.
Nothing else is indisputable
in this beautiful sphere;
but this, strangely, doesn’t
lead to insecurity.
The movie goes on, and
when I don’t like it,
I don’t put the responsibility
on the screen;
it only shows what the
projector sends.
Whose are the eyes
and the brain?
Whose is the unconscious
that influences
the interpretations of
the surroundings?
These are mine, and I’m not attached
to seeing only the good;
I also see the bad, I’m
telling you!
But although the opposites
coexist
and they are obvious
to me almost all the time,
the real freedom is
beyond that,
where words are
just blah blah blah…
When I go beyond
the need
of saying I am “that”
or “this”,
when I’m free and
totally conscious,
when I’m part of the world
and also autonomous,
when I’m fully
coordinated
with the only thing
that is stable,
then everything is
beautiful;
not because I’m a
blind fool,
not because I like
everything
or because everything
is pretty
but just because
there is.
Just because here and
now there is.
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