Quiet Time

Just be quiet
he said
with a great smile
that’s all there is to it.
That’s the whole teaching
and it begins
on the other side of words.
Just be quiet
and watch what happens.
All the energy
then unifies
and becomes
a diamond
of spirtual insight,
explosive and totally present.

Just be quiet
he said
don’t identify with anything.
Be free as the
vast heavens
and watch what happens.
Everything else has been written
in the books,
in the sutras,
in the scriptures,
but not this, not this,
not this.
Just be quiet and watch what happens,
watch your screaming mind come to
a screeching halt
and try to look
in all directions at once
in a furious attempt
to continue the tyranny against silence.
All he really said was:
just be quiet
just be quiet
just be quiet
he said it three times
for emphasis.
And he smiled brilliantly as he
reminded me,
and it was the smile of freedom,
wanting nothing.

– Richard Brier
Tiburon, CA