Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Breathe, you are alive

Breathe and you know that you are alive.

Breathe and you know that all is helping you
Breathe and you know that you are the world
Breathe and you know that the flower’s breathing you

Breathe for yourself and breathe for the world
Breathe in compassion and breathe out the joy
Breathe and be one with the air that you breathe
Breathe and be one with the river that flows
Breathe and be one with the earth that you tread
Breathe and you break the thought of birth and death

Breathe and you see impermanence is life
Breathe for your joy to be steady and calm


Breathe for your sorrow to flow away
Breathe to renew every cell in your blood
Breathe to renew the depths of consciousness
Breathe and you dwell in the here and now
Breathe and all you touch is new and real.


[From the Songs Book at the Blue Cliff Monastery “SONGS FOR MEDITATION PRACTICE- THIS IS A MOMENT OF HAPPINESS”]

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