Serenity Meditations, Volume II E-Book

Mitchell Isaac Friedman

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

A second collection of meditations. This is a continuation of my previous collection, Serenity Meditations. Like its predecessor, Volume II presents ideas that flit through my mind as I sit during my daily meditation. Observed, but not examined, the ideas here presented reflect feelings rather than thoughts.

Leseprobe

Mitchell Isaac Friedman

Serenity Meditations, Volume II

For Ilene, Danielle, and Jordan Friedman In loving memory of my parents William and Lillian Friedman BookRix GmbH & Co. KG81371 Munich

Meditation 52 (Ripples Upon a Pond)

I am the epicenter

of a placid pond,

its glassy surface

undisturbed.

Thoughts like,

tiny pebbles,

set ripples in motion.

I watch them

flow in an

ever widening gyre,

moving out away from me

toward the distant banks.

Drifting farther and farther

from the epicenter (me)

they gradually

fade;

one by one

each ripple lessens

in intensity,

until the pond

(my mind)

is once again

left placid, smooth

and undisturbed.

Meditation 53 (Truth and Self)

Inspired by the teachings of Patanjali

There is only one Truth:

Truth, the All in One.

Each culture

dresses Truth in the precepts

of its peculiar traditions--

the dictates of its own scripture.

Truth is not by

traditions, precepts, scripture,

nor culture.

Truth, the All in One

is Truth.

There is only one Self:

Self, the All in One.

Each individual is a part

of the All in One.

We each think

in our own way,

adorn our bodies

to express individuality,

behave according to

what ethics we have

been taught.

However,

Self is not defined by

our thoughts, our bodies,

nor our actions.

We do not define Self;

Self defines us.

We are the One.

we are the All.

We are one Self;

we all share One Truth.

Meditation 54 (Wisdom Seeker)

I thirst for knowledge

of the universal Self.

It’s wisdom I seek.