Borderline

Boundaries
become thinner
as our need for help
grows more dire.

Wrong Turns

Life is full of intersections.

Knowing when to turn
and when to continue on
is the work of experience.

What brings experience?
Making wrong turns.

Hidden

The secrets we hide from others
are reflections of the secrets
we hide from ourselves.

The Line

On this side
of the line
is the good.

On that side
of the line
is the bad.

Take away
the line.

Does good
fade away?

Does bad
overwhelm?

Eternity's Palm

Where is the future?
It lives in your imagination.

Where is the past?
It lives in your memory.

Imagination and memory
live only in this moment.

Eternity holds this moment
in the palm of its hand.

Word Problems

Celebrate distress in your life.
It is the vehicle of passion.

Avoid contentment at all cost.
It is the carrier of dissatisfaction.

Every line is bisected
countless times before it ends.

Straight lines and crooked lines
are not defined by their color.

Extra Layers

We build layers from inside out
to hide the deepest kernel
of who we worry we might be.

But every layer is just one more
we have to cut through to hack
our way back to who we already are.

Empty Life

What exists
where there is nothing?

What lives
in the emptiness between?

Distance is always an illusion.
Separateness is only a claim.

The Color of Light

White contains every color.
Black contains every color, too.
Light makes the difference.

What we take in through our eyes
is nothing compared to what
we make of it in our mind.

The Nature of Wisdom

It's our nature to be
builders of bridges,
stringers of wires,
connectors of souls.

We are also by nature
builders of walls,
stringers of fences,
closers of doors.

Wisdom teaches us 
what to build,
what to string,
what to open and close.

Truth Hunt

Our experiences in life
are nontransferable.

This is why truth varies
from person to person.

When I am afraid,
I hunt for truth outside
my own experience.

When I am awake,
I hunt for truth inside
my own experience.

Three Bowed Heads

One mind is looking.
One mind is worrying.
One mind is praying.

The first reaps knowledge.
The second reaps pain.
The third reaps gratitude.