One thousand stars.

Overhead.

I awaken.

To fresh snow.

Ultimate Reality.

Encompasses all that is.

Even.

Identification.

As a separate.

Independently existing.

Self.

When there isn’t one.

Dark clouds.

Come rolling in.

Rain on the window.

Thoughts of sunnier days.

I sit quietly in my little boat.

Oars relaxed in my hands.

Bobbing up and down gently.

As the sun drops behind the mountains.

I am carried on the waves.

Sky above.

Great wind.

-Ryokan

The broken puppet.

Is God.

You spent your time searching.

For a treasure.

When all the time.

You were the Treasure.

You are the Treasure.

Life is the Treasure.

This is the Treasure.

This.

Throw out all thoughts.

Of becoming.

Discard them.

Ignore them.

You are already IT.

IT is you.

IT is EVERYTHING.

Now.

Cos where it all comes from is a mystery,
It’s like the changin’ of the seasons,
And the tides of the sea.

-Theme from the BBC TV Series “Only Fools And Horses”
Written & Performed by John Sullivan – 1981