Ah Nothing – Poem

I wrote ‘Ah nothing’ in 2015 after experiencing a powerful meditative experience. I felt a cosmic shift occurring within during a moment of silence.

Ah Nothing…

Last night in a dream state

I stopped to concentrate on nothing;

And in the nothingness,

I felt something;

I felt bliss.

To peer through a new prism;

A new schism envisioned;

Beyond decisions and indecisions

A vision of mental prisons;

and they’re…

Shut.

Empty.

I sat still for a moment;

And in the stillness there was..

Plenty;

Then a calm prevailed;

Ego and self became derailed

As I sailed away from the clocks,

The loud ticks and the quiet tocks became fainter!

And in my heart and in my mind,

I transformed into a talented painter;

And the whole world became my canvas.

I shuddered and tried to understand;

That it’s all relative;

Truth!

That its the honest fruit that nourishes;

And to flourish is…

to move

Away from vacillations

And oscillations

Away from changing faces,

I understood in that moment,

That heaven and hell;

are not places;

nor spaces

but a state of mind.

Or maybe even behind!

Consciousness.

And we:

We are not our changing bodies.

but the changeless self who dwells inside!

Ask yourself honestly,

When was the last time you really tried,

To hear the eternal sound?

Found right here in the depths of me;

Found right there in the depths of you;

Yet to be created but true;

True and beautiful.

Just like you.

Listen….