The Path of No Path

To experience this world You have acquired a body Through this body You can experience the Essential nature of this Illusion called physicality Ah! Life in duality             Up             Down             Female (not male)             Male (not female) Do you require more examples?             However, The real question —    IS — Can you be comfortable (doubtful!) Can you keep in your skin (barely!)             When you realize that                         To become the whole          ...

Part V Huge and immense Of great significance Totally equal in every way Divine. Unique. Without beginning or end. We are not separate! The delicate and gentle beauty Of our great oneness Has not once Ever been shattered Each of us Resplendent in our own Special magnificence To celebrate this At every opportunity Breathe it in So deeply enough To cause even our DNA and beyond To mutate and explode In fireworks of Joy and remembrance When you freely choose To see only this in me And I freely choose to see Only this in you             Then— Together             We see anew             We remember             We know In this way we see each other As we have always been We were never lost! When we choose to live from this place How marvelous it all is! Watch out, the world i...

Part IV Peace is! Peace flows freely It is active and engaged Passivity and Do-nothingness Is the domain of the critics Flowing freely It is only in this way The presence of peace is Known and felt It is the doorway We must choose to Walk through when We choose to become All that we are Peace is the free exchange Of all that is Exuberant gifting, and yes The re-gifting of Ideas Of Art, Music and Culture And, of course Our most Intimate Selves It can be the free choice From those who have Been given much to share With those who have less Demand and force Criticize and coerce These are not the road signs On the highway to peace We have the power To make new choices With billion and million “aires” To numerous to count Should any one go without food Or not have a safe place to live? Here’s a thought— Choose not to:             Be fearful             Be Angry    ...

Part III I know it I have been there to Being lost and homeless The way back …, back to where? Or, for that matter despite What the GPS locator says Where exactly             Is here? For a moment Consider this—             It is not possible to             Become lost or separated             From a place we never left This place we all search for A place we can call home Has never left us It moves as we move Indeed it travels with us             Always So …, back to our sitting Breathe freely Choose to allow yourself             This simple pleasure                   ...

Part II Racing and rushing about Where are the car keys? And pick up the kids Workouts at the gym and Make it to the Doctor’s by 4 And, oh yes, must remember to Get up early; be at work on time   Lather Rinse Repeat As required (so they say!)   Seek not to possess any form Allow no form to possess you Go beyond the illusion of form Breathe deep the wisdom that lies beyond Drink fully and be nourished By the infinite beauty that lives As if hidden, yet always fully present To experience this is to be At the center of where love dwells   We’ve all done it We do it to ourselves And each other; striving — achieving Speedily along the path Of been there and done that Ever onward to the next — what’s next?   Please come and sit with me By sitting together we can Enter into calmness We can become the Ever present stillness   Copyright © 2004 William A. York. All rights reserved.

Part I   To be source The creator of forms Be not caught up with any form   Copyright © 2004 William A. York. All rights reserved.

Quickly now! They shouted The Guest will be here soon There is so little time to prepare Oh! Make ready the house Surely the guest will seek us out With the all the plans we have made What banquets, Grand Pujas And fine discussions we will have!   Away from the commotion At the edge of town She sweeps Every day sweeping The barely visible path to Her dwelling The well-tended late morning fire Burns bright from Her devotion Her voice is soft and gentle Today I sweep for Thee she whispers.   Her body is ancient She has seen the great mountains in their youth The towering redwoods and giant sequoias She cared for as saplings On the edge of the great forest Her house, open on one side is ever filled There is grand delight in their faces Children smile from the stories She tells   You there, old woman Don’t you know the Guest is coming The learned and important say As they confront her in her sweeping Cease this useless and endless sweeping Sure...