WHO
07/17/93
if
not the body
nor the memory
in the body
nor the feelings
in the body
if not either past
or future
if not the world
nor thoughts of the world
nor thoughts of not the world
if not either desire
or attachment
or surrender
if not members
of the body
hands, feet, heart, head
if not
mother, father, brother, sister
if not
the child of the body
nor even the beloved
of the body
who also was once a child
and will one day die
who then
carries this destiny
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who remembers
if not the vision then
who is the witness
who sees
if no thing in time
in the field of action
in the pairs of opposites
in the subtle qualities
if not the breath
nor what breathes
then
who listens
for the sound of the bell
who dreams
of perfect stillness home
among the deep roots of the giant
northern white pine
who is curious
and wonders who
who asks
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