Retreat
Sit quietly.
Strip off the masks
of self-deception,
self-reflection,
self-improvement,
self-judgment.
If you want truth,
these activities waste energy.
Sit quietly.
What is peering out
from behind your mask?
Without relying on a single thought,
who are you?
No matter what you see,
there is more unseen.
Always, the Mystery invites itself deeper.
© Dorothy S. Hunt
May 25, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Just returned from 8-day silent retreat and was looking for copy of the clown-buddha picture and found this site.
This poem is absolutely “right-on”
cheers
May 25, 2010 at 11:06 pm
where you with Adya at MMC? I’m doing his 7 day at Omega in Sept. HAve you met Dorothy? She is wonderful and one of his students.