Broaden: Opportunity

Perhaps we blind ourselves;
Maybe ignorance and delusion
Are activities,
Awake, our natural state.

Then when you just sit,
You may awaken because
You eventually stop trying to
Put yourself to sleep.

Perhaps it’s the thinking too;
We think and
Get caught up in this:
Believe this
Follow that
Attach to this
And Grab that.

At the same time
Words can awaken us,
But then when
We succeed,
We must let go of them too.

If I could follow my thinking
Until I get there,
And then let go;
If I practice grabbing
And letting go;
If I become expert at this
Then perhaps I would have
A choice,
And then when I break free
Maybe then I could stay free,
Instead of getting caught again.