Meditation Reflection - 30 Oct 14

Felt like I had some moments of being present today, that my mind stilled and I was part of the world, or at least not remote from it. There was peace and space in that, and then my thoughts filled the space, began to look for meaning and purpose, which removed me a bit, but not as far as before I started the meditation.

The Waterfall

I am captured by the sound of the waterfall
and assaulted by the sound of people
who aren't captured
by the sound of the waterfall,
who are speaking words
as if they had as much meaning
as the endless shushing
of the waterfall.

Those that pause here long enough
gradually become silent,
still, for a moment,
understand at some level
that there is something beyond
the noise of their own lives,
then forget
that such peace as there is to find
in this world
is only found by disappearing

into the sound of the waterfall.