A radiant sutra

In a time of terror –
When fleeing from danger –
In the midst of sorrow –
When you are totally confused,
Or intensely curious –
When ravenous with hunger –
Or totally sated –

Whenever you stumble
Into any such moment, awaken,
Wild attentiveness everywhere.
Ride the shockwaves inward
To contact the Great Self,
The essence you arrive from.

Lorin Roche

THE RADIANCE SUTRAS