In the deepest acceptance We discover the silence At the heart of all being The argument is over The resistance is finished No more words need be said Or understanding reached The self may still make some noise But it no longer bothers us Or, and this is likely, Even the self, the noisy self, The fighting and arguing self The self that is scared of all things, Even that self May quieten down and fall silent And what sweetness that is!
THE SWEET SILENCE OF ACCEPTANCE
THE SWEET SILENCE OF ACCEPTANCE
THE SWEET SILENCE OF ACCEPTANCE
In the deepest acceptance We discover the silence At the heart of all being The argument is over The resistance is finished No more words need be said Or understanding reached The self may still make some noise But it no longer bothers us Or, and this is likely, Even the self, the noisy self, The fighting and arguing self The self that is scared of all things, Even that self May quieten down and fall silent And what sweetness that is!