Cross Legged Atop the World

On the Virtue of Sitting Still...

Photo by Aaron Andrew Ang on Unsplash

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CROSS LEGGED ATOP THE WORLD

Of course, 
sitting on your ass
is no way to work
but Master Dogen
thought different.

Here, cross-legged,
on a warm autumn noon
the world fades away:

Real life happens
when we have nothing 
left to say.

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