Replacing Thought With Sensation - Returning To Wholeness

Explore a poem that intertwines thoughts with nature, urging us to replace cognition with sensory experiences to uncover life's deeper, universal truths. This poetic journey is not just about observing nature but rather about dissolving the artificial boundaries between our mental processes and the world around us. When I sit in quietude, I notice that thoughts have a certain shape to them and that the surrounding sounds can take up that space in a much more loving, grounded, and truthful way. There's a sudden sense of okay-ness because I'm not constantly acting upon thoughts rooted in separation and deficiency. I truly love spending time trying to convey these felt experiences to you, and I hope they speak to you in a way that reveals how whole you already are. Thank you for sharing, commenting, and allowing me to spend a moment with you today, Love Sez

Transcript

Your thoughts are the same shape as swamp oaks' deep-hued hush,

They are the same shape as birdsong following the contours of a valley.

Your thoughts are the same shape as forest footsteps in the quiet evening,

They are the same shape as moonlight slipping between the breath of curtain.

Your thoughts are the same shape as a garden trowel meeting the soft dirt,

They are the same shape as slowly poured tea.

Your thoughts,

They take up the same space where life's Newman longs to fill you with its own sweet peace.

Just sit here,

And take the sounds in this room and replace your thoughts with them.

Let sensation become thought.

And what was a thought of longing is now rain running in rivulet's downwindow pane.

What was thought of fracture is now a cricket jumping through the tall grass of mind.

What was a thought of lack is now the gentle stream trickling across mind pebbles.

Life is not the understudy of thought,

It is the lead character,

The heroine,

The hero.

Life is reality before thought can mask it in reverie.

Life is wholeness before thought can slip its lens of separation over it.

Life is the boundless self before we can cage ourselves into a thought of me.

Life is peace before we can attempt to think of something that might help us reach some state of serenity.

When you are full of reality,

Wholeness,

Self and peace,

Simply because you allowed your felt sense to take up mind space,

You cannot find reason to why life is not the most intimately loving and abundant experience.

Reviews

A very serene meditation full of beautiful imagery. Thank you.

A peaceful meditation that nurtures non-duality. So beautiful!

❤️

A warm blanket on a cold morning

Phenomenal

Spoke to my heart. Perfect.

Beautiful, Sez! 🌻

Another beautiful collection of words & thoughts which sweep me away into soothing imagery.
I love me some Sez. ;-)

Beautiful and enlightening. Thank you for this.

Beautiful your words are magical and can transcend my thinking mind and whisper to my soul ❤️

Abundance is space.
Namaste

I really love this Sez. Thank you

I have no words, such a beautiful poem of sound. May I " listen " may I " hear " that my mind is filled with the sounds around me each day and night.
Thank you Sez, love this poem
Blessings 🙏 🌟

So beautiful. After hearing this, I actually feel hopeful. Thank you 🙏🏻

🙏😌

Stunningly beautiful, as always 🙏🏼💝🌟

Beautiful, thank you 🙏🏼🕊️🩷

Simply beautiful 🙏🍂🍁

What a refreshing and freeing meditation. Wonderful, thank you.

So beautiful! Thank you 🙏 ✨