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Listen for the sound of no wind

Shawn Nevins, Shawn Nevins poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Yoga / Hindu poetry by Shawn Nevins
(1968 - ) Timeline

Original Language
English
Secular or Eclectic
Yoga / Hindu : Advaita / Non-Dualist
Contemporary

Listen for the sound of no wind.
It is the same as that of one hand clapping.
The utter Silence that wells up inside
And will empty you, if you cannot run.
Emptied of mind, body, and awareness,
Nothingness is Allness.

 

 

 

Themes

  Silence
  Sound
 
 
 



 

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