Retreat Inward

A quiet mind is fleeting
Thoughts flash
Can't recall the last
Or ones before that
Sit an hour
Can't observe twelve straight breaths

A ship tethered to the docks
Is in the sea
But it is not sailing
It is not free

Persist
Unclench
Let go
No judgements
Only curiosity

Get below the fray
Frivolous sensational games
Continuous reactivity, indulging ignorantly
There's little peace
And much suffering

Observe meta thoughts
And dodge self sabotage

Invert your awareness
From outside looking in
To inside observing out

From held in place
To suspended in space

Subtracting movement with agency
Only compelled activity remains

With quiet mind,
Still body
Retreat inward

Core

Retreat inward
From edge to core
Invert your awareness
And find liberation

At the edge of consciousness,
Thoughts are indulged
Ignorantly
From the core,
They are beheld
Objectively

At the edge you hear sounds
From the core you hear silence

From the core
Observe heart's beat
And sensation waves passing
Reject time
Melt your dimensions
Blend dream, thought, and form

Narrow your consciousness
Achieve freedom through small
The space starts narrow
Like a underground burrow it expands
With time, familiarity, and skill

Retreat and be ultra still
Invert your awareness
Dwell from the core
It's right here
O yes! Here it is