emptiness

unborn emptiness has let go of the extremes
of being and non-being.
thus it is both the center itself and the central path.
emptiness is the track on which the centered person moves.
~ tsongkhapa

to experience this emptiness
is to experience the astonishing absence
of what often creates the sense
of who i am and the reality i inhabit.

this moment of the empty field ~
experienced ~ over and over..
is dharma practice..
the instruction being:
short moments, many times..
life centered in the awareness of emptiness..
- is the heart of the matter..
the central path..the track...
on which the centered one
lives and moves and has her/his being..

playful, poignant..a passer-by..
to be infinitely empty
on the great ballfield of life..
and death..
everything has already died..this is the other world....
WO-HE-LO!

all things arise,
suffer change,
and pass away.
this is their nature.

when you know this...
...you become still.
it is easy.
~ ashtavakra gita