Socks – Jim Kennedy

 

Socks

 

Socks

 

Often warm and fuzzy

enfolding grateful toes

Now embraced by shoes

 

Secure

 

Ready for the night walk

 

 

 

Jim is a very dear friend of mine who lives in San Francisco. He told me that this poem came to him after he read my Which pair of socks. We took a picture for his socks last weekend when he visited me so we can finally post this poem here.

 

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“Broken Words, perfect feelings” – Which pair of socks?

 

I exist,

in my breath,

in my body,

in my awareness,

I exist,

when I am lost in the wonder of early fog,

when spring snow wakes up sweet buds,

when I have a hard time deciding which pair of socks to wear today,

I exist,

especially,

when we meet in that amazing place.

 

(This poem is in a dialog with Lanny’s “Between inhale and exhale” )

 

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“Broken Words, perfect feelings” – The light in this chaotic world

 

I stop,

therefore I have

my awareness,

 

I experience,

therefore I see

my existence,

 

I tell you,

therefore you and I become

“us”

 

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“Broken Words, perfect feelings” – Lyrics that I don’t understand

How did it start?

The unknown lyrics became enjoyment.

Having no idea about what they sing,

I come closer to the music itself,

and now am more capable of noticing its language.

Being here,

in the unclear realm between soul and emotion,

I am an easy guest,

allowing myself to vibrate with the moment where each note meets the voice…

Please don’t ask what music I listen to now.

I worry,

that you can’t help sending its translation to me.

I don’t want to know,

really I don’t want to know,

I want only this pure resonance in my chest to go on…

 

 

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What is Inner Difficulty?

Living as a human being, we sometimes meet obstacles that stop us from functioning normally as usual and thus experience our inner difficulty. It is a very normal and human situation. It happens because the obstacles are parts of our lives. Inner difficulty is like our happiness. Both of them are natural phenomenon that arise from our experience as human beings.

　

We suffer from inner difficulty because we have not had opportunities that would allow us to learn how to cope with these difficulties. Therefore we get stuck in our inner state. However, we will continue to encounter and suffer from our inner difficulties in the future, unless we keep up our spiritual practice and finally reach an state of enlightenment that will free us from all the human sufferings.

 

In short, it is very natural to have inner difficulty. When it happens, we can choose to grasp the opportunity to learn from it in order to be frees inside.

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What is the Life in our modern world?

The life that we know was formed through the lens of current world structure. We have learned to see our reality under the constitution of our society and culture and have already got used to perceiving things and conditions via these institutions. We hardly would re-look and re-think of our reality unless a crisis occurs in our lives. For example, Jack would probably never need to think about how he can live entirely differently until the day he encountered a near-death experience. He did not need to fight the constitution of the whole world until he finally realized how much he wished that he could have a different way of living. Doesn’t this story sound very familiar? It is how most of us live our lives. The more security that we try to grasp, the more anxious we are; the more pleasure that we chase, the more frustrated we are. Living in the world that is operated by the current world structure, many of us are unconsciously losing our inner freedom everyday.

　

The constitution of our world serves us in various ways. We actually gain many benefits and feel convenient under its operation. However, the way it operates is also quite problematic and thus generates our sufferings, both physically and mentally. In order to live in this complicated world with inner peace and harmony, we need to take on a challenging journey that will facilitate the development of our whole-being. Learning to own balance in our body, mind, and spirit, we will begin to taste the pure joy of life.

 

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Is this really my life?

Get up in the morning and go to work,

have some small talk and earn more money,

watch TV and think about how to look for love,

　

feel happy, feel unhappy,

feel happy, feel unhappy….

It seems like unhappiness always wins.

Is life supposed to be this way?

　

What is Life anyway?

 

 

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