You get to where you’re going by staying where you are
When the lights go dim and your eyes no longer can make out or distinguish your surroundings
That is the time to go within
To detach from the senses and let the void swallow you for a while
To find stillness in this deep murky soup of uncertainty
For once you can find your true centre
in the maelstrom
in the muck
in the mud
in the blood sweat and tears
Once you know who you really are
In the thick of the proverbial shit
You will start to leave your mark
A huge steady footprint on a muddy forest path
Unable to be washed away in the slew
Even if you don’t know where you are going
Leave one print here and there,
A tag that tells the world ‘I was here’
It’s enough to spark some recognition
In yourself and in others
Each print, or imprint,
Of self-standing, of self-enquiry, of self-holding,
Sets another mark on a path
They are not beacons of light
Not yet
This is not the time for the shining ones to show the way
Because there is no way
Not yet
For now we just need to anchor ourselves in this realm
To seed ourselves wholly in this realm
To be fully within ourselves at every conceivable moment
To set more and more imprints along the way
Which will eventually form a path
A network of pathways, in fact
And only when the rain has eased
And the sun shine has kissed the ground
And the mud has set to stone,
Only then will the path be ready for others to traverse
If that is their way
Or as a template to steer their own path
If that is their way also
So although we are talking about steps and footprints and pathways
This is not about striving for anything
It is not about being somewhere else
It is not about escaping the matrix
It is about mastering it.
Written by Tjoni Johansen.
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