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I\u2019m mentally disturbed by how quickly I forget the things I know.<\/p>\n

Only by the patient curiosity of the finger twirling creation ringlets in its hair (and thus into my life), do I get the opportunity to wake up (again and again) in the same bed, to the same set of realizations, wondering, \u201c\u2026didn\u2019t I already come to these conclusions?\u201d and if so, where did they go?<\/p>\n

They fell into my life like Siddhartha\u2019s stone; plunk! Sinking to my soul and, in the process, making waves against my physical shores. I thought those stones sat stacked, at my core, like little sacred cairns pointing clearly toward this or that permanent direction.<\/p>\n

But now I look in, and am shocked (or am I just covering my blush with feigned surprise?) — to find that these cairns have crumbled! But why should I be surprised? I too have contemplated the nature of Siddhartha\u2019s river: I\u2019ve seen storms, above and below, come and go, push and pull, and know that no cairn stands forever, not even \u2013 well, especially not \u2013 on the bed of a pond or river.<\/p>\n

Oh. Unorganized, sticky webs of words. I do that too, when I\u2019m confused. But I\u2019ve been left alone, to my own, and now this is what you get\u2026<\/p>\n

For I\u2019m on the fifth day of a silent meditation retreat at a Buddhist teaching center.<\/p>\n

The gong rings: time for me to return to the teachings.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see what settles when my mind has fully spun out\u2026<\/p>\n

(this, by the way, is the \u201cspinning out\u201d part; if my sentence spirals dizzy you, know that it\u2019s only my \u201cI\u201d sitting storm-center)<\/p>\n

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