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awakening is neither difficult nor easy

it happens when it’s ready,
and it’s impartial re time or space

something like this appears to happen:

first you STOP
and you stay stopped

then you SIT
and you stay seated

then you SHUT UP
and you stay silent

having stopped, sat down,
and shut up, what next?

(if that’s your question
you haven’t yet shut up)

eventually the stopper
and the sitter and the mute one
disappear

only unknowable Knowingness remains
wideawake and aware
as IT has always been

that’s all

~