"Fill life with yourself, do not let boredom
smash it on the rocks of oblivion.
Take any old moment, and transform it
into a special moment.
Scent your every gesture
with the fragrance of attention.
And let the light of the memory of You
reflect in your eyes.
And then, when you speak, do not throw
your words away like rotten fruit,
but say them with the same awareness
as a wizard casting spells.
When you move,
do so without dragging your weight,
crushed by the rhythm of automatic action.
Compose your body and understand
that even simply caressing someone
can become a miracle if it is generated
by the elegance of attention.
Become a dam to all those thoughts
that herald problems and not solutions.
Thought is food, and the mind is a mouth.
Remove the filth that marks your face,
cleanse your lips with the water of memory,
and feed only on flowers and pomegranates.
Stop making life an escape from fear.
Sit still and silent until the watchdog
of the emotions allows you to pass.
Realize that your every word,
action, thought and emotion
is a form of the infinite specter,
a wave arising from the centre of the lake,
a distant echo that forever reverberates
among the eternal resounding rocks."
