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Last Echo – Poem by Navin Arora

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Felt really quite excited as I headed to Samye Ling for the Mindfulness Association reunion weekend. Even the jarring potholes didn’t dampen my spirits!

But I struggled…

Unable to get into the practices. The inner critic was on full volume. By the Saturday morning coffee break I was ready to give up and go home. So I lay down at the back of the room, feeling very heavy and just surrendered.

Then I heard the last echo and it all changed…

A lightness, a warmth, less in my head more in my body. A playfulness woke up within me. Less serious, more connected to myself and people in the room.

One strawberry in a field of strawberries.

A few days later a poem appeared. The title is a two word anagram which includes a friend who helped a lot of people that weekend.


Last Echo

The armour weighs heavy
No room, no beat
Where is the space?
Can’t feel my feet

The battle is lost
Surrender, surrender
Lie down, let go
Mind, just wander

Melody to last echo,
The silence is bliss
A soft voice within me
‘Not so serious’

The flavour is full
The strawberry heart beats
The body is warm
Can totally feel my feet!

The young soul is awoken
The I becomes the We
Less lonely, more connected
The forest and the tree

The last echo is heard
Forgive and be free
The drop is the ocean
It will always be We.

 

 

Our Guest poem is from Navin Arora

 

Read More Mindfulness Poetry …HERE…

If you enjoy poetry, and mindfulness! look out for our  Mindfulness Meets Mystical Poetry course with Fay Adams in November.

Find out about our upcoming in-depth,  in-person Mindfulness Courses HERE

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