Esalen XIV

Conditio sine qua none Can you full of curiosity

keep your mind empty
Dialogue, Greek for through words and continue to listen?
Words that clarify, darken, Can you freeze your desire to react?
Even if it is just for a split of a second.
Act as representatives of meaning.
Ask and inquire
Words that bump into obstacles, Through words.
Dogma and judgement.
Open your mind for the words
Of the other.
Do you allow words to enter?
And your heart, open it.
Or are you getting ready to react? And yourself, open yourself
Do you want to speak? To the other.
Are you able to embrace the words?
Can you enjoy the space Can you then see the eyes
That speak to you naturally?
That emerges
Can you feel
When you drop that you are because you are?
Can you feel
that you are because we are?
Silence Can you genuinely
look at what the other is saying.

Why don’t you give it a try?

Between words? Maybe even without the use of
single a word.

Freek Sanders
Esalen poems – raw and unedited