The Mind Versus The Substance Of Being Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

I choose not to rely on my mind
To dissect the stiff questions of life
The mind is full of blunt scalpels
Unable to dislocate any kind of spiritual questions
Into manageable pieces of data that can aid life
The mind is fully dressed for its path of time and space
It does not care whether you win or not
It will lead you to the well of poisonous thoughts
Or to the path of logic, ideas and wealth creation
The mind feeds on the weaknesses of others
Stepping on those who are vulnerable
It does not select between toxic and good thoughts
It is a platform for anger, love, hate, jealousy…etc
It is cunning, calculative, docile and immature
The mind enjoys being on the top of things
Not necessarily on the summit of being
It is the branches of life that give it joy
The substance of being is not very well understood
Its location is not part of the current curriculum
It is the totality of all inputs from the body, mind and soul
That give the substance of being its sharpness or bluntness
The optimum output is Silence or Stillness or Calmness
The substance of being is not an organ of the body
It is an organ of joy or sorrow, goodness or evil
It is the entity that stands between this world and other realms
It is the ocean of being that is not solidified
It is the droplet in the ocean of awareness
It is the molecule of nothingness
The sound of Silence
The field of emptiness
The substance of being is the only entity
That contains the entirety of consciousness
If very well harnessed
The substance of being will lead you to the path of Light
Wisdom, peace, hope, happiness and love are all on this path
It is the stillness of the substance of being that opens the door into heaven
©Kenneth Maswabi