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Poem: Why Not Meditate All the Time?

Published in June 2006

Since mindful awareness,
One-point concentration,
Daily sitting meditation,
Businesslessness seem impossible,
Most often always,
Why not meditate on the breath
All the time every moment?
Yes, just this in-breath,
Or this out-breath.
Nothing more, less, else.
So I am in my body
And not mind thinking
More useless thoughts.

Oh, how wonderful!
I’m meditating!

Bill Menza, True Shore of Understanding

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