“Meditation Blues” by Stephen Levine<\/p>\n
Sometimes it breaks my heart<\/p>\n
to watch my mind\u2014<\/p>\n
cold, self interest,<\/p>\n
insistent fear and judgment,
\nwhispered insults,<\/p>\n
vengeful fantasies,<\/p>\n
triumph and despair.<\/p>\n
A conditioned unfolding<\/p>\n
so impersonal,
\nwe take it personally.<\/p>\n
Sometimes aghast
\nat the casual cruelty<\/p>\n
of even minor fears<\/p>\n
and celebrations.<\/p>\n
Sometimes it breaks my heart<\/p>\n
to watch my mind.<\/p>\n
And sometimes it stays broken<\/p>\n
long enough to touch<\/p>\n
even this pain<\/p>\n
with love.<\/p>\n
Sometimes the mercy washes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“Meditation Blues” by Stephen Levine Sometimes it breaks my heart to watch my mind\u2014 cold, self interest, insistent fear and judgment, whispered insults, vengeful fantasies, triumph and despair. A conditioned unfolding so impersonal, we take it personally. Sometimes aghast at the casual cruelty of even minor fears and celebrations. Sometimes it breaks my heart to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mindfulness","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n