Mindfulness

A poem about mindfulness inspired by Ancient Greek Wisdom

The illusions of my true phantasy

Reflect in the mirror of my vanity

Igniting the desires of my awareness

To arrive at the door of my mindfulness

For mindfulness balances my inner measures

Completing my total perishable wholeness

Driving my cells and atoms, daily, to total death

Giving my whole human existence a new re-birth

Mindfulness makes me cry every day

Sensing the instance of my dire necessity

For my emotions run me to the ground

Waiting for the seeds of happiness to abound

Oh! Dear mindfulness, come forward

Bring the elements of my life toward

Elevate my mind to highest consciousness

Let my soul enter the serene valley of awareness

Always remembering the following wise sayings of the ancient Greeks:

Anaximander: ‘What is infinite is something other than the elements, and from it the elements arise’;

Aristotle: ‘Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom’;

Democritus: ‘In truth there are only atoms and the void’;

Epicurus: ‘The art of living well and the art of dying well are one’;

Protagoras: ‘Man is the measure of all things’;

Pyrrho: ‘By suspending judgement, one can attain a quiet and peaceful mind’; and

Socrates: ‘All I know is that I know nothing’.