Anne Sweet
At the centre
Body and mind
dissolving and fragmenting
but at the centre
of the brokenness
streams a ray
of brilliant vast light
that knows no victory
or misfortune.

Body and mind
dissolving and fragmenting
but at the centre
of the brokenness
streams a ray
of brilliant vast light
that knows no victory
or misfortune.
I was stunned when I realized that all my ideas about renunciation were mistaken. As I came to understand it, the renunciation of external things – sex, money, fame, comfort, was only a preparation: