Constant remembrance
The mind’s clever game
When the mind’s not a hindrance
There is constant remembrance
Life is pristine and beautiful
Happiness it brings is bountiful
Mind’s a playground of the restless
So many games, we are helpless
Hoping and praying life comes easy
Thirsting for happiness, we are needy
The games we play are ancient
The playground’s never been vacant
We don’t know of an alternative
It’s as if life is very secretive
About the path to happiness
Rule out the way of craftiness
It is the first vice that must go
Enriching the soil, then we can sow
The seeds of our deliverance
The roots, constant remembrance
When we ripen and stabilize
There is a possibility we may realize
The hopelessness of the pursuit
What we crave is an imaginary fruit
Of a tree that’s nowhere to be found
We persevere, even as our logic’s sound
The mind fears constant remembrance
It is the essence of any penance
It’s doable, wherever we may reside
From laziness, we must hide
When remembrance has no object
We become the witnessing subject
A state of immediate constancy
Comes when we watch consciously
Allowing the mind to retain its prowess
Constant remembrance makes us cloudless
A drought of thought, but abundance in clarity
Life’s always said that this is prosperity
Well versed in the mind’s area that smarts
We know nothing of its hidden parts
Words of speculation won’t show us where
But constant remembrance can take us there
Forgetting that we are the audience
We give in, to the mind’s demand for obedience
There is nothing lasting anyone’s gained
By following what the mind’s ordained
Constant remembrance keeps us in the know
Remaining still, however enticing the show
As the mind’s power wanes, it will confess
It’s hand in creating useless contests
The mind has needs, to be entertained
This disappears once it is trained
Through constant remembrance, we win
And laugh when the mind puts its spin
After testing us, the mind returns
To its cave, where it silently churns
Thoughts that are no longer of any use
Facing remembrance, they have no excuse
