This body is Not me
This body is not me.
I am not limited by this body.
I am life without boundaries.
I have never been born and I have never died.
Look at the ocean and the sky filled with stars,
manifestations from my wondrous true mind.
Since before time, I have been free.
Birth and death are only doors through which we pass,
Sacred thresholds on our journey.
Say good-bye, to meet again soon.
We meet today.
We will meet again tomorrow.
Birth and death are a game of hide- and seek.
So laugh with me,
hold my hand,
let us say good-bye,
We will meet at the source every moment.
We meet each other in all forms of life.
~By Thich Nhat Hanh,
Chanting and Recitations from Plum Village. Page 188.
