‘I’ has no body;

the ten thousand things

and the ten thousand no-things

these are the skin ‘I’ wears

‘I’ has no mind;

direct seeing is its mental modality

intelligence flows from its well-spring

action is choiceless and free

‘I’ has no parents;

existence is its family tree,

breathtide its bridge to hallowed homeland

and Itself its sustenance

‘I’ has no history;

childhood and adulthood

yesterday and tomorrow –

all rest in its momentary eternity

‘I’ owns no experience;

no sorrow, no happiness, no hatred

no bliss, no blame, no freedom or burden

neither ignorance nor awakening

‘I’ is ever-innocent awareness

shining, shining as perfect presence

‘I’ is now!

‘I’ is this!

‘I’ is here!

http://thisunlitlight.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/self-portrait/