nowzen haiku
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NOWZEN HAIKU
BY
ZENMASTER JAY
A.K.A. CHRISTOPHER JAY LAMB
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NOWZEN HAIKU
Not grasping right nowSimply reflecting it well
Mind like a mirror
A world of free spiritsShaping our experience
Drawing on our soul
The yin and the yangAll concepts have compliments
Just the way it is
ZENMASTER JAY II
NOWZEN HAIKU
The truth is the truthIt is the way it is, so…This world can appear
See mind by not seeingEye that sees can’t see itself
Oh well… never mind
No hesitationMeans you don’t think twice about
What’s going on right now
ZENMASTER JAY III
NOWZEN HAIKU
Who we really areHas no beginning or end
This is beyond words
Counting on numbersLike flying without the wing
Only leads to letdown
It is up to you Worldly goals lead to sorrow
So what is worldly?
ZENMASTER JAY IV
NOWZEN HAIKU
Set up your treasureIn the heaven that’s right now
Composites perish
When you want the truthLike the air that you do breathe
Then you will have it
All imaginableDisease is everywhere
And so is the cure
ZENMASTER JAY V
NOWZEN HAIKU
Once upon a time…Do you know how to get off?
Without dying first?
Backwards and forwardsIs only for the people
Thinking they’re going
Make your monkey mindOne pointed singularity
Encompassing all
ZENMASTER JAY VI
NOWZEN HAIKU
Can you picture this...The trap and the one who’s trapped
Are one and the same
Learning begets doubtThe way, the truth, and the life
Simply everywhere
Words like a fingerThat is pointing at the moon
Tao called Tao ain’t Tao
ZENMASTER JAY VII
NOWZEN HAIKU
We make this moment With tools of past and future
This is the reason
One who knows don’t speakThe one who speaks does not know
Speak for the speechless
You are what you eatFocus makes our realityThis is what that means
ZENMASTER JAY VIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
This thing that we doPerform again and again
Means identity
Illusions are realTo the one who is dreaming
All you can do is…
You can fix what’s brokeAnd you can break what’s fixed
The fixless endures
ZENMASTER JAY IX
NOWZEN HAIKU
Mind over matterIt is written in the starsLike mass makes matter
Every mind is a worldWhere ever you go there you are
Make no excuses
Is this good or badThe perfect way is only hard
For those who choose
ZENMASTER JAY X
NOWZEN HAIKU
Reincarnation Karma and evolution
No basis in truth
Form is formlessness Causation not necessary
Formlessness is form
People grow old and dieBecause they see others do it
Who is your master?
ZENMASTER JAY XI
NOWZEN HAIKU
Giving your powerTo life or the story of…The bed that you make
True words make no pointTrue lovers are not discreet
True love everywhere
Can you imagine…Your original face is…
Really everyone’s
ZENMASTER JAY XII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Gift of eternityDon’t wait another moment
This present is now!
I can tell you whyHeaven is now or never
But can you see why
Hell is to desireSome other moment than this
Unlimited one
ZENMASTER JAY XIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
What really existsInside this moment present
Could be anything!
The future is whatHappened to the past which is
Almost going to
Perspectives do changeWhat’s the future and what’s past
Depends on the view
ZENMASTER JAY XIV
NOWZEN HAIKU
There can be but oneOnly the truth can remainConstant change is here
Wisdom is a broomHeld over the heart and mind
Are you swept away?
Danger is a riskAnd an opportunity Relatively speaking
ZENMASTER JAY XV
NOWZEN HAIKU
When you see a chanceTo free this worldly romance
You choose to do so?
The student’s readyAnd the master has arrived
Big happy family
The rules of the gameFor one who knows the true self
They do not apply
ZENMASTER JAY XVI
NOWZEN HAIKU
The end always comesAmidst doubt and confusion
Where ego begins
This very momentThere are no limitations
One hand is clapping
Of what is the light?When one dreams, how are they lit?
Light of the one mind
ZENMASTER JAY XVII
NOWZEN HAIKU
All things seek their endWhere they do find their meaning
Lib… liberation
Peace is in the truthSeek to follow in no one’s steps
May peace be with you
Watch close what you seeSpirits dancing in the soul
This significance
ZENMASTER JAY XVIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
World weary am I…It sure is a good thing that
Heaven is right here
The great martial art…To express the truth you know
Just being yourself
Follow any pathWith truest of devotion
You’re already there
ZENMASTER JAY XIX
NOWZEN HAIKU
In your heart and worldBreathe the source of the universe
It’s your sustenance!
Love is always inTo leave something out is fear
In and out reflect
Fundamentally This is what happens at death…
Really… I mean it…now
ZENMASTER JAY XX
NOWZEN HAIKU
Do not strain yourselfLife, death, just concepts in flux
In every moment
Cruising in this life carShiny wheels are in motion
And then they fall off
EnlightenmentProgress is an illusion
…we’ve always been there
ZENMASTER JAY XXI
NOWZEN HAIKU
With things on our mindWe’re led by dreams within dreams
We must be dreaming
Master your own mind And fear not thy own shadow
Receive… do not grasp
There just is no needReach for it and you will miss
Let loose… it follows
ZENMASTER JAY XXII
NOWZEN HAIKU
No wonder I gaze so oftenAt truth from a world of illusionWhat could be more beautiful?
I just can’t place itIt’s all so originalMystical mystery
Things are relativeNothing is absolute
Be the absolute
ZENMASTER JAY XXIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Please do not sufferFrom all there names and words around
Making the world go’ round
You see love’s the keyFound in truth, to be set free
Love is the answer
Now slip into this…Always is and never was
Relax… just in time
ZENMASTER JAY XXIV
NOWZEN HAIKU
Polluting the mindThe ill communication
You already know
Beating drums of peacePatriotic infantry
Disturb the peaceful
Inside the boxesOf our new world paradigm
Where is my I pod?
ZENMASTER JAY XXV
NOWZEN HAIKU
Whom does all this serve?While this all just comes to pass…
We are the one mind
You can rest assuredThe reason that we are living
Just what we’re doing
Return to natureDon’t stay inside these four walls
Been to Hawaii?
ZENMASTER JAY XXVI
NOWZEN HAIKU
Superstitious ness Comes from not deeply knowing
The source of power
Awareness arrivesInfinity is everywherePlanets are just planes
What a world this isIllusion at every turn
Yet so is reality
ZENMASTER JAY XXVII
NOWZEN HAIKU
All must come to passSo why cry over spilt milk?
There are lots of cats
The core of samsaraLust, hatred, and ignorance
Tripods need all legs
Stay clear, so sage saysAll things in moderation
Even moderation
ZENMASTER JAY XXVIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Like a good days workCan bring you a peaceful rest
Life to afterlife
The truth can shine nowThat my world’s out of the way
It was there all along
Make your own weatherExertion overcomes coldCalmness beats the heat
ZENMASTER JAY XXIX
NOWZEN HAIKU
Every where’s the centerOf the universe and lifeThe air that you breathe
Don’t you know it’s true?The one you love is everywhere
Unconditional
Nothing left to loseThat’s when it all could be yours
The beauty of it
ZENMASTER JAY XXX
NOWZEN HAIKU
The truth is right nowAnything is possible
It’s always right now!
The future and pastCan only be this moment
You can see right through…
All the mind is Two mirrors reflect each other
Perfect mind a mirror
ZENMASTER JAY XXXI
NOWZEN HAIKU
There’s just this one thingEvery single thing is just one mind
All do know this way
The deepest ground isThe highest elevationSo… can you dig it?
Wishing to attainJust makes it stand in the way
And that is o.k.
ZENMASTER JAY XXXII
NOWZEN HAIKU
The mind that thinksIs not different at all from
The mind that knows
Letting go what’s goingAnd letting come what’s coming
This is what grace is
Never nearer the lightThan when the dark is deepest
This infinite womb
ZENMASTER JAY XXXIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Waking up just meansThat for real you are dreaming
Just let it all go
Mind is a black holeWith an event horizonHave an open mind…
Stars communicateThe universe is aliveStarlight communion
ZENMASTER JAY XXXIV
NOWZEN HAIKU
The ultimate isLetting all our moments be
Just that which they are
If you sit…just sitAnd then if you stand… just stand
Just do not wobble
Thin ice on a lakePoliteness amidst companyAnd here comes the sun!
ZENMASTER JAY XXXV
NOWZEN HAIKU
Out to see the sightsPlucking petals from flowers
You can’t gather beauty
The smell of dirtIn concrete jungle landscapes
The people don’t know
A very blank stareThe mind that only knows the world
Is just fine actually
ZENMASTER JAY XXXVI
NOWZEN HAIKU
Cut away excessKnow when enough is enough
It’s always enough
Walking in the rainAutumn leaves float down the street
A car splashes me!
Nothing ever movesRivers know not where they flow
Nor we where we go
ZENMASTER JAY XXXVII
NOWZEN HAIKU
To smell the rosesI like riding bicyclesEven that’s too fast!
Appointments are madeKnow why moments are fleeting?
They have places to go
It takes a soft touchAppreciate what it is
Forget about it
ZENMASTER JAY XXXVIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Just sitting aroundWriting all these little poems
And my cat pets me
Breaking all the rulesWhen setting higher standards
Later they say hoo-ray
Better come correctWomen like the universe
Only get one chance
ZENMASTER JAY XXXIX
NOWZEN HAIKU
Do people make kidsOr do kids make people
Imagination
No hope for the sensesThey’re wallowing in their mud
Are you up the creek?
World cops on war pathsAnd there is no way to peace
But peace is the way
ZENMASTER JAY XL
NOWZEN HAIKU
Fortified food stuffReligions for the masses
Control the people
The most sacred spaceThis place untainted by man
A gem in the rough
Just washing your bowlThe inaction in actionThis is simple mind
ZENMASTER JAY XLI
NOWZEN HAIKU
Waking to bird songThe gaze of the beautiful
A very good sign
Dark clouds hang overheadThinking about things to come
Welcome to graceland
The names come and goNo need to worry about
Staying anywhere
ZENMASTER JAY XLII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Quit while you’re aheadWhen the pen runs out of ink
You’ll say that it’s fate
You’ve too many wordsThere’s a self for every thing
You talk to your self
Kids too young to speakBlack cats with two white whiskers
Smile knowingly
ZENMASTER JAY XLIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Find penny pick her upAll day long you’ll have good luck
Unless you’re on tails
Merry go round hellHabit ridden consciousness
Running in circles
The socialized mindRemoved from intuitionHere’s my cell number
ZENMASTER JAY XLIV
NOWZEN HAIKU
Careful what you wishWhen the floodgates are opened
What’s left is your life
Is your labor of loveDo you work or do you toil
Can’t wait to finish
Here in the show bizWe all like happy endings
They make us money
ZENMASTER JAY XLV
NOWZEN HAIKU
This is officialI am the authority
Nothing to question
A big hairy apeStrolling through the lingerie
Opposites attract
I like to frequent Secret corners of the world
You might not know of
ZENMASTER JAY XLVI
NOWZEN HAIKU
This is your storyJudging books by their covers
Then call it reading
What you just don’t knowYou don’t have to understand
You already do
Sometimes I am awakeBut sometimes I like to sleep
Life in the twilight
ZENMASTER JAY XLVII
NOWZEN HAIKU
How is it going?No… really… I do mean it…
How’s it that it goes?
Always when traveling People ask me where I’m from
Center’s everywhere
Going on memoryAnything is effortless
Once the groove is made
ZENMASTER JAY XLVIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
The sun in the sky…Just a reflection of the…
Moon on the water!
Cool dew in the airA smile on a fair maiden
Sure signs of spring
With nothing to sayThere’s no reason left to cry
About words going away
ZENMASTER JAY XLIX
NOWZEN HAIKU
If you understandThe cycle of addictionYou understand mind
Woman is the wordAnd man is the reason
I speak
In these soft round worldsAll shot up with asteroidsThe dream of a woman
ZENMASTER JAY L
NOWZEN HAIKU
And it’s all the same This is when it comes to truth
Progress…illusion
Beauty of musicLike life, you’ve got to flow with…
To appreciate
Get off to be onBeauty begins with ugliness
Dynamic balance
ZENMASTER JAY LI
NOWZEN HAIKU
Just reverse your thoughtsSee that the outside is in
It’s all in your head
It’s raining garbageRight here on your evening news
Such nice packaging
Fuel for the rat raceWe’ve streamlined your pleasure
Consumer science
ZENMASTER JAY LII
NOWZEN HAIKU
All things are on fireSpontaneous combustionThe speed of space dust
Acceleration Traversing the dimensions
The essence of fire
Such an ugly thingWith not a hair out of place
The other side calling
ZENMASTER JAY LIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
For better or for worseThe stewards of the planet
Anthropocentric
Without waking them…How can you tell the sleeping…
You snooze and you lose?
Gotten city-eyzedSo let’s get back to nature
Love it or leave it
ZENMASTER JAY LIV
NOWZEN HAIKU
Something fun to do Like dropping the other shoe
The tack at hand done
Create a new dayImagine the beautifulAll goes its’ own way
Tab A to slot BTaking care of businessInsert your name here
ZENMASTER JAY LV
NOWZEN HAIKU
So industrialEconomy stimulated
Fire, kings, and women
Short end of the stickOn the other side of the coin
No correlation
Just stop making senseLogic must be attended
Free to speak freely
ZENMASTER JAY LVI
NOWZEN HAIKU
So symbioticThe way this mating game works
Reciprocating
Change needs a constantAnd the constant is a dream
And so is the change
The customaryThis so called reality
Dreamland… say hello!
ZENMASTER JAY LVII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Taking it all inIs like letting it all goJust relax and breathe
They say déjà vu Means that you’re on the right track
Nature is calling
Death is illusionIt’s always in the future
Dying to know this
ZENMASTER JAY LVIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Ways of the waywardThey send you this way and that
Now is where Zen is!
Whole spectrum is right hereWorld’s bright or dim as you see
What a view it is
A ride for a songStructure of the universe
Harmony machine
ZENMASTER JAY LIX
NOWZEN HAIKU
Ask for what you want When you are sure what it is
Then you can have it
Flying carpet ridesUse your imaginationAnd then you can go
Want misperceives lackWhat you want you can not have
Just because you want
ZENMASTER JAY LX
NOWZEN HAIKU
Ego wants to chooseSo you set limitationsTo try to get around
You can’t win them allUnless you know how to lose
Without finding loss
ManifestationIt’s a miraculous thing
Not run by mating games
ZENMASTER JAY LXI
NOWZEN HAIKU
Take it or leave itLove it or leave it behind
Use it or lose it
It is everywhereYou see everything from here
Universal center
Separate self not realIllness is an illusion
Healer… heal thyself!
ZENMASTER JAY LXII
NOWZEN HAIKU
You can change your mindAll is one and one is all
My favorite flavor
Been desensitized? Regain sensitivities…Just get out of touch
If you lose your mindWithout losing reality
You have found yourself
ZENMASTER JAY LXIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
All is the unknownComfortable with the mystery
That is pure genius
Not flattered by praiseNor being hurt by the blameWatch closely… you’ll see
Very grave matterTime is perceiving passing
Death synonymous
ZENMASTER JAY LXIV
NOWZEN HAIKU
What does all this mean?You can return to the root
And find the meaning
When it comes to lifeZero gravity rules…manGravid means pregnant
Words have resonanceMean one thing to intellect
Another to soul
ZENMASTER JAY LXV
NOWZEN HAIKU
You will lose your mind If you try to figure it outAnd that’s a good thing
An infinite spark Lights the entire universe
Shade is as shade does
Just one moment thereCan set you free forever
Here is where it’s at
ZENMASTER JAY LXVI
NOWZEN HAIKU
Goddess universeShe seems to come near
Only in your dreams
Higher in heavensCongruity of macro and micro
Deeper underground
By the grace of GodIt’s ordered… it’s a miracle
Don’t trip on the word
ZENMASTER JAY LXVII
NOWZEN HAIKU
We are not humanAnd not other than human
Don’t have to get it
Possessions possesThe one who tries to control
Inevitably
God is love’s bodyAn unconditional loveLove is God’s mind
ZENMASTER JAY LXVIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
All the words I’ve foundBetter not to speak of wordsYou can’t see right through
With no circumferenceCenter can be anywhere
One sided circle
All transportation Really teleportation
In infinite eyes
ZENMASTER JAY LXIX
NOWZEN HAIKU
Knowing is flowingMeditation is right now
Just go with the flow
Never know ‘till you goShould you stay or should you go
But can you come back?
There’s no going backThere’s no continuity
But the perception
ZENMASTER JAY LXX
NOWZEN HAIKU
There is a constantThe self that is your true self
But it is selfless
With no peace of mindAll that’s known is suffering
Peace is the true way
The one that you love Is most truly everywhere
Writing on the wall
ZENMASTER JAY LXXI
NOWZEN HAIKU
Once it’s seen one wayYou have to re-mind yourself
To see any other
I guess you could sayWhen it all comes together
The project is done
All the world a stageNone of us are just actors
But the stage as well
ZENMASTER JAY LXXII
NOWZEN HAIKU
We’re superhumanThis world is our kryptonite
That makes us human
Where is your head at?Home is where the heart is…
Infinite abode
When you choose to liveNot in funeral processionsThat’s when you’ll find me
ZENMASTER JAY LXXIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
The whole universeEvery single one of us
Is the only one
The way of beingBeyond and before it all
Is this… right here… now
Bring your mind over hereBefore you go over there
May you go in peace
ZENMASTER JAY LXXIV
NOWZEN HAIKU
Reaching for heavensLike they’re outside of yourself
Just brings forth more earth
Letting it be soDoing just as it pleases
Don’t worry… you’ll get it
Want more freedom?There is limited freedom
Amidst more choices
ZENMASTER JAY LXXV
NOWZEN HAIKU
Here in the first placeDesire to exist or not to…
Exactly the same.
Birds of a featherWhy do crowds attract crowds?
Because like finds like
All is finished…for only the trying is left
completely undone
ZENMASTER JAY LXXVI
NOWZEN HAIKU
Dispel your spellingsBreak free… see the otherside
You like to ignore
Where can it beCan’t live with or without it
Chasing my own tail
Breaking the cycleOnly determines…
The revolution
ZENMASTER JAY LXXVII
NOWZEN HAIKU
The genesis paradox…Can something come from nothing?
Refer to yin yang
They know no sorrowLetting it be as it isLike leaves falling
Don’t forget who you areAnd you’ll never have to have
Just half the story
ZENMASTER JAY LXXVIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Formalities… fineAll that which the course is for
Let true nature shine
Taken to the brinkOf total oblivion
Your word awaits you
All things do revolveAround one thing and nothing
Go for… all… or nothing
ZENMASTER JAY LXXIX
NOWZEN HAIKU
Try to be someone?Be with all or you will be
Nothing at all
See if you can seeThat there is no such thing as…
Anything… you see
No person or placeThus come all things in season
Original face
ZENMASTER JAY LXXX
NOWZEN HAIKU
Right, wrong, left, rightEvery single thing is just
Held by the one mind
Thus all things are likeWaves to ocean, clouds to sky
Opinions to mind
Found your own way hereEnlightenment does not care
How you get there
ZENMASTER JAY LXXXI
NOWZEN HAIKU
Do you want the truth?And the peace that goes with it?
Then look no further
Here we go againOur lives like falling leaves
Forever rising
Go where you do pleaseWith the one who is everywhere
Via con Dios
ZENMASTER JAY LXXXII
NOWZEN HAIKU
So obvious it’s hiddenWhere you always go is where
You always have been
The running waterNever thinking twice about
Where it is going
When all things pass awayYou shall see that all things
Have always been here
ZENMASTER JAY LXXXIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Which way shall you go?All roads lead to the same place
Here! …all things begin.
This place… dreams were madeBuilt to burn yet never fade
Dreaming in twilight
Living in your dreamsAnd then dreaming in your life
This creates the strife
ZENMASTER JAY LXXXIV
NOWZEN HAIKU
Voice is your spiritSpeak your mind ‘till you lose it
Then you’ll find your soul
The birthplace of rightIs the deeming of the wrong
The realm of the flesh
Life technologyThis mind works just like magic
Tech no logical
ZENMASTER JAY LXXXV
NOWZEN HAIKU
Our premonitionsAbility to learn is culture
Paradigm patterns
The truth does not changeNor does it make change occur
All things in accord
Where do they come from?The colors of the rainbow…
Never fade in the mind
ZENMASTER JAY LXXXVI
NOWZEN HAIKU
To venture is to gainAnd then to gain is to loseNo matter what… they say
The one who is aliveIs from the one who is dead
How do you figure?
The true way of lifeIs to give way to all ways
Always… forever
ZENMASTER JAY LXXXVII
NOWZEN HAIKU
A flower in the morning sunDoes not insist on knowing
Before it will open
So close to the truthSitting near devotedlyLike heaven on earth
Please don’t confuse What’s real and what’s illusion
To an end… confusion
ZENMASTER JAY LXXXVIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Until you can trustIn what can not be trusted
With all your heart
Sooner or laterAll the heavens and the earth
These things come and go
It’s right over there!See what I’m pointing at here?
Neither here nor there
ZENMASTER JAY LXXXIX
NOWZEN HAIKU
Hunger in the valleyThere is plenty up on high
Living in a black hole
Hungry ghost is lackingIt’s connection with the skyDon’t ask when… or why
Here is where you’ll beThat glorious day when youAwake from these dreams
ZENMASTER JAY XC
NOWZEN HAIKU
The most obviousJust seems hidden because it
Never goes away
The nature of lightIs the mind of which it’s made
With respect to the soul
You have the strength to…Realize your truest desire
And put out the fire
ZENMASTER JAY XCI
NOWZEN HAIKU
The winds of changeAre blown out and byPure light of reason
This is what you do…Perceive the anticipated
And then call it now
Better off this wayTo the best of your knowledge
Worse things could happen
ZENMASTER JAY XCII
NOWZEN HAIKU
The chasms belowAnd the great heavens above
They’re always open
Double yellow linesAnd all these troubled waters
They’re made for crossing
What does the wind sayWhen you cut down all the trees
No air left to breathe
ZENMASTER JAY XCIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Round and round it goesWhere it stops, nobody knows
Wheels sure are pretty
With nothing in mind The art flows from the heart
With beauty in the eye
Without a doubt and…Without an educationAre one and the same
ZENMASTER JAY XCIV
NOWZEN HAIKU
To identifyA self and an other is
Misidentification
Whom encounters whomYou just can’t tell the difference
Truth be known… and shown
Clouds will form in skiesAnd rain will fall where fires burn
Coming down to earth
ZENMASTER JAY XCV
NOWZEN HAIKU
Bring your mind to thisA thing which it can not grasp
The mind itself
Walking on hot coalsSleeping on a bed of nailsMake your own wisdom
It all fits somehowEverything is connectedLike I said… one mind
ZENMASTER JAY XCVI
NOWZEN HAIKU
Gone with the programThey are afraid of the free
Once fear settles in
Down the rabbit hole…It’s a trip to the unknown
Goes on forever
A drop in the oceanAnd ocean into the drop
Thanks to infinite
ZENMASTER JAY XCVII
NOWZEN HAIKU
To think for yourselfSo few know how anymore
To even think at all
Without controlling It can all be as you wish
If you just let go
Isn’t it ironicBetween us and our truest desire
Stand only ourselves
ZENMASTER JAY XCVIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
And what do you know…Worlds from where thoughts do gather
Where does that leave us?
Come this way with meAll things within each other
No way out is free
Without exportsThe relatively important
Takes care of itself
ZENMASTER JAY XCIX
NOWZEN HAIKU
You’re getting closerWhen you find the one you love
Also in yourself
Life goes by too fastAlso by too slow for want
Of the deathlessness
The most time there is Fits into the least momentTime just warps the mind
ZENMASTER JAY C
NOWZEN HAIKU
Waves are a time warpNothing is moving at all
All is still… moving
Like dust in the windIt just takes two to tangoThe whole world appears
Who deems what is what?I’d like to tell you it’s I…
But really it’s us
ZENMASTER JAY CI
NOWZEN HAIKU
Wanting to be doneAnd yet not wanting to be
Makes for quite a fix
This is the challengeTo know the unknowable…
Be impossible
This is without doubtAnd it makes me wonder
But not confused
ZENMASTER JAY CII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Which one do you like?The one you choose will show you
That they’re all the same
The only thing holdingThe human potential back
Is what we call human
This we call earth…The wind in the change afoot
This fire of desire
ZENMASTER JAY CIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
The air you breatheDoes not come from outside you
If you only knew
It’s funny isn’t it…That the less you break the rulesThe more you forget you can!
Grimace for greetingColoring inside the linesPretty much status quo
ZENMASTER JAY CIV
NOWZEN HAIKU
Seen the shoppers lately?So much grimacing going on
Future must look grim
No objective worldYou might call it translating
Interpretation
Carrot hung from headThere are infinite layers
To this existence
ZENMASTER JAY CV
NOWZEN HAIKU
Pain pales compared to Longing for another moment…
This is suffering
Fear not and go forthWhen the dark is the deepest
You are in the light
‘Till the end of timeBeauty is anesthesia
Use it wisely
ZENMASTER JAY CVI
NOWZEN HAIKU
I can tell you whyRight now… but the how
Would take forever
The foolish desiresServe as guiding lights and rails
For those on the way
An all time illusionLike it’s taken us eons
In just one instant
ZENMASTER JAY CVII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Are you getting lost?Keeping up appearancesSubstance out of touch
That is what you getMixing divine and mundane
Story of my life
Our cherished sayingsContain deepest of wisdom
From our point of view
ZENMASTER JAY CVIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Hot for impulsiveCold for deliberate
That’s the way it goes
Do unto othersShow respect where respect is due
Takes one to know one
Grass always greenerLike a free world over there…
Or so I hear
ZENMASTER JAY CIX
NOWZEN HAIKU
Here, there, everywhereThe path that no one goes down
The one we are all on
The mind is a cageThose with thoughts yet not thinking
They are free to go
This life and the nextVirtues create eventsThe way that we are
ZENMASTER JAY CX
NOWZEN HAIKU
Behind the scenesWhat does not make any sense
Is just that which does
Doing it justiceJust what I’m talking about
I just can not say
What’s real and what’s notBy a thin line you’ve been caught
Dream and dreamer alike
ZENMASTER JAY CXI
NOWZEN HAIKU
A timeless practiceDispelling ignorance
Is a full time job
It’s nice to knowThat forgetting is the way
To really know
Another way ofInterpreting your self
All by your self
ZENMASTER JAY CXII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Death… the enteringInto life... is the exitUltimate playground!
The experiences of lifeAre the paint on the canvas
Of life itself
Universally speakingThe verb, the noun, and the pronoun
Are one
ZENMASTER JAY CXIII
NOWZEN HAIKU
Make way for the king!How do I know who he is?
The last one standing
The color and the shapeLike death just a perceptionJust find what forms them
It all has a useAll happens for a reason
From man to woman
ZENMASTER JAY CXIV
NOWZEN HAIKU
Lead horses to waterBut you can not make them drink
The fountain of youth
How to create itThe stuff that dreams are made of
Visualization
When all’s said and doneNo one left to care about
What the score is
ZENMASTER JAY CXV
NOWZEN HAIKU
ZENMASTER JAY CXVI