First listen to Yourself,
do not be in a hurry to meet the Other.
Stay with Yourself for awhile
and listen to the Voice.

It could be very vague.
It could be deafening.
It could be enraged
or worried.
Estranged, friendly
flattering, comforting
empty, tempting.
Or it may not be heard at all.

Still wait.
This is not You yet.
Listen to Yourself so patiently,
so attentively, as you never listened before.
And try to believe
that this is not just the emptiness that you hear.
Do not run away from Yourself today…

And those vast crowds,
and that thunderous roar,
that rattle of many peoples,
that is also You.
This is your ocean,
of which you are the wave.

But today you need to find something else.

Let the meaning of stillness
permeate you.
Let your Silence carry on through You…