Poem ‘Meditation - a sonnet’ by Alan Wherry

Webster’s says it’s close or continued thought.
What if it’s the opposite? - thoughtless awareness.
Either/or never had or has appeal.
Both/and did and does
Ananya bhakti - when there is not the other
You’re American, I’m Irish and American
You’re Zoroastrian, Jew, Jain, Hindu,
Christian, Muslim, Sufi, Sikh
I’m a Sahaj yogi
We’re both these and children of the same Mother.
Mother Earth, this big ball hurtling through space.
Sat chit ananda. Truth, consciousness, bliss.
In thoughtless awareness, a dynamic living force,
We become the oneness of Spirit.