Noise

The world

Is Noise.

 

It is not simply a noisy place.

It is noise itself.

 

Humans harbor a strong sense

Of belief.

 

The world is full of endless debates,

Factions,

Groups,

Philosophies,

Religions,

Tenets,

Institutions . . .

 

The world manufactures

Endless things

To believe in.

 

The world manufactures

Endless things

To practice.

 

The world manufactures

Endless things

To wave a flag for.

 

How does a man truly know

What to believe.

 

For this reason,

He spends his entire life

Believing this and that

And practicing that and that.

And getting nowhere,

Despite his lifelong efforts.

 

Because man believes

In the world itself,

He is subject

To all its noise.

 

As a result,

Man himself

Is filled with noise.

 

He is then given practices

By the world

To quiet the noise.

 

The thing that created the noise to begin with

Is prescribing noise

To quiet the noise.

 

It is not that man should stop

Listening to noise.

Or that he should continue

Listening to noise.

 

If he wishes to stop,

He may.

If he wishes to continue,

He may.

 

He can choose to do

What he wishes.

 

The world will be noise,

Regardless of what he chooses.

 

 

Namaste.