jacob the tree

music / awakening / wilderness

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

@meta_conversio @SophiaCycles the opposite of every great truth is also true

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

@arithmoquine follow that uncertainty all the way down and just accept that all beliefs are just comforting delusions in your head with no actual reality attached. the only thing you can know is the present moment. believe all you want, but none of it is justified.

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

@fishpresskeys I think most group work is mostly about cutting costs, and its always best when possible to do deep soul work alone or one-on-one or maybe v small groups. can be good to expose ppl to revelations they might not get otherwise, but not truly the best way (and often harmful)

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

@ManaMoonMama the longing for understanding is a beautiful thing. it's a quixotic longing, but endearing. there is only the present moment. any pretense of understanding rests on something other than here, or now, and is therefore illusory. like rumi says, 'the longing itself holds the cure.'

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

Nothing needs to change. But everything will.

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

grief
is a chasm
the ground rips open
exposing the dark tender soil
and the molten core
burning clearing space
for a new garden of life and death

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

anger
is a night watchman
sounding the alarm
a breach in the city walls
protect your little ones

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

fear
is a prophet
sent to shatter you
your illusion of safety
until the only option
is surrender

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

transfixed
by the sticky clouds of thought
like bugs on the winshield
the wipers just make it worse
but you can always just
adjust your focus
and the view becomes clear

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

next to the stack of overdue bills
is a portrait of a pyromaniac
and a bottle of spoilt milk
not sure if i’ll deal with that
today or anytime soon
life is just too short
and the air and sunshine is free
so for now i just call it
a conversation piece
and the rats my friends

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

i learned you need friends
what i didn’t learn
is that you can’t really know anyone
and you aren’t really separate from anyone
and in solitude it’s easy for god to appear

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

everyone, deep within, is already awake
but in their divine wisdom
guards that holy place
biding their time

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

i thought you were a ghost
when i saw you in the forest
until i learned
how not to scare you away
to follow you is
to be gloriously lost

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

welcome both your anger
and what provokes it
accept the old world
and make a new one
nothing needs to change
but everything will
the system is made of intention
what’s yours?

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

when you feel small
remember
you are the consciousness
from which
all the ancient cities sprang
all the great stories were dreamed
all the gods emerged

[jacob the tree @_silentjacob_]

compression socks
suppress the swelling
this bruised body
is a beautiful vessel
a portal of old knowing
careworn earthen knowing

even when it’s
wrapped in neurotic amblings
this human thing is wild
so vast, so fragile