Koan Of Noise and Silence

Was noise the obstacle to silence?
Or silence was the obstacle to noise?

Stay with it.
Get through,
Go beyond.

Stay with the pain:
it's your most intimate companion
along the way.
Stay with the noise: the universe
is telling you your truth.
Stay with the silence
stillness leads you through it all.

Noise in the silence,
Silence in the noise,
Breath-axis.
Stillness speaks no words,
And the point is only
And only yours.

To show the way
Through the forest of noise
I embody stillness
As trees are.
As trees are standing still
Amidst the noise of the ten directions.

Can you hear me
Stating my koan
Sitting still?

One on one,
Countless beings - one by one,
One step at a time,
One question at a time,
One life at a lifetime.

You can only see the true nature of thoughts
By sitting still,
You can only see the true nature of noise
By letting silence to unfold,
By creating space for the stillness
To manifest.

I so easily forget that
All sounds and thus all noise
Can exist only because
Silence provides them space
Where they can appear.
Noise is a prodigal sound,
And silence is the generous father,
who takes pleasure in the truth
Of all sounds.

Sit with me
Please
To hear my
Koan
Stated
Still.

You can only understand
What noise is
When your heart knows
True silence.

A silent well of homesick tears.
The sound of one drop
Arriving home
At last.

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