total peace....must be nice
loved the idea of
"releasing the mind to all"

Excellent poem Robert!

cerebral hibernation; a critical survival tactic. well said, jude. embrace the mood herein fully. getting lost amongst the stars helps as well...
peace,
carolyn

Mediatation is great for writers block. Another wonderful piece you have written here Jude.

~hugs~
Karen

Yep meditaion great write thanks
Hugs Angela

A wonderfully reassuring sigh of poetic peace.

Aberjhani

A excellent exercise in revitalizing one's inner self, Jude...
love and peace, Carole

An excellent treatise for meditation, Jude! Concise, with no bs! Well done!

Peace. Joyce

I see an ocean, where stars are blanketing the sky, while peaceful waves lap against my ship. Great write.

good, good. meditation on your back thanks

It is often within these moments we become aware of our next direction, and our body relaxes enough that we can feel the truth of why?

Oh how well I know this scenario! Been there for a couple months now;-) luv the way you tell it!

Good preception and instruction on this one Jude.

Very powerful write my friend as is a very thought provoking piece. I have a special place here on my farm that I visit when the world seems to overwhelm me...I love to sit by the creek where I can hear the water flowing over the stones in the creekbed, I sit beneath the tree on the ground near the creek bank and love to stare into the clear creek waters, it is so soothing that it almost transports one into a different world for a little while anyway. I can block out the sounds of life around me and meditate on peace and tranquility, it's great to escape for a brief time, but then soon reality returns..can relate well. Great write my dear friend.
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling

I truly love this piece, Robert, and I shall save it.

"Release" Excellently penned!

Thank you,
Sheila

Seerenity and that "Zen-like staring"...oh I know the way, but to oblivion, I'm not certain I could ever really get there...but I can certainly tune out everything and veryone for a few moments,when need be.
Love,
Taylor

i could so use some time myself to just zone out

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Do not disturb!! OK... Well, red rag to a bull is this... You should have put up a "Keep Out Kate" notice on this one if you wanted to maintain your peace and quiet! Otherwise, for a full-on spiritual party-goer such as me, this just calls for dynamic debate. Firstly, to reach this state of release into oblivion takes, I imagine, GREAT concentration and discipline, screening out as you well describe all the surrounding destractions: it ain't just floating off somewhere nice and cushy in a dreamlike fashion. Many of the peeps below me have spoken of meditation, clearing the thoughts as a sleep-hygiene process or whatever. Meditation, as I understand it, is focussing the mind on SOMETHING in order to become completely at one with its essence and thereby attaining a gateway for a different plane of consciousness. But you would appear to go beyond that cacoon here, speaking of dissipation into OBLIVION, nothingness... a very different thing. From my very limited experience of such things, oblivion isn't like being asleep and released from the body in that way. It is being aware of the spirit in the total depths of darkest space where there is nothing to give parameters to self's essence and where the sense of extreme isolation and lostness is intense - such that it is the ONLY occasion EVER in my somewhat eventful life to have actually made me scream out loud, long and hard. On that basis, I can only construe that oblivion isn't a nice state to be in and is not to be recommended. But freeing the mind of bodily constraints in a meditative way is perhaps just giving back to the mind some pre-eminence in this day and age when we shrink it to pea-size for the convenience of our physically squeezed hard-pressed lives.

I DO apologise for taking up all this time and space, heavily outweighing your 5 clean couplets. But the notion of "oblivion" rattles my bars for certain sure. We both believe, I think, that the human spirit will live on outside of our degenerating human frame, and I firmly believe that post-death our essences do not sleep - that is NOT an option. But, on what I have tasted, there's no way that I want folks to think that oblivion sounds kinda cosy, either. I rest my case. Thank you for bearing with me.

Koolkalmandcollected Kate xx

Very well written.....but not easy to just "Shut down"

LOve Tinka

Well written Robert, I shall go and relax for the remainder of the day. Just kidding, love Holly

like this, though it's always to come back a little after these zen retreats. Dawn

ahhh....serenity and peace....very enjoyable

When I do envision no body, I feel as though my spirit swells and takes on the power to touch and be part of the entire universe. This is a very good mood piece, Jude, placing the reader in the doorway of a meditative moment.
Take care,
Sherry

my feeling exactly and as Richard said
it's difficult to get detached and if
you can there lies some peace

Sometimes it's really difficult to get detached from all the noise and distraction. When I was in my twenties, Robert, I studied Buddhism for a season. Those times I spent in meditation were actually very intoxicating and a most glorious peace ensued. Peace of mind is one of the most important things in life for me now.
Blessings ...

Thought provoking excellence, especially the last two sentances. P O W E R F U L. Well done, Jude!

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

My advice is to completely relax and meditation
some times helps to clear the mind
from all kinds of daily distractions.
Excellent Imagery And flow!!
Love And Peace To You Always..Morning Star

Sometimes it’s best envisioning no body,
Releasing the mind to all

Now that sounds like something we all should try.

The ID. or living in the now as plants and animals do and can..

This reigns, solitude of the mind. I so need this in order to get to sleep and to help me face the new day ahead!
"Release"~ another fascinating write,Jude!
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~

Relax your head and work your way down to your toes to completely feel at peace,I try every night,sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't,Thanks for sharing,
Michael

Robert,

Quite a dimensional visualization.

Amen to that!

Excellent description, Robert, and I can really relate! Interestingly, it's almost exactly how I calm myself at night as I prepare for sleep, starting with my toes and working my way up, making each part 'disappear'. It works and I can usually fall asleep before I ever get up to my head. Very well done, my friend!
Love,
CJ

That is true. Very beautifully written.

Ah, detachment, a necessary personal safety valve in a world of unwelcome intrusion into our lives. As a social worker type, I wear detachment in my holster daily, occasionally failing to draw it quick enough, and suffering the consequences.
The principle applies spiritually too as your poem infers.
A compelling reminder of its importance in our lives.

soooooo familiar..
Thankyou for expressing that familiarity in words..
brilliant work!

Saved this one..


Vesna:)

Soothing meditation freeing the mind of worldy distractions.

OOOOh this conjurs up some awful images, madame la Guillotine, could certainly envison no body LOL, sorry been watching Lady JANE, gotta get my mind right.

Actually I do this all the time, zap outa reality, it's relaxing and cool.

Hugs
Ch'erie

I can see him there, on a bed, eyes vacant. Victor

I like this. Says so much in so little space.
Keep releasing gems such as this Jude,
cynth'ya

Sounds like the zen of no think...I thought with my limited mental capacity I would be the one, but you Bob, I am shocked...Ed