Silence.

Silence beckons.

Can you leave the world

for just one moment,

to dwell in the place

of no thing,

no thought,

only breath,

until that too suspends you

between time and place

and all that lives beyond

the physical body.

The silence beckons.

You decide.

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Jyoti Wind is an astrologer and writer. She has self-published six books: poetry, meditation and prayers; a childhood memoir; and several anthologies. Her new book, The Creative Arc: An Anthology on Writing, will be available this month, Nov. 2012. A mother, grandmother and great grandmother, she lives in Boulder, CO. You can reach her at [email protected].

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