The Wizard's Egg
By Jonathan Brewer

The wizard's egg
balanced on Hakuin's head
will balance just as easily on yours, if
you can hold still for the short spell necessary
 to Imagine its shell-less shape melting into your
 subtle self, then flowing downwards through each
 radiating center, successively filled and drained of
the egg's liquid light, until passing out through the
soles of your feet, to pool around your body, now
 poised in the middle of a circular spreading tide,
slowly rising back up towards your head, but
 only as far as your naval -hold it there,
 for as long as you need to bathe
 in the wizardry of Hakuin's
 healing light.
                                                            9/7/1997 KYOTO

Hakuin (Sculpture by Randy Jewart)

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