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The poetic city: “False Englightenment”

Nov 01, 2021 • Creative Writing, Extra/ordinary, People

The balance of meditation (Photo: Pexels)

False Enlightenment    
I read a book
about meditation
by an authority
in the field…
Where I learned
that everything I do
when I meditate
is wrong…
And the enlightenment
I experience
when I meditate
is false…
All of which
has made
the experience
of meditation
all the more
delicious to me.
Reece Burka
7/15/2021
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