Expansion

Expansion
Christoph Center

What of this life

so tightly held
so fiercely named
so carefully defended

my story
my need
my ground

We stand inside it.

Clothed in urgency.
Clothed in interpretation.
Clothed in memory.

Everything feels personal.
Everything feels aimed.
Everything feels decisive.

Pause.

What holds the feeling?
What holds the thought?
What holds the need?

Energy swells.
The body tightens.
The mind declares.

State shifts.
Field holds.

The storm moves.
The field holds.

Desire surges.
The field holds.

Fear contracts.
The field holds.

When awareness narrows into identity,
experience tightens around a single center.

When awareness widens,
the self continues —
with space.

Needs become navigable.
Desire becomes directional.
Circumstance becomes workable.

Control reorganizes.

The rivers move.
The sky holds.

The organism responds.
The field contains.

Must we be lost at sea?

Or can the horizon widen
while the shore still exists?

Attunement begins
when the focal point softens
and the field comes forward.

Come away.

When awareness widens,
the self continues — with space.
CHRISTOPH CENTER
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