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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Only Rest

...can awaken true being.

There’s probably very little
that cannot be solved
by our doing less.
This includes thinking,
time spent planning
and prosecuting.

Don’t disregard everyone
you believe to be asleep.
There is an inner wakefulness
which is guiding us all
through mystical spirals
of cosmic evolution.

Everything has purpose
and also a belonging
not easily discernible
to the computational mind.
Often it is only rest that
can awaken true being.

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