As an Ocean

eric mccarty
2 min readMar 24, 2023
As an Ocean — Consciousness — Meditation — Mantra — Prose Poetry — Metaphor — Headless Now — Moca McCarty Photo

As an ocean:

our consciousness as an ocean, I love this apt metaphor, and it reminds me that I’m about to dive deep within my own true nature with every meditation, that at the exact moment of my sitting I am embarking on an infinite journey within, unmarred by whatever thoughts skim the surface of the mind. It’s the mantra that carries me downward, acting as a vehicle of vast expression, bringing me deeper, and deeper still, even as it…

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eric mccarty

Writer, prose poetry, meditation teacher and lifetime student