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Largely Unconcerned

eric mccarty
2 min readSep 10, 2022

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Largely Unconcerned — Headless Now — Prose Poetry — Moca McCarty Photo

Largely unconcerned:

really, I remain largely unconcerned by all the things I’m told that meditation won’t accomplish, and mainly, that it doesn’t lead to an awakened state of mind. That seems to be the lead argument in certain circles and I won’t deny their salient point, as truly, meditation doesn’t lead to anything, there’s no purpose here, no real end point or goal — not even for awakening. There’s no reason to meditate other than being drawn to sit and watch the world unfold, seamlessly so, as what was once believed to be my own personal inner world is now seen to be a single view.

there is simply, and only, the world, one thing.

life.

and meditation is my point of notice, a quiet place for this to happen, and I am content to sit and allow the world to unfold within me, throughout my entire frame of reference, largely unconcerned by my own thoughts and opinions of how it all should happen. I enjoy my time just sitting. Being an observer and participant at once, not needing, nor even wishing, to accomplish anything more.

just sitting…

listening.

largely unconcerned by anything at all.

the world simply, easily, happens on its own.

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eric mccarty
eric mccarty

Written by eric mccarty

Writer, prose poetry, meditation teacher and lifetime student

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